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25/03/2011

It's Feelgood Friday with Alex on the Best Time of the Day Show, the best way to start the weekend with brilliant music and hilarious chat. Includes Album and Record of the Week.

It's the best way to start your weekend, tune into Feelgood Friday on the Best Time of the Day Show with Alex. Keeping you away from the land of nod, expect Alex to play only the best selection of music interspersed with hilarious conversation. This morning, more rips in rah-rah skirts and tears in trousers, it's "The Hole Story"; we discuss the merit of the string vest in "String Vest Theory" and more delving into the unknown in "The Al-X Files". Pause for Thought at 3.20am and the final chance of the week to shake your tail-feather, and whatever else, in the 4.15 One-Off Canteen.

There will be one more track from Album of the Week by Roxette, Record of the Week from Alison Krauss and Union Station, Lester's Library tracks from Glen Matlock and a vintage album track from Queen, a slice of reggae by Inner Circle from the Listener's Library and - it's Friday - which means for the final track we Ramp up the Camp with a spectacularly flamboyant track to get you in that weekend mood.

Expect the unexpected, and you are still in for a surprise.

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Music Played

  • Slade

    Cum On Feel The Noize

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Duffy

    Mercy

  • The Human League

    Never Let Me Go

    • (CD Single).
    • Wall Of Sound.
    • 3.

  • Dave Edmunds

    Girls Talk

    • NOW - Yearbook 1979 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 2.

  • Jamiroquai

    Canned Heat

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Mr Medicine

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

  • Dean Martin

    Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)

    • Best Of The Capitol Years - Dean Mart.
    • Capitol.

  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions

    Accidents Will Happen

    • Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
    • Imp Records.
    • 4.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "PAPER AIRPLANE" (Rounder) out on April 11th

    • Alison Krauss & Union Station

      Paper Airplane

      • Paper Airplane.
      • Rounder.
      • 1.

  • Living in a Box

    Living In A Box

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY

    • Glen Matlock & the Philistines

      Hey Mister

  • Mike Oldfield

    Moonlight Shadow

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

  • Patrick Wolf

    The City

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

  • Lynn Anderson

    Rose Garden

    PAUSE FOR THOUGHT

    • Million Sellers Vol.15 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Terence Trent D’Arby

    If You Let Me Stay

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

  • Joni Mitchell

    Big Yellow Taxi

    • Joni Mitchell.
    • Reprise.

  • Sick Puppies

    Maybe

    • (CD Single).

  • ΆΩ±π±π±π‐LΎ±³Ω±π

    Groove Is In The Heart

    • The Best Of 100% Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Men at Work

    Down Under

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

  • Adele

    Someone Like You

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • The Stranglers

    96 Tears

    • (Single).
    • Epic.

  • Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield

    What Have I Done To Deserve This?

    • Goin' Back - Best Of Dusty Springfiel.
    • Philips.

  • John Mellencamp

    Jack And Diane

    • John Cougar - American Fool.
    • Mercury.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "BAD BOYS SOUNDTRACK" (WEA) sugguested by Aaron and Muff from Wrexham

    • Inner Circle

      Bad Boys

  • The Monotones

    The Book Of Love

    • New Millennium Doo Wop Party (Various.
    • Rhino.

  • Yazoo

    Only You

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.

  • The Hues Corporation

    Rock The Boat

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Chaka Khan

    I Feel For You

    • The Divas Of Dance (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Dion & The Belmonts

    Teenager In Love

    • Dion & The Belmonts - The EP Collecti.
    • Capitol.

  • Asa

    Be My Man

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

  • Blancmange

    Living on the Ceiling

    • Saturday Superstore Replay Selection (Various Artists).
    • ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Records.

  • Maria Muldaur

    Midnight At The Oasis

    • Maria Muldaur.
    • Reprise.

  • Paul McCartney & Wings

    Band On The Run

    • (Single).
    • Apple.
    • 3.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "CHARM SCHOOL" (EMI) out on March 28th

    • Roxette

      She's Got Nothing On (But The Radio)

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

  • KISS

    Crazy Crazy Nights

    • Now 10, Part 1 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Janet Kay

    Silly Games

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the digitally remastered CD "SHEER HEART ATTACK" (Island)

    • Queen

      In the Lap of the Gods

  • The Pierces

    You'll Be Mine

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

  • Quincy Jones

    Soul Bossa Nova

    • Mundo Latino (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Ray Charles

    Busted

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

  • The Kids From Fame

    Hi-Fidelity

    • (Single).
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 Mar 2011 02:00
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