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28/09/2012

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 28 Sep 2012 02:00
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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • James Brown

      Living in America

      • 40th Anniversary Collection.
      • Polydor.
      • 4.

  • Free

    My Brother Jake

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

  • Ren Harvieu

    Do Right By Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • Buddy Holly

    Everyday

    • B.Holly & The Crickets -20 Golden Gre.
    • MCA.

  • Kirsty MacColl

    A New England

    • From Croydon To Cuba... An Anthology.
    • Virgin.

  • Tyler James

    Single Tear

    • The Unlikely Lad.
    • Island.

  • The Feeling

    I Thought It Was Over

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.

  • Bryan Adams

    When You're Gone (feat. Melanie C)

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

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "CANDY" (Island) out 5th November

    • Robbie Williams

      Candy

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

  • Belinda Carlisle

    Summer Rain

    • Belinda Carlisle.
    • Virgin.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... MR B.B. KING" (Universal) out now

    • B.B. King

      When It All Comes Down (I'll Still Be Around)

  • Emilia Mitiku

    So Wonderful

    • I Belong To You.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.

  • HOUR 2

    • The Waterboys

      The Whole of the Moon

      • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
      • Now.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Wow

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.

  • The Overtones

    Loving The Sound

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

  • The Cars

    Just What I Needed

    • The Cars - Greatest Hits.
    • Elektra.

  • Fontella Bass

    Rescue Me

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Leaving

    • Elysium.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • Peter Frampton

    Show Me The Way

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.

  • Nickelback

    Trying Not To Love You

    • (CD Single).
    • Roadrunner.

  • Stephanie Mills

    Never Knew Love Like This Before

    • And They Danced The Night Away.
    • Debutante.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "FRESH FRUIT FOR ROTTING VEGETABLES" (Cherry Red) suggested by Andrew Dore in

    • Dead Kennedys

      Viva Las Vegas

      • Cherry Red.

  • Michael Bubl茅

    Lost

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Shanice

    I Love Your Smile

    • Now Yearbook '92 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music.

  • HOUR 3

    • The Foundations

      Build Me Up Buttercup

      • Million Sellers Vol.12 - The Sixties.
      • Disky.

  • DeBarge

    Rhythm Of The Night

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • Toni Braxton

    Un-Break My Heart

    • Toni Braxton - Secrets.
    • Laface.

  • Paul Carrack

    When My Little Girl Is Smiling

    • (CD Single).
    • Carrack-UK Records.
    • 1.

  • Jeff Beck

    Hi Ho Silver Lining

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1967 (Various).
    • EMI.

  • Dire Straits

    Walk Of Life

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

  • Beth Hart

    Baddest Blues

    • (CD Single).
    • Provogue.

  • Carpenters

    Please Mr Postman

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

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "THE HIPSTERS" (Edsel) out now

    • Deacon Blue

      The Hipsters

      • (CD Single).
      • Edsel Recordings.
      • 1.

  • Rainbow

    Since You Been Gone

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE CARPENTER" (UNIVERSAL) out 5th November

    • The Avett Brothers

      Live And Die

  • Amy Grant

    Baby Baby

    • Now 1991 - The Millennium Series.
    • Now.

  • Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen

    Good Time

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • RAMP UP THE CAMP!

    • Erasure

      Stop!

      • Erasure - Pop!.
      • Mute Records.

Broadcast

  • Fri 28 Sep 2012 02:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2

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