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08/10/2010

The weekend starts here! Alex provides laughs and great music on The Best Time of the Day Show. More from Record and Album of the Week, and Lester's and Listener's Libraries.

It's the best way to start your weekend by tuning into 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. This morning there are more mini-biographies, or "Bio Texts", as we call them. More suggestions for what to buy Alex's dad on his birthday; what do you buy an 84-year-old who has everything? And cringe all over again with those cheesy one-liners that somebody always comes up with in certain situations; it's Predictive Chat. Clare Catford provides Pause for Thought at 3.20am and the 4.15 One-Off Canteen opens its doors for the final time this week.
From Lester's Library there is a new track from alternative country duo, Kort, plus the latest single release from I Am Kloot. The Listener's Library track is a perfect Feelgood Friday pleaser from Gary Wright. There is one more track from Album of the Week by Caro Emerald, and another chance to hear Record of the Week from Jamiroquai. Nobody else, nowhere else.

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Music Played

  • Eurythmics

    Thorn In My Side

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

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Don't Bring Me Down

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.
    • 4.

  • Elton John & Leon Russell

    If It Wasn't For Bad

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

  • The Bobby Fuller Four

    I Fought The Law

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Thunder Road

    • The Essential Bruce Springsteen.
    • Columbia.

  • Pixie Lott

    Broken Arrow

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

  • Madness

    One Step Beyond

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • The Mamas & the Papas

    Monday, Monday

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

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "ROCK DUST LIGHT STAR" (Mercury) out on November 1st

    • Jamiroquai

      Blue Skies

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

  • Thompson Twins

    Love on Your Side

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "INVARIABLE HEARTACHE" (Cityslang)

    • Kort

      Picking Wild Mountain Berries

  • Allison Moorer

    Send Down An Angel

    • (CD Single).
    • MCA Nashville.

  • Mud

    Tiger Feet

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

  • Europe

    The Final Countdown

    • The Very Best Of Power Ballads (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Herbie Hancock

    I Thought It Was You (Directstep Version)

    • Club Tropicana (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    Hollywood

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

  • The Shirelles

    Will You Love Me Tomorrow

  • Dire Straits

    Walk Of Life

    • Brothers In Arms 20th Anniv Edition.
    • Vertigo.

  • Carl Bar芒t

    Run With The Boys

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

  • Maria Muldaur

    Midnight At The Oasis

    • Maria Muldaur.
    • Reprise.

  • Sting

    If I Ever Lose My Faith In You

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

  • James Blunt

    Stay The Night

    • Some Kind Of Trouble.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "SKY AT NIGHT" (Shepherd Moon)

    • I Am Kloot

      Fingerprints

  • The Selecter

    On My Radio

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • The Tremeloes

    (Call Me) Number One

    • 25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll 1969 (Vol 2).
    • Connoisseur.

  • Luther Vandross

    Never Too Much

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

  • Toploader

    Dancing In The Moonlight

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

  • Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow

    Shame

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

  • Betty Everett

    It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)

    • Unchained Melodies II (Various Artis.
    • Telstar.

  • The Blow Monkeys

    It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

    • The Blow Monkeys - Choices.
    • RCA.

  • Eliza Doolittle

    Roller Blades

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Sam Cooke

    Another Saturday Night

    • Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
    • RCA.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "DELETED SCENES FROM THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR" (Dramatico)

    • Caro Emerald

      Back It Up

      • (CD Single).
      • Dramatico.
      • 2.

  • Hot Chocolate

    You Sexy Thing

    • Hot Chocolate.
    • EMI.
    • 16.

  • Beth Nielsen Chapman

    All Comes Down to Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Sanctuary.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "DREAM WEAVER & OTHER HITS" (Rhinoflashback)

    • Gary Wright

      Dream Weaver

      • Wayne's World O.S.T. (Various).
      • Warner Bros.
      • 1.

  • Wilson Pickett

    Mustang Sally

    • Atlantic Rhythm & Blues - Vol 6: 1966.
    • Atlantic.

  • Enrique Iglesias

    Heartbeat (feat. Nicole Scherzinger)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 2.

  • Melba Moore

    This Is It

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1976.
    • Connoisseur.

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  • Fri 8 Oct 2010 02:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2

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