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A Shoe Trim

Another slice of inspired daftness and great music to keep you happy through the night. Plus, the Album and Record of the Week and Lester's and Listener's Library song choices.

There's only one way to get through the night with a smile and that's with Alex, AKA the Dark Lord, on the Best Time of the Day Show.

There will be another track from the Album of the Week, another spin of Record of the Week, two more tracks from Alex's eclectic CD collection in the Lester's Library, a selection from you from the Listener's Library and Pause for Thought.

Alex is armed with the Drums of Pun, the Mallet of Stupidity and the Squeal of Campery; you won't get the chance to even think about sleeping!

2 hours, 57 minutes

Last on

Thu 7 Nov 2013 02:00

Music Played

  • Ace of Base

    All That She Wants

    • 100% Pure Love (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
  • The Beatles

    Lady Madonna

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 020.
  • The Clash

    Rock The Casbah

    • The Singles.
    • Epic.
  • Patsy Cline

    Crazy

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.
  • The Clovers

    Love Potion No.9

    • 101 Jukebox Classics (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
  • Courteeners

    Are You in Love With a Notion?

  • Desmond Dekker

    You Can Get It If You Really Want

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.
  • Céline Dion

    Thankful

    • Loved Me Back To Life.
    • Sony Music.
  • Dire Straits

    So Far Away

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.
  • Duran Duran

    Is There Something I Should Know?

    • Duran Duran - Decade.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Dave Edmunds

    Girls Talk

    • NOW - Yearbook 1979 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 2.
  • Four Tops

    Bernadette

    • The Four Tops - The Singles Collectio.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Fun Boy Three & Bananarama

    It Ain't What You Do...

    • The Very Best Of Bananarama.
    • Warner Strategic Market.
  • Gabrielle

    Out Of Reach

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • The Goo Goo Dolls

    Come To Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.
  • Ellie Goulding

    How Long Will I Love You

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.
  • Guns N’ Roses

    Sweet Child O' Mine

    • The Hits Album 10 (Various Artists).
    • Hits Album.
  • Mayer Hawthorne

    The Stars Are Ours

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.
  • Imagine Dragons

    On Top Of The World

    • Night Visions.
    • Interscope.
    • 001.
  • Al Jarreau

    Moonlighting

    • Best Of Al Jarreau.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Elton John

    Voyeur

    • The Diving Board.
    • Mercury.
    • 001.
  • Keane

    Higher Than The Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.
  • Lorde

    Royals

    • Pure Heroine.
    • Republic.
  • Mental as Anything

    Live It Up

    • Drive Time (Various Artists).
    • Dino.
  • Joni Mitchell

    Free Man In Paris

    • Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark.
    • Asylum.
  • Kacey Musgraves

    Follow Your Arrow (Radio 2 Live In Hyde Park, 14 Sep 2014)

    • Same Trailer Different Park.
    • Mercury.
    • 001.
  • Prefab Sprout

    When Love Breaks Down

    • Prefab Sprout - Two Wheels Good.
    • Epic.
  • Lionel Richie

    My Destiny

    • (CD Single).
    • Motown.
  • Rudimental

    Free (feat. Emeli Sandé)

    • 91Èȱ¬.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 12.
  • Nina Simone

    Feeling Good

    • Sex And The City (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • Frank Sinatra

    Come Fly With Me

    • The Capitol Years.
    • Capitol Records.
    • 28.
  • Candi Staton

    Young Hearts Run Free

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • The Sutherland Brothers Band & Quiver

    Arms Of Mary

    • The Greatest Love Of All (Various).
    • Old Gold.
  • Taylor Swift

    Teardrops On My Guitar

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 2.
  • The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra

    Bangarang

  • The Verve

    Bitter Sweet Symphony

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Wet Wet Wet

    Step By Step

    Record of the Week

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Stevie Wonder

    Sir Duke

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Nov 2013 02:00

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