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18/10/2010

The best way to start the week with brilliant music and hilarious chat on the Best Time of the Day Show. There's a new Record and Album of the Week, plus more Library selections.

Fight off those Monday blues by tuning into Alex on The Best Time of the Day Show for a dose of night-owl comedy and fantastic music. It's an All New Monday so the slate has been wiped cleab; you tell us your tales of seeing someone you know in an enexpected place in "Rela-telly-tives" and as the First Click on Radio 2 campaign gets underway we talk about the magically/confusing time you first used a computer. The 4.15 One-Off Canteen is open for business as usual, and Pause for Thought at 3.20am is with Rabbi Y.Y.Rubenstein. From Lester's Library there is a new track from The Gaslight Anthem, and an underplayed track from Van Morrison's classic album 'Astral Weeks'. The Listener's Library track is by Dan Fogelberg. There is a new Record of the Week from the hotly tipped Hurts, and you can hear a track from the new Album of the Week by Elton John & Leon Russell. Expect the unexpected with Alex, and you will still be in for a surprise.

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Mon 18 Oct 201002:00
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Music Played

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Keep On Running

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
    • 1.

  • Deacon Blue

    Twist And Shout

    • Deacon Blue- Our Town (Greatest Hits).
    • Columbia.

  • Chris de Burgh

    Everywhere I Go

    • Moonfleet & Other Stories.
    • Ferryman Productions.
    • 1.

  • Althea & Donna

    Uptown Top Ranking

    • Rhythm Of The Sun (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Neil Diamond

    Cracklin' Rosie

    • Columbia/Mca.

  • Mary Chapin Carpenter

    The Way I Feel

    • The Age Of Miracles.
    • Rounder.
    • 16.

  • Survivor

    Eye Of The Tiger

    • The No.1 Movies Album (Various Artist.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the album, "HAPPINESS" (RCA) out now

    • Hurts

      Stay

      • (CD Single).
      • Major Records.
      • 1.

  • The Box Tops

    The Letter

    • Rediscover The 60's-With A Little Hel.
    • Old Gold.

  • KT Tunstall

    Black Horse and the Cherry Tree

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "ASTRAL WEEKS" (Warner Bros. Records)

    • Van Morrison

      The Way Young Lovers Do

  • Pixie Lott

    Broken Arrow

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • John Lennon

    Woman

    • GIMME SOME TRUTH. (Deluxe).
    • Calderstone.

  • Commodores

    Machine Gun

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Genesis

    Invisible Touch

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.

  • The Drifters

    Kissin' In The Back Row Of The Movies

    • Jukebox 70's Hits -I Got The Music In Me.
    • Old Gold.

  • Rumer

    Aretha

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Train

    Hey, Soul Sister

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Otis Redding

    Try a Little Tenderness

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • CeeLo Green

    Forget You

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Music UK.
    • 1.

  • Def Leppard

    Animal

    • Def Leppard - Hysteria.
    • Phonogram.

  • Grace Jones

    Pull Up To The Bumper

    • The Divas Of Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Supertramp

    Give A Little Bit

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "AMERICAN SLANG" (SideOneDummy Records)

    • The Gaslight Anthem

      The Spirit Of Jazz

  • Etta James

    I Just Want To Make Love To You

    • Etta James- The Genuine Article.
    • Mca/Chess.

  • Lily Allen

    LDN

    • (CD Single).
    • Regal.

  • John Parr

    St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Sam & Dave

    Soul Man

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Michael Bublé

    Hollywood

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • Joss Stone

    Fell In Love With A Boy

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • The O’Jays

    Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet Tender Love)

    • The Greatest Hits Of Philadelphia.
    • Music Club.

  • U2

    I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

    • Rock The Planet (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from CD, "THE UNION" (Mercury)

    • Elton John and Leon Russell - The Best Part Of The Day

  • Jean Knight

    Mr Big Stuff

    • Stax Greatest Hits (Various Artists).
    • Stax.

  • Kenny Rogers

    Coward Of The County

    • Country Roads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Jamiroquai

    Blue Skies

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE INNCOENT AGE" (Epic) suggested by John Benton in Liverpool

    • Dan Fogelberg

      Leader Of The Band

      • The Innocent Age.
      • Epic.

  • Tin Tin Out

    Here's Where The Story Ends (feat. Shelley Nelson)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • The Motors

    Airport

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 Oct 201002:00
    BBC Radio 2

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