10/09/2010
The weekend starts here, with Alex providing laughs and great music on The Best Time of the Day Show. More from Record and Album of the Week and Lester's and Listener's Libraries.
It's the best way to start your weekend by tuning into the Best Time of the Day Show with Alex. It's Friday, which means it's a feelgood Friday, there's more fantastical music and threads including tales of your Ornamental Awfulness, the last day of National Bargain Week and the Dark Lord asks you to complete the sentence: I REALISED I OUTSTAYED MY WELCOME WHEN... The final play from Phil Collins' Radio 2 Album of the Week 'Going Back' is a cover of Dusty Springfield's 'Some Of Your Lovin'', there's another spin of the Record of the Week from Fran Healy, Mose Allison and The Quails get an airing in Lester's Library and the Listener's Library is courtesy of listener Richy who suggested 'Fire' by Laurel Aitken. Plus, Pause for Thought is at 3.20am.
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Hermanβs Hermits
I'm Into Something Good
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Could You Be Loved
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Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow
Shame
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Pet Shop Boys
West End Girls
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Kirsty MacColl
Days
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Manic
It's Not War Just The End Of Love
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Willie Nelson
Always On My Mind
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Lily Allen
The Fear
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Ray LaMontagne
Beg Steal Or Borrow
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The Supremes
You Keep Me Hangin' On
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LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "MASTERS OF IMPERFECTION" (Like The Sound Records)
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The Quails
Fever
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Elvis Costello
Watching The Detectives
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RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "WRECKORDER" (Wreckord Label) out on October 4th
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Fran Healy
Buttercups
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Dusty Springfield
In The Middle Of Nowhere
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George Michael
Too Funky
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Sammy Davis Jr.
Rhythm Of Life
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a-ha - Butterfly Butterfly
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Sheryl Crow
The First Cut Is The Deepest
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Stealers Wheel
Stuck In The Middle With You
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Lissie
When I'm Alone
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Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
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Chaka Demus & Pliers
Tease Me
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Imelda May
Mayhem
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LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "RISE & FALL" (Cherry Red Records) suggested by Richy
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Laurel Aitken
Fire
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Don Henley
The Boys Of Summer
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The Cardigans
My Favourite Game
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Cheryl Lynn
Got To Be Real
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The Farm
Groovy Train
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Brandon Flowers
Crossfire
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Slade
Gudbuy T'Jane
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Aretha Franklin
Chain Of Fools
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Nell Bryden - Goodbye
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "GOING BACK" (Atlantic) out on Monday
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Phil Collins
Some Of Your Lovin'
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Poison
Unskinny Bop
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Alicia Keys
If It Ain't Got You
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
If You Want It
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LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "MOSE ALLISON SINGS" (Universal)
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Mose Allison
The Seventh Son
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Raul Malo
Midnight Kiss
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Louis Armstrong
We Have All The Time In The World
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Barry Manilow
Copacabana
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Hermanβs Hermits
I'm Into Something Good
- The Hits Of 1964 (Various Artists).
- MFP.
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
Could You Be Loved
- Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
- Island.
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Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow
Shame
- (CD Single).
- EMI.
- 1.
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Pet Shop Boys
West End Girls
- Now That's What I Call Music '86.
- Now.
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Kirsty MacColl
Days
- The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
- Virgin.
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Manic Street Preachers
(It's Not War) Just The End Of Love
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
- 16.
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Willie Nelson
Always On My Mind
- Willie Nelson - Collection.
- Columbia.
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Lily Allen
The Fear
- (CD Single).
- Regal.
- 1.
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Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs
Beg Steal Or Borrow
- (CD Single).
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The Supremes
You Keep Me Hangin' On
- Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
- Polygram Tv.
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Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Watching the Detectives
- Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
- Imp Records.
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Fran Healy
Buttercups
- (CD Single).
- Wreckord Label.
- 1.
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Dusty Springfield
In The Middle Of Nowhere
- The Dusty Springfield Anthology.
- Mercury.
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George Michael
Too Funky
- George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
- Epic.
- 8.
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Sammy Davis Jr.
Rhythm Of Life
- Sweet Charity S'track.
- MCA.
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Butterfly Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)
- (CD Single).
- Rhino.
- 1.
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Sheryl Crow
The First Cut Is The Deepest
- (CD Single).
- A&M.
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Stealers Wheel
Stuck In The Middle With You
- (Single).
- A&M.
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Lissie
When I'm Alone
- (CD Single).
- Columbia.
- 1.
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Guns Nβ Roses
Welcome To The Jungle
- Greatest Hits.
- Geffen.
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Chaka Demus & Pliers
Tease Me
- (CD Single).
- Mango.
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Imelda May
Mayhem
- (CD Single).
- Decca.
- 1.
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Laurel Aitken
Fire
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Don Henley
The Boys Of Summer
- The Very Best Of.
- MCA.
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The Cardigans
My Favourite Game
- Q The Album (Various Artists).
- Virgin.
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Cheryl Lynn
Got To Be Real
- The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
- Columbia/Sony Tv.
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The Farm
Groovy Train
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Brandon Flowers
Crossfire
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
- 1.
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Slade
Gudbuy T'Jane
- The Greatest Hits Of 1972 (Various).
- Premier.
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Aretha Franklin
Chain Of Fools
- Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
- Atlantic.
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Nell Bryden - Goodbye
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Phil Collins
Some Of Your Lovin'
- Going Back.
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Poison
Unskinny Bop
- Poison - Greatest Hits.
- EMI.
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Alicia Keys
If I Ain't Got You
- (CD Single).
- J.
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
If You Want It
- (CD Single).
- 100% Records.
- 1.
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Raul Malo
Moonlight Kiss
- (CD Single).
- Fantasy.
- 1.
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Louis Armstrong
We Have All The Time In The World
- The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
- EMI.
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Barry Manilow
Copacabana
- (Single).
- Arista.
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