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23/07/2010

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

Let Alex kickstart your weekend with Feelgood Friday on The Best Time of the Day Show. There is a final track from the Album of the Week by Alan Pownall, another spin of Rumer's Record of the Week, some southern rock in Lester's Library and some Ol' Blue Eyes selected from Andrew Holden the Listener's Library, plus Pause for Thought at 3.20am. Expect the unexpected with Alex, and you will still be in for a surprise, at the end of National National Treasures Week.

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Music Played

  • Bon Jovi

    You Give Love A Bad Name

    • Slippery When Wet.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • ABBA

    Mamma Mia

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 004.

  • Ben Montague

    Broken

    • (CD Single).
    • BM Music.
    • 1.

  • k.d. lang

    Constant Craving

    • The No.1 Acoustic Rock Album (Variou.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Wilson Pickett

    In The Midnight Hour

    • Soul (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Beth Nielsen Chapman

    How We Love

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

  • Shalamar

    Take That To The Bank

    • Soul Weekender (Various Artists).
    • Crimson.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK

    • Rumer

      Slow

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

  • Johnny Cash

    Ring Of Fire

    • Johnny Cash - Man In Black.
    • Columbia.

  • The Turtles

    Happy Together

    • Heartbeat - The 60's Gold Collection.
    • Global Television.

  • LESTERS'S LIBRARY, FROM GREATEST HITS (UNIVERSAL)

    • Lynyrd Skynyrd

      Gimme Three Steps

  • Amy Macdonald

    This Pretty Face

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

  • Chuck Berry

    No Particular Place To Go

    • The Best Of Chuck Berry.
    • Music Club.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Rock And Roll

    • Led Zeppelin - Early Days.
    • Atlantic.

  • Mark Ronson

    Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • Sheryl Crow

    Summer Day

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 1.

  • The Hollies

    The Air That I Breathe

    • The Gold Album (Various Artists).
    • The Hit Label Ltd.
    • 14.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    The Diary Of Horace Wimp

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Scouting for Girls

    Famous

    • Everybody Wants To Be On TV.
    • Sony.
    • 4.

  • Fun Boy Three & Bananarama

    It Ain't What You Do...

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

  • XTC

    Making Plans for Nigel

  • Francis Rossi

    One Step At A Time

    • (CD Single).

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY. FROM THE 'ARMY DREAMERS' E.P. (BACK LANE)

    • Mary Dillon

      Army Dreamers

  • Quincy Jones

    Ai No Corrida (feat. Dune)

    • Hits Of 1981 & 1982 (Various Artists.
    • Polydor.

  • Midnight Oil

    Beds Are Burning

    • (Single).
    • Sprint Records.

  • Aztec Camera

    Somewhere in My Heart

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

  • Sam & Dave

    Soul Man

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

  • Kylie Minogue

    All The Lovers

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Wet Wet Wet

    Sweet Little Mystery

    • Wet Wet Wet - Greatest Hits & More.
    • Precious Organisation.

  • Paolo Nutini

    10/10

    • Sunny Side Up.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • The Gaslight Anthem

    The Diamond Church Street Choir

    • American Slang.
    • Side One Dummy.
    • 1.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK

    • Alan Pownall

      Turn Me Down

      • True Love Stories.

  • Patrice Rushen

    Forget Me Nots

    • Best Disco Album In The World...Ever!.
    • Virgin.

  • Boston

    More Than A Feeling

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • Lady A

    I Run to You

    • Need You Now.
    • Capitol Nashville.
    • 1.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY, FOR ANDREW HOLDEN

    • Frank Sinatra

      Theme From New York, New York

      • Frank Sinatra - The Reprise Years.
      • Reprise.

  • Tavares

    Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel

    • 20 Songs Of Love From The 70's (Vario.
    • MFP.

  • Go West

    King Of Wishful Thinking

    • Pretty Woman - Soundtrack.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Fri 23 Jul 2010 02:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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