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08/07/2011

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

Let Alex kick-start your weekend with Feelgood Friday on the Best Time of the Day Show. More tales of filth, fury and fun on the final day of National Muck Week, more shelf-shuffling to suit our needs in the supermarket in "Shop Strop" and, new for today, we help superheroes who are stripped of their powers in "Hard-Up Heroes".

There is a final track from the Album of the Week by Dionne Bromfield, another spin of Record of the Week by Noah and the Whale, more song choices from Lester's Library and one from you selected from the Listener's Library by Plastic Bertrand, plus Pause for Thought at 3.20am.

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

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Music Played

  • The O’Jays

    Love Train

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

  • Eurythmics

    Right By Your Side

    • Eurythmics - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Teddy Thompson

    Delilah

    • Bella.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Carl Perkins

    That's Alright Mama

    • The Ultimate Rock 'N' Roll Collection (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Gene Pitney & Marc Almond

    Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Caro Emerald

    That Man

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

  • Julian Lennon

    Too Late For Goodbyes

    • The Greatest Love Vol.2 (Various).
    • Charisma.

  • The Connells

    74-75

    • Top Of The Pops 2 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "LAST NIGHT ON EARTH" (Mercury)

    • Noah and the Whale

      Life Is Life

      • (CD Single).
      • Mercury.
      • 23.

  • Laura Nyro

    Wedding Bell Blues

    • The Best Of.
    • Columbia.
    • 10.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "REVELATOR" (Sony)

    • Tedeschi Trucks Band

      Shelter

  • The Undertones

    My Perfect Cousin

    • The Undertones - Teenage Kicks.
    • Castle.

  • Scouting for Girls

    Love How It Hurts

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

  • Carly Simon

    You're So Vain

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • Little Richard

    Rip It Up

    • Little Richard 22 Classic Cuts.
    • Ace.

  • Adele

    Set Fire To The Rain

    • 21.
    • XL.
    • 5.

  • The Byrds

    All I Really Want to Do

    • Ready Steady Go! (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Sheila & B. Devotion

    Spacer

    • Best Disco Album In The World...Ever!.
    • Virgin.

  • ZZ Top

    Legs

    • Rancho Texicano: The Very Best Of ZZ Top.
    • Warner Bros.

  • CeeLo Green

    I Want You (Hold On To Love)

    • The Lady Killer.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

    A Rockin’ Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love)

    • The Two Of Us.
    • Verve.

  • Ten Sharp

    You

    • Ten Sharp.
    • Columbia.

  • Taja Sevelle

    Love Is Contagious

    • Taja Sevelle.
    • WEA.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "BLACK AND WHITE AMERICA" (Roadrunner) out on August 22nd

    • Lenny Kravitz

      Stand

  • The Osmonds

    Crazy Horses

    • The Very Best Of The Osmonds.
    • Polydor.

  • Imelda May

    Inside Out

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

  • Meat Loaf

    I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

    • Now 1993 - The Millennium Series.
    • Castle.

  • Sister Sledge

    Thinking Of You

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.

  • Beady Eye

    Beady Eye - The Beat Goes On

  • Rick James

    Super Freak

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Sugarland

    Stuck Like Glue

    • The Incredible Machine.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Dionne Bromfield

    Yeah Right

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

  • The Who

    My Generation

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 004.

  • Althea & Donna

    Uptown Top Ranking

  • Van Halen

    Why Can't This Be Love

    • Life In The Fast Lane (Various).
    • Telstar.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE KING OF THE DIVAN: THE BEST OF..." (EMI) suggested by David Monks in Scotland

    • Plastic Bertrand

      Ca Plane Pour Moi

      • VirginMegaMusic Totally 80's (Var).
      • Rhino.

  • Eric Clapton

    Lay Down Sally

    • The Cream Of Eric Clapton.
    • Polydor.

  • The Crickets

    Not Fade Away

    • The Legendary Buddy Holly.
    • Pickwick.
    • 5.

  • Los del RΓ­o

    Macarena

    • The Best One Hit Wonders In The World.
    • Virgin.

Broadcast

  • Fri 8 Jul 2011 02:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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