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23/11/2012

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 23 Nov 2012 02:00
大象传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Fatback

      I Found Lovin'

      • The Greatest 80's Soul W/Ender (Va).
      • Warner Strategic Market.

  • The Monkees

    Last Train To Clarksville

    • Delilah - Jukebox 60's Hits.
    • Old Gold.
    • 2.

  • Steps

    Light Up The World

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

  • Jack Johnson

    Upside Down

    • (CD Single).
    • Brushfire Records.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Always On My Mind

    • Pet Shop Boys - Discography.
    • Parlophone.

  • The Script

    Six Degrees Of Separation

    • #3.
    • Sony.

  • Evelyn 鈥淐hampagne鈥� King

    Shame

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

  • Simply Red

    Your Mirror

    • Simply Red Greatest Hits.
    • East West Records.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "TAKE THE CROWN" (Island) out 17th December

    • Robbie Williams

      Different

      • (CD Single).
      • Island.
      • 4.

  • Donna Summer & Brooklyn Dreams

    Heaven Knows

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY Single from the album "HEAD DOWN" (Earache) OUT MONDAY

    • Rival Sons

      Until The Sun Comes

      • Head Down.
      • Earache.

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    See You Later, Alligator

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Katie Melua

    Forgetting All My Troubles

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.

  • HOUR 2

    • Culture Club

      Karma Chameleon

      • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
      • Columbia.

  • Natalie Cole

    This Will Be

    • Women In Love (Various Artists).
    • MFP.

  • Bruno Mars

    Locked Out Of Heaven

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • The Archies

    Sugar, Sugar

    • Dance Hits Of The '60's & '70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • Eagles

    Lyin' Eyes

    • (Single).
    • Asylum.

  • Labrinth

    Beneath Your Beautiful (feat. Emeli Sand茅)

    • Electronic Earth.
    • Sony.

  • Propaganda

    Duel

    • A Secret Wish - Propaganda.
    • ZTT.
    • 12.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Rock Your Body

    • (CD Single).
    • Jive.

  • One Direction

    Little Things

    • Take Me Home.
    • Sony.

  • Dion

    Runaround Sue

    • The Wanderers (Original S/Track).
    • Sequel Records.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP" (Albert) suggested by Danny Collins in Barnsley

    • AC/DC

      Ride On

      • Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.
      • Albert.

  • The Housemartins

    Five Get Over Excited

    • The Housemartins - The Best Of.
    • Go Discs.

  • HOUR 3

    • Depeche Mode

      Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted)

      • (CD Single).
      • Mute Records.

  • Solomon Burke

    Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Deacon Blue

    The Outsiders

    • (CD Single).
    • Edsel.
    • 6.

  • Mica Paris

    My One Temptation

    • Heart & Soul - 40 Smooth Soul Grooves.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Deep Purple

    Smoke On The Water

    • Singles A's & B's.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • The Overtones

    Higher

    • Higher.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 3.

  • Roger Miller

    King of the Road

    • The No.1 Country Album (Various).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "JEFF WAYNE'S WAR OF THE WORLDS: THE NEW GENERATION" (Sony) OUT NOW

    • Ricky Wilson

      Brave New World (The New Generation)

      • Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds - The New Generation.
      • Sony.
      • 8.

  • Billy Ocean

    Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car

    • Billy Ocean - Love Is For Ever (L.I.F.
    • Jive.

  • George Benson

    Breezin'

    • George Benson - Midnight Moods.
    • Telstar.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY FORTHCOMING SINGLE (WARNER) OUT 17TH DECEMBER

    • Lianne La Havas

      Age

      • Age.
      • Warner.

  • Olly Murs

    Troublemaker (feat. Flo Rida)

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • Barry Manilow

    Copacabana

    • (Single).
    • Arista.

Broadcast

  • Fri 23 Nov 2012 02:00
    大象传媒 Radio 2

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