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26/03/2010

Winding up your week with the Dark Lord's latest musical instalments from Lester's Library, the final track from the Album of the Week, and another spin for our Record of the Week.

It's Feelgood Friday on The Best Time of the Day Show with The Dark Lord, who is still trying to convince us of his inner bad boy, Johnny Havoc. There are more frog-tastic tales in Frog Day Afternoon, and new titles from the When Harry Potter Met Sally film studio include My Psycho Lady, Sheepless in Settle and Mary Poppins: First Blood. And our News Hank celebrity for today is Tom Hanks; well, it was him or Hank Marvin.

From Lester's Library there is a track from The Chieftains with Ry Cooder, one from The Jimmy Bowskill Band, and a Gomez album track selected by you from the Listener's Library. There is a final track from our Album of the Week by Free/ Bad Company, another play of Record of the Week by Meat Loaf and Pause for Thought with Ali Hutchinson. Nobody else, nowhere else.

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Fri 26 Mar 2010 02:00

Music Played

  • Take That

    Could It Be Magic

    • Take That - Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • The Foundations

    Baby Now That I've Found You

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • Global Television.
  • Paloma Faith

    Upside Down

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

    A Horse With No Name

    • America's Greatest Hits - History.
    • Warner Bros.
  • The Kooks

    Shine On

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

    Nothin' But Love

    • (CD Single).
  • Roxy Music

    Dance Away

    • Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music - Street Life.
    • Eg.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming album, "HANG COOL, TEDDY BEAR" (Mercury) out on April 19th

    • Meat Loaf

      Los Angeloser

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

    I Say A Little Prayer

    • Aretha Franklin - Queen Of Soul.
    • Atlantic.
  • The Cult

    She Sells Sanctuary

    • The Cult - Pure Cult: The Singles.
    • Beggars Banquet.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "SAN PATRICO" (Concord)

    • The Chieftains

      The Sands of Mexico (featuring Ry Cooder)

  • Ike & Tina Turner

    Nutbush City Limits

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1973 (Various).
    • EMI.
  • Go West

    We Close Our Eyes

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.
  • Chaka Khan

    I'm Every Woman

    • NOW Boogie Nights - Disco Classics (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Rox

    My Baby Left Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Rough Trade.
    • 1.
  • Simply Red

    Stars

    • Simply Red Greatest Hits.
    • East West Records.
  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    See You Later, Alligator

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.
  • Cheap Trick

    I Want You To Want Me

    • At Budokan: The Complete Concert.
    • Epic Legacy.
    • 3.
  • Scouting for Girls

    This Ain't A Love Song

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

    Does Your Mother Know

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 015.
  • The Isley Brothers

    That Lady (Part 1)

    • Blues And Soul: The Soul Years 1966-1999: Vol.3 1972-1973 (Various Artists).
    • Connoisseur.
    • 5.
  • OneRepublic

    Secrets

    • (CD Single).
    • Mosley Music/Interscope Records.
    • 1.
  • Lucie Silvas

    Breathe In

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the album, "THE JIMMY BOWSKILL BAND - LIVE" (Ruf)

    • The Jimmy Bowskill Band

      Walk in my Shadows

  • Edwin Starr

    25 Miles

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.
  • 搁耻苍鈥怐.惭.颁. & Aerosmith

    Walk This Way

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Yes

    Owner Of A Lonely Heart

    • Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.
  • Sister Sledge

    We Are Family

  • Amy Macdonald

    Don't Tell Me That It's Over

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

    Here It Comes Again

    • Heartbeat - Forever Yours.
    • Sony.
  • Michael Jackson

    Smooth Criminal

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
  • Ben Montague

    Haunted

    • (CD Single).
    • BM Music.
    • 1.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "THE VERY BEST OF FREE AND BAD COMPANY" (Rhino)

    • Free

      My Brother Jake

      • Music Of The Year 1971.
      • Spectrum.
      • 9.
  • Dodgy

    Good Enough

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 34 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Noisettes

    Never Forget You

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

    The Times They Are A-Changin'聽

    • The Best Of Bob Dylan.
    • Columbia.
  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the album, "HOW WE OPERATE" (Independiente) as suggested by Phillippa AKA Badgerbird

    • Gomez

      How We Operate

      • How We Operate.
  • Martha and the Muffins

    Echo Beach

    • The Best Summer Ever (Various Artist.
    • Virgin.
  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Green Onions

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

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  • Fri 26 Mar 2010 02:00

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