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30/12/2011

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.

3 hours, 27 minutes

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Fri 30 Dec 2011 03:00
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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

      Born To Run

      • Born To Run.
      • CBS.

  • Rose Royce

    Car Wash

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

    The Death Of You And Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Sour Mash Records.
    • 7.

  • Tommy James & The Shondells

    Mony Mony

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

  • The Dream Academy

    Life In A Northern Town

    • Blast From The Past (Various Artists.
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Heather Nova

    Higher Ground

    • 300 Days At Sea.
    • Essential.
    • 1.

  • Elvis Presley

    (You're the) Devil In Disguise

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

  • Tina Turner

    Private Dancer

    • Tina Turner - Simply The Best.
    • Capitol.

  • Military Wives & Gareth Malone

    Wherever You Are

    • (CD Single).
    • Decca.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY (Monnowtone Records)

    • The Last Republic

      Perfect Stranger

  • AC/DC

    Back In Black

    • Back In Black.
    • Epic.
    • 6.

  • Carpenters

    (They Long To Be) Close To You

    • The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More.
    • A&M.

  • HOUR 2

    • The Rembrandts

      I'll Be There For You

      • The Love Songs Album (Various).
      • Universal.

  • Wild Cherry

    Play That Funky Music

    • Walk On - Hits From The Last 2 Decade.
    • Columbia.

  • Amy Winehouse

    The Girl From Ipanema

    • Lioness: Hidden Treasures.
    • Island.
    • 7.

  • INXS

    Mystify

    • INXS - Kick.
    • Mercury.

  • Odyssey

    Going Back To My Roots

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
    • 6.

  • Glen Campbell

    There's No Me... Without You

    • (CD Single).
    • Surfdog.
    • 1.

  • A Flock of Seagulls

    Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)

    • Electric Dreams (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 6.

  • The Chicks

    Wide Open Spaces

  • Kid Rock

    Care (feat. T.I. & Martina McBride)

    • Born Free.
    • Atlantic.
    • 5.

  • Blondie

    Mother

    • Panic Of Girls.
    • Phasm 8.
    • 1.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE VERY BEST OF THE POGUES" (Warner) suggested by Matt Lane from Three Counties

    • The Pogues

      A Rainy Night In Soho

      • The Very Best Of The Pogues.
      • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • Foreigner

    Cold As Ice

    • 40.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 3.

  • The Mamas & the Papas

    I Saw Her Again

    • The Mamas & Papas Golden Greats.
    • MCA.
    • 5.

  • HOUR 3

    • Level 42

      Something About You

      • The Complete Polydor Years: Volume 2 (1985-1989).
      • Cherry Red Records.

  • Jackie Wilson

    I Get the Sweetest Feeling

    • Time For Love (Various Artists).
    • Truetrax.

  • 叠别测辞苍肠茅

    Love On Top

    • 4.
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Midge Ure

    If I Was

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

  • The Andrea True Connection

    More, More, More

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

  • The Pioneers

    Let Your Yeah Be Yeah

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

  • Deep Blue Something

    Breakfast At Tiffany's

    • This Year's Love (Various Artists) C.
    • Global Television.

  • The Marvelettes

    Please Mr. Postman

    • Marvelettes-Compact Command Performan.
    • Motown.
    • 3.

  • The Brilliant Things

    Dance

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

  • Four Tops

    It's The Same Old Song

  • Gabriella Cilmi

    Sweet About Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "JAZZ CLASSICS" (Newsound)

    • Artie Shaw

      Stardust

  • America

    Ventura Highway

    • Country Roads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • HOUR 4

    • David Bowie

      Sound And Vision

      • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
      • EMI.

  • Sam Cooke

    Twistin' the Night Away

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

  • Miss 600

    Typically Me

    • CD Single.
    • Cubit Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Bryan Adams

    Run To You

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

  • Anastacia

    I'm Outta Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic/Daylight.

  • Chesney Hawkes

    The One and Only

    • (CD Single).
    • Chrysalis.

  • The Weather Girls

    It's Raining Men

    • Success.
    • Cherry Pop.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Fri 30 Dec 2011 03:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2

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