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22/02/2013

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

    • Glenn Frey

      The Heat Is On

      • Above The Clouds: The Very Best Of.
      • Universal.

  • Spiller

    Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (feat. Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor)

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.

  • Dido

    No Freedom

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

  • 10cc

    Life Is a Minestrone

    • The Singles.
    • Mercury.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Hungry Heart

    • Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Tunde Baiyewu

    Move

    • (CD Single).
    • Waking Dreams.
    • 1.

  • Johnny Cash

    A Boy Named Sue

  • The Crusaders

    Street Life

    • The Very Best Of Randy Crawford.
    • Dino.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "AMERICAN SOUL" (Atco) out now

    • Mick Hucknall

      Turn Back The Hands Of Time

      • (CD Single).
      • SimplyRed.com.
      • 1.

  • Boston

    More Than A Feeling

    • Rock Of America (Various Artists).
    • Trax Label.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming COMPILATION, "PROG ROCKS!" (Virgin) out soon

    • Kevin Coyne

      Marlene

      • Prog Rocks!.
      • Virgin.

  • Kate Bush

    Hounds Of Love

    • Remastered Part I.
    • Fish People.

  • Stereophonics

    Indian Summer

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

  • HOUR 2

    • Donna Summer

      Bad Girls

      • Donna Summer - Summer Collection.
      • Mercury.

  • Wham!

    I'm Your Man

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

  • Alicia Keys

    Brand New Me

    • Girl On Fire.
    • RCA.

  • Crosby, Stills & Nash

    Marrakesh Express

    • Over The Years....
    • Rhino.
    • 001.

  • Eddy Grant

    I Don't Wanna Dance

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Bastille

    Pompeii

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • The Police

    Can't Stand Losing You

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • Swing Out Sister

    Breakout

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Petula Clark

    Cut Copy Me

    • Petula.
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "BRITISH STEEL" (Columbia) suggested by Terrible Terry in Solihull

    • Judas Priest

      Breaking The Law

  • The Swinging Blue Jeans

    You're No Good

    • The Hits Of 1964 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

    I'm A Wonderful Thing, Baby

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

  • Lynn Anderson

    Rose Garden

    PAUSE FOR THOUGHT

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

  • HOUR 3

    • OMC

      How Bizarre

      • Now 34 (Various Artists).
      • Now.

  • The Searchers

    Sugar and Spice

    • The Searchers.
    • MFP.

  • Train

    Mermaid

    • California 37.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Noisettes

    Never Forget You

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

  • Faces

    Cindy Incidentally

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Jake Bugg

    Lightning Bolt

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

  • The Crystals

    He's A Rebel

    • The Best Of The Crystals.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK FROM THE FORTHCOMING CD, "ALL THAT ECHOES" (REPRISE) OUT 25TH FEB

    • Josh Groban

      False Alarms

      • All That Echoes.
      • Reprise.
      • 2.

  • Status Quo

    The Wild Side Of Life

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Pack Up

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

  • The Overtones

    Love Song

    • Higher.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • Deep Purple

    Strange Kind Of Woman

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1971 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "The Carpenter" (Island) out now

    • The Avett Brothers

      I Never Knew You

      • The Carpenter.
      • Island.

  • Smokie

    Living Next Door To Alice

    • Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman: Classics From The 1970's & 80's Vols 1 & 2.
    • BMG.

  • Ramp Up The Camp

    • Bombalurina

      Itsy Bitsy Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

      • Fast Forward (Various Artists).
      • Telstar.

Broadcast

  • Fri 22 Feb 2013 02:00
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