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15/10/2010

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

Let Alex kick-start your weekend with Feelgood Friday on The Best Time of the Day Show. This morning, more rescue tales in "Yelp for Help", more daft anagrams of our names, and silly suggestions for how we can make our modern items look "retro". The 4.15 One-Off Canteen lets its rotting doors swing open for the final time this week, and Steve Benson provides Pause for Thought at 3.20am.
On the music front, from Lester's Library there are tracks from the latest albums by The Outcast Band and Toby Keith. The Listener's Library suggestion is possibly the shortest ever, but what it lacks in length it makes up for in jolliness; it's by Winnie the Pooh's mate, Tigger. There is a final track from Album of the Week by The Doobie Brothers, and there's another chance to hear Record of the Week by Neil Diamond. Expect the unexpected with Alex, and you will still be in for a surprise.

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Music Played

  • Average White Band

    Let's Go Round Again

    • The Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • Phil Collins

    Sussudio

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • Lifehouse

    Halfway Gone

    • Smoke & Mirrors.
    • Geffen.
    • 1.

  • Sheryl Crow

    Run, Baby, Run

    • Acoustic Rock (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Nat King Cole

    Route 66

    • The Nat King Cole Story (Disc 1).
    • Capitol.

  • Enrique Iglesias

    Heartbeat (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 2.

  • Midnight Oil

    Beds Are Burning

    • (Single).
    • Sprint Records.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "DREAMS" (Sony) out on November 8th

    • Neil Diamond

      Midnight Train To Georgia

      • Dreams.
      • Columbia.
      • 1.

  • Sophia George

    Girlie Girlie

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

  • Faces

    Stay with Me

    • Glam Crazee - Various Artists.
    • Virgin.

  • The Chicks

    Not Ready To Make Nice

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony BMG.

  • CeeLo Green

    Forget You

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

  • The Whispers

    And The Beat Goes On

    • Time For Love (Various Artists).
    • Truetrax.

  • Feargal Sharkey

    A Good Heart

    • The Love Album (CD 2) (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.

  • James Blunt

    Stay The Night

    • Some Kind Of Trouble.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Dusty Springfield

    Son Of A Preacher Man

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Aerosmith

    Love In An Elevator

    • Aerosmith - Big Ones.
    • Geffen.

  • Chris de Burgh

    Everywhere I Go

    • Moonfleet & Other Stories.
    • Ferryman Productions.
    • 1.

  • Carla Thomas

    B-A-B-Y

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • The Proclaimers

    I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

    • Now 13, Part 2 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Elton John & Leon Russell

    If It Wasn't For Bad

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

  • Shalamar

    Take That To The Bank

    • Soul Weekender (Various Artists).
    • Crimson.

  • James Taylor

    Carolina in My Mind

    • James Taylor - Classic Songs.
    • CBS.

  • Little Richard

    Rip It Up

    • Little Richard 22 Classic Cuts.
    • Ace.

  • Culture Club

    Karma Chameleon

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

  • Donna Summer

    I Remember Yesterday

  • Michael BublΓ©

    Hollywood

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

  • No Doubt

    Underneath It All

    • No Doubt - Rock Steady.
    • Interscope.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Rock And Roll

    • Led Zeppelin - Early Days.
    • Atlantic.

  • Al Wilson

    The Snake

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.

  • The Doobie Brothers

    World Gone Crazy

    • World Gone Crazy.
    • Eagle Records.
    • 4.

  • Rox

    My Baby Left Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Rough Trade.
    • 1.

  • Donald Fagen

    I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)

    • Donald Fagen - The Nightfly.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Tigger

    The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers

    • The Ultimate Disney Box.
    • EMI.
    • 8.

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Roller Blades

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • The Stylistics

    You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)

    • The Very Best Of The Stylistics.
    • H & L.

  • Chuck Berry

    Johnny B. Goode

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

  • Liquid Gold

    Dance Yourself Dizzy

    • NOW Yearbook 1980 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 40.

Broadcast

  • Fri 15 Oct 2010 02:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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