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12/10/2012

Start the weekend here on the Best Time of the Day Show. Hilarious conversation and brilliant music to entertain you through the small hours. Includes Album and Record of the Week.

It's the best way to start your weekend by tuning in to the Best Time of the Day Show with Alex. Every Friday is a feelgood Friday which means even more great tunes and inspired daftness to keep you happy through the night.

There is a final track from the Album of the Week, another spin of Record of the Week, more unexpected song selections from Lester's and the Listener's Libraries and Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Fri 12 Oct 2012 02:00
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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Billy Ocean

      When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

      • Billy Ocean - Love Is For Ever (L.I.F.
      • Jive.

  • The Velvelettes

    Really Saying Something

    • Leaders Of The Pack (Various Artists.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 5.

  • Andy Burrows

    Because I Know That I Can

    • (CD Single).
    • Play It Again Sam UK.
    • 1.

  • The Kinks

    Lola

    • The Journey - Part 2: Anthology.
    • BMG.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Iron Lion Zion

    • (CD Single).
    • Tuff Gong.

  • Keane

    Disconnected

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Pilot

    Magic

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll Vol.2 (1974).
    • Connoisseur Collection.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "DARK BLACK" (Mercury) out 5th November

    • Kristina Train

      Dark Black

      • Dark Black.
      • Mercury.

  • Living in a Box

    Living In A Box

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "HAYWIRE RIOT" (Ruf Records) out 12th November

    • Skinny Molly

      If You Don't Care

  • Syreeta

    Your Kiss Is Sweet

    • Motown Hits Of Gold Vol.7 (Various).
    • Motown.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Leaving

    • Elysium.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • HOUR 2

    • Earth, Wind & Fire

      Let's Groove

      • 15th Anniversary Music Celebration (Various Artists).
      • Rhino.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Can't Get You Out Of My Head

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • Train & Ashley Monroe

    Bruises

    • California 37.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Status Quo

    Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Aquostic Studio Version)

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Steely Dan

    Peg

    • A Decade Of Steely Dan.
    • MCA.

  • Texas

    Summer Son

    • Texas - The Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.

  • Richie Sambora

    Every Road Leads 成人快手 To You

    • Aftermath Of The Lowdown.
    • Aggresive Music.

  • KT Tunstall

    Other Side of the World

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • INXS

    New Sensation

    • INXS - Kick.
    • Mercury.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY suggested by Shirley Butterfield in East Anglia

    • Pinkerton鈥檚 Assorted Colours

      Mirror Mirror

      • And The Beat Goes On: 50's & 60's Vo.
      • Debutante.

  • Mott the Hoople

    All The Way From Memphis

    • (Single).
    • CBS.

  • Amy Macdonald

    4th July

    • Life In A Beautiful Light.
    • Mercury.

  • Dave Edmunds

    Here Comes The Weekend

    • The Best Of.
    • Swansong.
    • 1.

  • HOUR 3

    • Curtis Mayfield

      Move On Up

      • The Old Skool Reunion (Various Artis.
      • Global Television.

  • Kim Carnes

    Bette Davis Eyes

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.

  • PNAU

    Solid Ground (Too Much Worth Living For)

    • Soft Universe.
    • ETCETC Music.
    • 1.

  • Frank Sinatra

    You Make Me Feel So Young

    • The Frank Sinatra Collection.
    • EMI.

  • World Party

    Is It Like Today?

    • (CD Single).
    • Ensign.

  • Naughty Boy & Emeli Sand茅

    Wonder

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Sweet

    Fox On The Run

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 20.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "THE ORIGIN OF LOVE" (Island) out now

    • MIKA

      颁别濒别产谤补迟别听 (feat. Pharrell Williams)

      • (CD Single).
      • Island.
      • 1.

  • Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians

    What I Am

    • Songwriter (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 3.

  • The Overtones

    Loving The Sound

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "ALEX CUBA" (Caracol Records)

    • 脕lex Cuba

      If You Give Me Love

  • Men at Work

    Down Under

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Jackie Wilson

    (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.

  • RAMP UP THE CAMP!

    • Freddie Mercury

      Living On My Own

      • (CD Single).
      • Parlophone.

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Oct 2012 02:00
    成人快手 Radio 2

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