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11/05/2012

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 11 May 2012 02:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

      1-2-3

      • Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits.
      • Epic.

  • Duran Duran

    A View To A Kill

    • The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversa.
    • EMI.

  • Emin

    Baby Get Higher

    • (CD Single).
    • Saffron.
    • 1.

  • Little Richard

    Good Golly Miss Molly

  • Anita Ward

    Ring My Bell

    • Songs Of Love.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 9.

  • Avalanche City

    Sunset

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Texas

    Summer Son

    • Texas - The Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.

  • T. Rex

    20th Century Boy

    • Tanx + Zinc Alloy.
    • Edsel.
    • 009.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "THAT'S WHY GOD MADE THE RADIO" (Capitol) out on 4th June

    • The Beach Boys

      That's Why God Made The Radio

  • Tami Lynn

    I'm Gonna Run Away From You

    • At The Club (Various Artists).
    • Kent.
    • 5.

  • The Script

    Breakeven

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "ANALOG MAN" (Decca) out on 11th June

    • Joe Walsh

      Lucky That Way

  • Marc Almond

    The Days Of Pearly Spencer

    • Now 22 (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Sandy Denny

    London

    • (CD Single).
    • Mighty Village.
    • 1.

  • HOUR 2

    • The Supremes

      You Can't Hurry Love

      • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
      • Polygram Tv.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    Hollywood

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

  • Paloma Faith

    Picking Up The Pieces

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 1.

  • Twisted Sister

    We're Not Gonna Take It

    • Big Hits & Nasty Cuts.
    • Atlantic.
    • 120.

  • Rebecca Ferguson

    Glitter & Gold

    • Heaven.
    • Sony.

  • OMC

    How Bizarre

    • Now 34 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Madonna

    Holiday

    • Finally Enough Love (Deluxe Edition).
    • Rhino.
    • 34.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Love Will Set You Free

    • (CD Single).
    • Conehead.
    • 1.

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    I'm A Man

    • The 60's Album (Various Artists).
    • Fontana.
    • 4.

  • Natalie Cole

    Wild Women Do

    • Pretty Woman - Soundtrack.
    • EMI.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "WALTZ DARLING" (Epic) suggested by Christopher Quinton in Suffolk

    • Malcolm McLaren

      Deep In Vogue

      • Waltz Darling.
      • Epic.
      • 5.

  • Boz Scaggs

    Lowdown

    • Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees.
    • Columbia.

  • Chris Montez

    The More I See You

    • This Is Easy (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • HOUR 3

    • Elton John

      Island Girl

      • Diamonds.
      • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Jermaine Stewart

    We Don't Have To

    • Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Melody Gardot

    Amalia

    • The Absence.
    • Decca.

  • The B鈥�52s

    Love Shack

    • Now 1990 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.
    • 3.

  • Bon Jovi

    You Give Love A Bad Name

    • Slippery When Wet.
    • Mercury.
    • 2.

  • Al Jarreau

    We're In This Love Together

    • Breakin' Away.
    • BBR.
    • 003.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "THROUGH THE NIGHT" (Island) out on 14th May

    • Ren Harvieu

      Through The Night

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

  • Badfinger

    No Matter What

    • Badfinger - No Dice.
    • Apple.

  • Tom Jones

    Hit Or Miss

    • (CD Single).
    • Gut Records.
    • 5.

  • Fairground Attraction

    Perfect

    • The First Of A Million Kisses (Expanded Edition).
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 002.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from Simon Mayo 2DAY 2012

    • Nashville Ensemble

      Stand By Your Man (Live for 2DAY)

  • Train

    Drive By

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 12.

  • Odyssey

    Use It Up & Wear It Out

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • RAMP UP THE CAMP!

    • John Travolta & Olivia Newton鈥怞ohn

      We Go Together

      • Grease (Original Movie Soundtrack).
      • Polydor.

Broadcast

  • Fri 11 May 2012 02:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2

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