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20/05/2011

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 and Record of the Week included.

Let Alex kick-start your weekend with Feelgood Friday on the Best Time of the Day Show. It's the final day of National Shock Week, more alternative uses for Beatrice's royal wedding hat in "Bea's Batty Hatty", the last trip to the 4.15 Confusion Hareem for the week, and Pause for Thought at 3.20am with Sherry Ashworth.

There is a final track from the Album of the Week by Michael Franti and Spearhead, another spin of Record of the Week by The Feeling, Lester's Library tracks from Jim Croce and Venus Casino and one selected from the Listener's Library from Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden.

Expect the unexpected with Alex, and you will still be in for a surprise.

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Fri 20 May 2011 02:00
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Music Played

  • Phil Collins

    Two Hearts

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.

  • Queen

    Don't Stop Me Now

    • Jazz.
    • Island.
    • 12.

  • Colbie Caillat

    I Do

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Maroon 5

    This Love

    • (CD Single).
    • J.

  • The Drifters

    Under The Boardwalk

    • We Gotta Sing: The Soul Years 1962-1971.
    • Strawberry.

  • Clare Maguire

    The Shield And The Sword

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

  • Mott the Hoople

    Roll Away The Stone

    • Mott The Hoople - Greatest Hits.
    • CBS.

  • Chris Montez

    Call Me

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "TOGETHER WE WERE MADE" (Island) out on 20th June

    • The Feeling

      Set My World On Fire

      • (CD Single).
      • Universal Island.
      • 1.

  • Alannah Myles

    Black Velvet

    • Red Hot Metal (Various Artists).
    • Dover Records.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    West End Girls

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    Keep The Customer Satisfied

    • Bridge Over Troubled Water.
    • Columbia.

  • Status Quo

    Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You

    • (CD Single).
    • Fourth Chord Records.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "GREATEST HITS" (Carpe Diem)

    • Venus Casino

      Can't Get Over You

  • Meredith Brooks

    Bitch

    • The Female Touch 2 (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Duran Duran

    Girls On Film

    • Duran Duran - Decade.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Blondie

    Mother

    • Panic Of Girls.
    • Phasm 8.
    • 1.

  • Chris Rea

    Fool (If You Think It's Over)

    • Hard To Find 45s On CD, Vol. 8: Seventies Pop Classics (Various Artists).
    • Eric Records.

  • Sharon Redd

    Can You Handle It

    • The Greatest 80's Soul W/Ender (Va).
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • Aloe Blacc

    I Need A Dollar

    • Good Things.
    • Stones Throw Records.
    • 1.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    The Wind Cries Mary

    • Jimi Hendrix - The Ultimate Experienc.
    • Polydor.

  • Toto Coelo

    I Eat Cannibals

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

  • Yazoo

    Only You

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.

  • Chuck Berry

    Johnny B. Goode

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

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "TATTOOED MILLIONAIRE" (Sanctuary) suggested by Big H from Wakefield

    • Bruce Dickinson - Tattooed Millionaire

  • Evelyn β€œChampagne” King

    Shame

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

  • Adele

    Rolling In The Deep

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Madness

    Wings Of A Dove

    • Madness - Divine Madness.
    • Virgin.

  • Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

    Jimmy Mack

    • Leaders Of The Pack (Various Artists.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Jon Allen

    Joanna

    • (CD Single).
    • Monologue Records.
    • 1.

  • Ram Jam

    Black Betty

    • 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll: 1977 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 2.

  • Marianne Faithfull

    As Tears Go By

    • The Very Best Of Marianne Faithfull.
    • London.

  • R.E.M.

    It Happened Today

    • (CD Single).

  • Lorna Bennett

    Breakfast In Bed

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

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "THE SOUND OF SUNSHINE" (EMI) out now

    • Michael Franti & Spearhead

      Say Hey (I Love You)

      • The Sound Of Sunshine.

  • Mickey & Sylvia

    Love Is Strange

    • Dirty Dancing O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • RCA.
    • 106.

  • T. Rex

    Get It On

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

  • Isaac Hayes

    Theme From Shaft

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Take That

    Patience

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • The Communards

    Don't Leave Me This Way (feat. Sarah Jane Morris)

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming 3CD set, "THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST - 40th ANNIVERSARY" (Rhino) out on June 6th

    • Jim Croce

      I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song

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  • Fri 20 May 2011 02:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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