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19/10/2012

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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Fri 19 Oct 2012 02:00
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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Bruce Springsteen

      Hungry Heart

      • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
      • Columbia.

  • Shakira

    Whenever, Wherever

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Rebecca Ferguson

    Backtrack

    • Heaven.
    • Sony.

  • Thin Lizzy

    Whiskey In The Jar

    • The Best Of Phil Lynott & Thin Lizzy.
    • Telstar.
    • 10.

  • Kraftwerk

    The Model

    • Into The Eighties (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Amy Macdonald

    4th July

    • Life In A Beautiful Light.
    • Mercury.

  • Paul Davidson

    Midnight Rider

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

  • Fun Boy Three & Bananarama

    It Ain't What You Do...

    • The Very Best Of Bananarama.
    • Warner Strategic Market.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "GRRR" (Polydor) out 12th November

    • The Rolling Stones

      Doom And Gloom

      • (CD Single).
      • Polydor.

  • Bill Withers

    Ain't No Sunshine

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

  • Toploader

    Dancing In The Moonlight

    • Onka's Big Moka - Toploader.
    • Sony Soho Square.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "LIVE IN ENGLAND" (Ham-Bone Records)

    • Hamilton Loomis

      Workin' Real Hard

  • Kylie Minogue

    Flower

  • HOUR 2

    • ABC

      All Of My Heart

      • In Touch II (Various Artists).
      • Solitaire Collection.

  • Tasmin Archer

    Sleeping Satellite

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

  • Andy Burrows

    Because I Know That I Can

    • (CD Single).
    • Play It Again Sam UK.
    • 1.

  • Chris Montez

    Let's Dance

    • And The Beat Goes On Vol 3 (Various).
    • Debutante.

  • Maxine Nightingale

    Right Back Where We Started From

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

  • Scouting for Girls

    Without You

    • The Light Between Us.
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • OutKast

    Hey Ya!

    • Outkast - Speakerboxxx.
    • Arista.

  • Morten Harket

    Burn Money Burn

    • (CD Single).
    • Hump Head.
    • 1.

  • KT Tunstall

    Suddenly I See

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • John Paul Young

    Love Is In The Air

    • 20 Songs Of Love From The 70's (Vario.
    • MFP.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "SPEED OF LIFE" (Cherry Red)

    • The Christians

      Speed Of Life

  • Talking Heads

    Road To Nowhere

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • The Dave Clark Five

    Bits and Pieces

    • Glad All Over Again.
    • EMI.

  • HOUR 3

    • Miami Sound Machine

      Dr. Beat

      • NOW 1984 (Various Artists).
      • NOW.

  • Tom Jones

    Mama Told Me Not To Come (feat. Stereophonics)

    • (CD Single).
    • Gut Records.

  • Moya

    Making Me Fall

    • (CD Single).
    • Four To One Records.
    • 1.

  • Def Leppard

    Pour Some Sugar On Me

    • More Monkey Business From Catalogue Marketing (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

  • Junior Senior

    Move Your Feet

    • Smash Hits Chart Summer 2003.
    • EMI/Virgin/Universal Music.

  • Paloma Faith

    Never Tear Us Apart

    • Fall To Grace: Bonus Tracks.
    • Sony.

  • Canned Heat

    Let's Work Together

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1970 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "GLASSHEART" (Sony) out now

    • Leona Lewis

      Glassheart

      • Glassheart.
      • Mix Pixie.
      • 11.

  • Tavares

    More Than A Woman

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Isley Brothers

    Harvest For The World

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1976 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "TROUBLE" (Epic) suggested by Margs

    • Sailor

      A Glass Of Champagne

      • The 70's: Back In The Groove - 1975.
      • Time Life.

  • Kristina Train

    Dark Black

    • Dark Black.
    • Mercury.

  • RAMP UP THE CAMP!

    • Propellerheads

      History Repeating (feat. Shirley Bassey)

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

Broadcast

  • Fri 19 Oct 2012 02:00
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