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17/12/2010

Music and chat on Feelgood Friday on the Best Time of the Day Show. With more from Album and Record of the Week, plus Lester's and Listener's Library song choices.

It's the best way to start your weekend by tuning into the Best Time of the Day Show with Alex. It's a festive Feelgood Friday which means even more great tunes and inspired daftness to keep you happy through the night. More tales of fabulous fakes and revolting rip-off goods in "Santa Fraud", and we ask: when did you last say, "why is it always me?" More sightings of festive fun gone pear-shaped in Antler Watch, more Panto Lotto, and more advice from Noel the Christmas Badger - what would we do without him? Plus, Pause for Thought at 3.20am and the final chance of the week to push your digestive system to the limit in the 4.15 One-Off Canteen.
Lester's Festive Library choices this morning include some reggae from Tewar, and one from JP Jones with Chrissy Hynde. There is a heavy rock treat from the Listener's Library with a classic Christmas tune reworked by Lemmy, Billy Gibbons and Dave Grohl. There is another track from Album of the Week by Michael Jackson and Record of the Week from Adele.
Tune in next week for even more festive daftness and THREE Listener's Library tracks each morning. Let the buffoonery begin.

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Music Played

  • McFadden & Whitehead

    Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

    • Million Sellers Vol.19 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

    • (Single).
    • CBS.

  • Ellie Goulding

    Your Song

    • Bright Lights.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • The Monkees

    Last Train To Clarksville

    • Delilah - Jukebox 60's Hits.
    • Old Gold.
    • 2.

  • Shakin’ Stevens

    Merry Christmas Everyone

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "21" (XL Recordings)

    • Adele

      Rolling In The Deep

      • (CD Single).
      • XL.
      • 1.

  • Nu Shooz

    I Can't Wait

    • Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey

    Together In Electric Dreams

    • Our Friends Electric (Various Artists.
    • Telstar.

  • KT Tunstall

    Fade Like A Shadow

    • Tiger Suit.
    • Relentless.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "A VERY JOMA CHRISTMAS" (Joma)

    • Tewar

      Joy to the World

  • Ricky Nelson

    Travelin' Man

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.

  • Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories

    Stay (I Missed You)

    • Woman (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv/Sony Tv.

  • Bryan Adams

    Christmas Time

    • The Perfect Christmas (Various).
    • Universal Music.

  • Steve Winwood

    Higher Love

    • Music Of The Year: 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Universal-Island Records.

  • Burl Ives

    A Holly Jolly Christmas

    • The Essential Now That's What I Call Christmas (Various Artists).
    • UMG Recordings.
    • 7.

  • Cheryl Cole - The Flood

  • Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    Learning To Fly

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA.

  • Mariah Carey

    All I Want For Christmas Is You

    • Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas.
    • Columbia.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Some Kind Of Nothingness (feat. Ian McCulloch)

    • Postcards From A Young Man.
    • Columbia.
    • 17.

  • Garth Brooks

    Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy

    • Garth Brooks - Beyond The Season.
    • Liberty.

  • AC/DC

    You Shook Me All Night Long

    • AC/DC - Back In Black.
    • EMI.

  • Hurts

    All I Want For Christmas Is New Year's Day

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

  • Lemmy Kilmister, Billy F. Gibbons & Dave Grohl

    Run Rudolph Run

    • We Wish You A Metal Xmas & A Headbanging New Year.
    • ARMOURY.
    • 3.

  • Shalamar

    There It Is

    • Friends - Deluxe Edition.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 6.

  • Sophie B. Hawkins

    Right Beside You

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Chris Rea

    Driving Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ For Christmas

    • NOW That's What I Call Christmas (Various Artists).
    • NOW.
    • 1.

  • Toots & The Maytals

    54-46 Was My Number

  • Caro Emerald

    Riviera Life

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.
    • 1.

  • The Beatles

    Christmas Time is Here Again!

    • (CD Single).
    • Apple.

  • Starship

    Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Take That

    SOS

    • Progress.
    • Polydor.
    • 8.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "MICHAEL" (Sony) Out now

    • Michael Jackson - Keep Your Head Up

  • The Foundations

    Build Me Up Buttercup

    • Million Sellers Vol.12 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.

  • Saint Etienne

    I Was Born On Christmas Day

    • (CD Single).
    • Heavenly.
    • 17.

  • Michael BublΓ©

    Hollywood

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "FIDELITY" (Earmusic)

    • JP, Chrissie & The Fairground Boys

      Soon Christmas

  • Kylie Minogue

    Better Than Today

    • Aphrodite.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Maxi Priest

    Wild World

    • Dancing On Sunshine - 22 Reggae Hits.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Kelly Marie

    Feels Like I'm In Love

    • NOW Boogie Nights - Disco Classics (Various Artists).
    • Now! Music.

Broadcast

  • Fri 17 Dec 2010 02:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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