Our Very Own Jim opened proceedings with the following fantastic intro ... which played up to the magic time of 05:00 EDT

Chance - Countdown
Rush - Countdown
Allan Holdsworth - Countdown

=== we then switched to the live feed for.....

... first tracks of the day which were:

Hatfield and the North - Mumps - from The Rotter's Club ( for our friend Kazuhiro san )
Celebration - Premiata Forneria Marconi - Live in the USA ( for Lotus )
expresso - Gong - from Gazeuse! (for Jim ... who was up v. late)
Surfing with the Alien - Joe Satriani ( for Roger - Dot - Lee )
Sunburst Finish - Utopia - Ra (for Ramon - the moon's sun king)

after which we switched back to SAM while we negotiated with the Aliens for Keithie's release...

==== next up was Lotus

Lotus's Show:
Beethoven Choral Fantasy in C minor - Lotus' show.

Lotus writes "
I grew up in Barcelona, I lived there from 1963 to 1977 and my prog roots are certainly there. Barcelona was the "must stopover" for many of the big prog groups and the city was full of faboulous local groups. Therefore I would like to dedicate this tune to maybe the most exciting city of the world (at least of the ones I know) on this day on which we celebrate the most exciting prog staion in the world
"

Barcelona - Freddie Mercury and Monseratt Cabaille. - Lotus' Show

We helped SAM along with RQs wherever they came in...
Including:
Astronomy Domine - David Gilmour (Live)
Nahavishnu Orchestra - A Lotus On Irish Streams