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24/09/2010

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. This morning there are more suggestions for the TV show, How Can Shania Twain Entertain?; more tips for turning trash into treasure... well, another kind of trash, really; plus it is the final day of National Hidden Talents Week. Pause for Thought comes in at 3.20 and the final chance of the week to get into the 4.15 One-Off Canteen.
On the music front, there is a new track from Elvis Costello and some vintage Doobie Brothers from Lester's Library, and some AC/DC from the Listener's Library. There is another track from Album of the Week by Manic Street Preachers and Record of the Week from Elton John and Leon Russell.
Expect the unexpected with Alex, and you will still be in for a surprise.

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Music Played

  • ABBA

    Take a Chance on Me

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 003.

  • Deep Blue Something

    Breakfast At Tiffany's

    • This Year's Love (Various Artists) C.
    • Global Television.

  • KT Tunstall

    (Still a) Weirdo

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless.
    • 1.

  • Buddy Holly

    Peggy Sue

    • Rediscover The 50's-Rock With The Cav.
    • Old Gold.

  • Toto Coelo

    I Eat Cannibals

    • Back To The Eighties (Various).
    • Music Club.

  • Scissor Sisters

    Any Which Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Seal

    Vienna (Great British Songbook)

  • ΆΩ±π²υ’r±π±π

    You Gotta Be

    • The Ivor Novello Winners.
    • EMI.

  • Chicago

    25 Or 6 To 4

    • (Single).
    • CBS.

  • CeeLo Green

    Forget You

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Music UK.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "NATIONAL RANSOM" (Concord) Out on October 4th

    • Elvis Costello

      I Lost You

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "THE UNION" (Mercury) out on October 25th

    • Elton John & Leon Russell

      If It Wasn't For Bad

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

  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Rapper's Delight

    • The Seventies: A Very Special Collect.
    • Pickwick.

  • Men at Work

    Down Under

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

  • Amy Grant

    Baby Baby

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Status Quo and Corps Of Army Music Choir

    In The Army Now (2010)

    • (CD Single).

  • Madness

    House Of Fun

    • Madness - Divine Madness.
    • Virgin.

  • Johnny Kidd and the Pirates

    Shakin' All Over

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Imelda May

    Mayhem

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • The Temptations

    The Way You Do The Things You Do

    • The Temptations - The Ultimate Collec.
    • Motown.

  • Bon Jovi

    Always

    • (CD Single).
    • Jambco.

  • Evelyn β€œChampagne” King

    Shame

    • Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Scouting for Girls

    Don't Want To Leave You

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "DIRTY DEEDS DONE CHEAP" (Sony) suggested by Alan Hobden

    • A.C.

      Rocker

  • Kirsty MacColl

    They Don't Know

    • Galore - The Best Of Kirsty MacColl.
    • Virgin.

  • George Harrison

    Got My Mind Set on You

    • George Harrison - Cloud Nine.
    • Dark Horse.
    • 1.

  • Michael Jackson

    Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

    • Michael Jackson - History.
    • Epic.

  • Robert Palmer

    Addicted To Love

    • Sounds Of The 80s - Like A Record Baby (1984-1986) (Various Artists).
    • UMC.

  • Michael BublΓ©

    Hollywood

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • Alicia Keys

    Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down

    • The Element Of Freedom.
    • Sony Music.
    • 14.

  • Steppenwolf

    Born To Be Wild

    • Rock Anthems Volume 2 (Various).
    • Dino.

  • The Hoosiers

    Choices

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "POSTCARDS FROM A YOUNG MAN" (Columbia) out now

    • Manic

      Golden Platitudes

      • Postcards From A Young Man.
      • Columbia.
      • 7.

  • Mike Oldfield

    Moonlight Shadow

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
    • 13.

  • Toto

    Hold The Line

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "WORLD GONE CRAZY" (Eagle)

    • The Doobie Brothers

      I Know We Won

  • Dawn Penn

    You Don't Love Me (No No No)

    • Reggae Love Songs (Various Artists).
    • Sanctuary.

  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    Butterfly Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)

    • (CD Single).
    • Rhino.
    • 1.

  • Lesley Gore

    It's My Party

    • Rediscover The 50's - Here Comes Summ.
    • Old Gold.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Sep 2010 02:00
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