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24/02/2012

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.

It's the best way to start your weekend by tuning in to the Best Time of the Day Show with Alex. Every Friday is a feelgood Friday which means even more great tunes and inspired daftness to keep you happy through the night.

There is a final track from the Album of the Week, another spin of Record of the Week, more unexpected song selections from Lester's and the Listener's Libraries and Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Bananarama

      Robert De Niro's Waiting

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

  • Supertramp

    Give A Little Bit

    • The Very Best Of Supertramp.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Marcus Collins

    Seven Nation Army

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

  • Keane

    Is It Any Wonder?

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • The Everly Brothers

    Bye Bye Love

  • Ed Sheeran

    Drunk

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum.
    • 1.

  • Mariah Carey

    Always Be My Baby

    • Mariah #1's - The Best Of Mariah Care.
    • Columbia.

  • AC/DC

    Highway To Hell

    • AC/DC - Highway To Hell.
    • Albert.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "THE BAND PERRY" (Mercury) out March 19th

    • The Band Perry

      If I Die Young

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

  • Dire Straits

    So Far Away

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.

  • Dolly Parton

    Jolene

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUTH" (Polydor) out now

    • Van Halen

      Tattoo

      • (CD Single).
      • Universal.
      • 2.

  • Maxine Nightingale

    Right Back Where We Started From

    • The Soul Years 1975 (Disc 1).
    • Knight Records.

  • The Champs

    Tequila

    • The Wanderers (Original S/Track).
    • Sequel Records.

  • HOUR 2

    • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

      Annie I'm Not Your Daddy

      • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
      • Columbia.

  • Climax Blues Band

    Couldn't Get It Right

    • Top Gear 3 - Various Artists.
    • Sony.

  • Jodie Marie

    I Got You

    • Mountain Echo.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • The Style Council

    Have You Ever Had It Blue

    • Heaven (Various Artists).
    • Spectrum.

  • Gloria Gaynor

    Never Can Say Goodbye

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1974 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Beth Hart & Slash

    Sister

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

  • Bryan Adams

    Summer Of '69

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • Quincy Jones

    Soul Bossa Nova

    • Mundo Latino (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Love Is A Losing Game

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • The Fortunes

    Here It Comes Again

    • Heartbeat - Forever Yours.
    • Sony.

  • Gotye

    Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

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

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "BEST OF BAD MANNERS" (Pegasus) suggested by Lee Frewer in Newcastle

    • Bad Manners

      Lip Up Fatty

      • The Best Reggae Album In The World....
      • Virgin.

  • Pat Benatar

    We Belong

    • Pat Benatar - Tropico.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Eagles

    Lyin' Eyes

    • (Single).
    • Asylum.

  • HOUR 3

    • Duran Duran

      Is There Something I Should Know?

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

  • The Isley Brothers

    This Old Heart Of Mine

    • Soul (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    We Take Care Of Our Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 25.

  • Divinyls

    I Touch Myself

    • Hard 2 Get Hits - Various Artists.
    • Disky.

  • The Monkees

    Daydream Believer

    • The Definitive Monkees.
    • Warner Strategic Marketing.
    • 5.

  • Red Sky July

    Loving You's Easy

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

  • Madness

    Our House

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "HELL IN A HEADBASKET" (Sony) out on Monday

    • Meat Loaf

      Live Or Die

      • Hell In A Handbasket.
      • Legacy/Sony.
      • 3.

  • Jackie Wilson

    I Get the Sweetest Feeling

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

  • Emeli SandΓ©

    Next To Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "DOIN' THE DO: THE BEST OF BETTY BOO" (BMG)

    • Betty Boo

      Where Are You Baby?

  • Jamiroquai

    Space Cowboy

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Soho Square.

  • Millie

    My Boy Lollipop

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • Village People

    YMCA

    • Night Moves (Various Artists).
    • Double Gold.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Feb 2012 02:00
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