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26/10/2012

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 26 Oct 2012 02:00
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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Bruce Springsteen

      Glory Days

  • Dolly Parton

    Jolene

    • Million Sellers Vol.15 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Train & Ashley Monroe

    Bruises

    • California 37.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Indeep

    Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

    • Soul Weekender (Various Artists).
    • Crimson.

  • Amen Corner

    (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice

    • Sunny Afternoon - Sound Of The 60's,V.
    • Old Gold.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Flower

  • Prince

    I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Keane

    Everybody's Changing

    • (CD Single).
    • Transcopic Records.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "WAR OF THE WORLDS: NEW GENERATION" (Sony) out 26th Nov

    • Jeff Wayne

      Forever Autumn (feat. Gary Barlow)

      • Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of War Of The Worlds.
      • Sony.

  • Gloria Gaynor

    Never Can Say Goodbye

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "STRAY HEART" (Reprise) out 12th Nov

    • Green Day

      Stray Heart

  • Wet Wet Wet

    With a Little Help From My Friends

    • Wet Wet Wet - Greatest Hits & More.
    • Precious Organisation.

  • Honey Ryder

    Worlds Away

    • Marley's Chains.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • HOUR 2

    • M People

      Moving On Up

      • The Best Of M People.
      • BMG.

  • The Kinks

    Dedicated Follower Of Fashion

    • The Journey - Part 2: Anthology.
    • BMG.
    • 1.

  • Tyler James

    Single Tear

    • The Unlikely Lad.
    • Island.

  • Blondie

    One Way Or Another

    • Blondie - Parallel Lines.
    • Chrysalis.
    • 2.

  • Imagination

    Just An Illusion

    • Heart Full Of Soul 2 (Various Artist.
    • Global Television.

  • Lana Del Rey

    Ride

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • OMC

    How Bizarre

    • Now 34 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Alice Cooper

    No More Mr Nice Guy

    • Millennium Classic Rock Party (Various Artists).
    • Rhino.

  • Madness

    My Girl 2

    • (CD Single).
    • Cooking Vinyl.

  • Kim Wilde

    Kids In America

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "SUNBURST FINISH" (EMI) suggested by Stu Semple in Suffolk

    • Be Bop Deluxe

      Crying To The Sky

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On

    • The Essential One & Only Jerry Lee Le.
    • Trax Records.

  • TLC

    No Scrubs

    • (CD Single).
    • Laface.

  • HOUR 3

    • The Blow Monkeys

      It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

      • The Blow Monkeys - Choices.
      • RCA.

  • David Bowie

    John, I'm Only Dancing

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Doom And Gloom

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Mariah Carey

    Dreamlover

    • Mariah #1's - The Best Of Mariah Care.
    • Columbia.

  • Bad Company

    Feel Like Makin' Love

    • (Single).
    • Island.
    • 3.

  • Josephine

    Original Love

    • (CD Single).
    • Ruby Works.

  • Herman鈥檚 Hermits

    I'm Into Something Good

    • The Hits Of 1964 (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "COMPANY" (Pias) out now

    • Andy Burrows

      If I Had a Heart

      • Company.
      • PIAS.
      • 5.

  • Ashford & Simpson

    Solid

    • The 80's Love Album (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • The Upsetters

    Return Of Django

    • Million Sellers Vol.10 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.

  • Scouting for Girls

    Without You

    • The Light Between Us.
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Argent

    Hold Your Head Up

    • (Single).
    • Epic.
    • 2.

  • Britney Spears

    Baby One More Time

    • Now 44 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

Broadcast

  • Fri 26 Oct 2012 02:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2

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