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16/11/2012

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 16 Nov 2012 02:00
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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Luther Vandross

      Never Too Much

      • The Love Album (CD 1) (Various Artist.
      • Virgin.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Don't Stop

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 009.

  • Jessica Mauboy

    Gotcha

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • The Searchers

    Don't Throw Your Love Away

    • The Searchers.
    • MFP.

  • Odyssey

    Native New Yorker

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

  • Aerosmith

    What Could Have Been Love

    • Music From Another Dimension.
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • Michael BublΓ©

    Hollywood

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
    • 1.

  • Asia

    Heat Of The Moment

    • Various Artists - New Frontiers.
    • Temple Records.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "LONG WAVE" (Frontier) out now

    • Jeff Lynne

      Mercy Mercy

      • Long Wave.
      • Frontiers Records.
      • 4.

  • Gotye

    Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

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

  • The Detroit Spinners

    I'll Be Around

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..
    • 3.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY FORTHCOMING SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM "THE RECKONING" (ATLANTIC) OUT NOW

    • NEEDTOBREATHE

      Drive All Night

      • The Reckoning.
      • Atlantic.

  • Black Sabbath

    Paranoid

    • Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Bruno Mars

    Locked Out Of Heaven

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • HOUR 2

    • Prefab Sprout

      The King of Rock 'N' Roll

      • Hits Album 8, Part 2 (Various Artist.
      • Hits Album.

  • Kylie Minogue

    All The Lovers

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

  • Olly Murs

    Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida)

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

  • Bonnie Tyler

    It's A Heartache

    • In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part.
    • Old Gold.

  • Eddie Cochran

    Somethin' Else

    • The Eddie Cochran Story.
    • EMI.
    • 16.

  • Steps

    Light Up The World

    • (CD Single).
    • Steps Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Culture Club

    Church Of The Poison Mind

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

    I Love Rock 'n' Roll

    • Joan Jett - I Love Rock 'n' Roll.
    • Blackheart.

  • Deacon Blue

    The Outsiders

    • (CD Single).
    • Edsel.
    • 6.

  • Marmalade

    Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

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

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "EAT A PEACH" (Capricorn) suggested by Steve Hart in Dewbury

    • The Allman Brothers Band

      Melissa

      • Eat A Peach.
      • Capricorn.

  • Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

    The Love I Lost

    • Midnight Soul (Various Artists).
    • Music Club.

  • The Crickets

    That'll Be The Day

    • B.Holly & The Crickets -20 Golden Gre.
    • MCA.

  • HOUR 3

    • Rose Royce

      Car Wash

      • Now 12 (Various Artists).
      • Now.

  • Bryan Adams

    Can't Stop This Thing We Started

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

  • The Rolling Stones

    Doom And Gloom

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • The Mamas & the Papas

    Monday, Monday

    • The Mamas & The Papas - 20 Greatest H.
    • MFP.

  • Prince & The Revolution

    I Would Die 4 U

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Ed Sheeran

    Give Me Love

    • + Plus.
    • Atlantic.

  • Paloma Faith

    Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?

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

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "SUNKEN CONDOS" (Reprise) out now

    • Donald Fagen

      I'm Not The Same Without You

      • Sunken Condos.
      • Warner Bros.
      • 1.

  • Stan Ridgway

    Camouflage

    • IRS Records 1979-1994 (Various).
    • IRS.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY FROM THE ALBUM "SWEET REFRAINS" (ZOO) OUT 10TH DECEMBER

    • The South

      Stick It In And Turn It

      • Sweet Refrains.
      • Zoo Records.

  • U2 & B.B. King

    When Love Comes To Town

    • Q The Blues (Various Artists).
    • Hit Label.

  • Evelyn Thomas

    High Energy

    • Various Artists - Disco & Dance.
    • BMG.

Broadcast

  • Fri 16 Nov 2012 02:00
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