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18/03/2011

It's Feelgood Friday with Alex on the Best Time of the Day Show, the best way to start the weekend with brilliant music and hilarious chat. Includes Album and Record of the Week.

It's the best way to start your weekend, tune into Feelgood Friday on the Best Time of the Day Show with Alex. Keeping you away from the land of nod, expect Alex to play only the best selection of music interspersed with hilarious conversation. This morning, Alex is still looking for ways in which he can disguise his paunch in the wedding photos in "Where to Put the Gut", and more hideous ideas for what he can buy his sister for her impending early retirement, as he is still "Miffed for a Gift". More Pause for Thought at 3.20am with YY Rubinstein and the final chance of the week to parade your pottiness in the 4.15 One-Off Canteen.

There will be one more track from Album of the Week from Duran Duran, Record of the Week by Rumer, Lester's Library tracks by Eliza Carthy and some classic Albert King, one from the Listener's Library from Sly and Robbie and more. Expect the unexpected, and you are still in for a surprise.

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Fri 18 Mar 2011 02:00

Music Played

  • Incognito

    Always There (feat. Jocelyn Brown)

  • Adam Ant

    Goody Two Shoes

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 15.
  • CeeLo Green

    Bright Lights Bigger City (feat. Wiz Khalifa)

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.
  • Sister Sledge

    Thinking Of You

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

    Blueberry Hill

    • The Best Of Fats Domino.
    • Liberty.
  • Maroon 5

    Never Gonna Leave This Bed

    • Hands All Over.
    • A&M.
    • 1.
  • 10cc

    Life Is a Minestrone

    • The Singles.
    • Mercury.
  • Mink DeVille

    Spanish Stroll

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1977 (Various).
    • Premier.
  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "SEASONS OF MY SOUL" (Atlantic)

    • Rumer

      Goodbye Girl

      • Seasons Of My Soul.
      • Atlantic.
      • 1.
  • Atomic Rooster

    Devil's Answer

    • Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY (Hem Hem Records)

    • Eliza Carthy

      Britain is a Car Park

  • Sheryl Crow

    Steve McQueen

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
  • Noah and the Whale

    L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Dusty Springfield

    Little By Little

    • Dusty- The Silver Collection.
    • Philips.
  • Kenny Loggins

    Footloose

    • Footloose (Original S/Track).
    • CBS.
  • Van Morrison

    Bright Side Of The Road

    • The Very Best Of Van Morrison.
    • Polydor.
  • Wonderland

    Not A Love Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Gary Byrd & The G.B. Experience

    The Crown

    • A Complete Introduction To Tamla Motown (Various Artists).
    • Motown.
  • Fleetwood Mac

    Sara

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 013.
  • R.E.M.

    脺叠别谤濒颈苍

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.
    • 1.
  • The Platters

    The Great Pretender

    • The Platters Golden Hits.
    • Phonogram.
    • 5.
  • AC/DC

    Thunderstruck

    • (CD Single).
    • ATCO Records.
    • 420.
  • Eliza Doolittle

    Mr Medicine

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.
  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "LOVEJOY" (Stax)

    • Albert King

      She Caught The Katy

      • Hit It!....
      • Connoisseur Collection.
      • 360.
  • Junior Walker

    Walk In The Night

    • The Best Of Jr.Walker & The All Stars.
    • Polygram.
  • Sugarland

    Tonight

    • The Incredible Machine.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    West End Girls

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.
  • Dr. Hook

    When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

    • Making Love & Music.
    • MFP.
  • Jessie J

    Price Tag (feat. B.o.B)

    • (CD Single).
    • Lava Records.
    • 1.
  • UB40

    Baby Come Back (feat. Pato Banton)

    • Now 29 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Snowy White

    Bird Of Paradise

    • Golden Love Songs Top 100 - Volume 2 (Various).
    • Arcade.
  • Gladys Knight & the Pips

    Midnight Train To Georgia

    • 25 Years Of Rock `n' Roll - 1976.
    • Connoisseur Collection.
    • 9.
  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "ALL YOU NEED IS NOW" (Tape Modern) out on March 21st

    • Duran Duran

      All You Need Is Now

  • Pixie Lott

    Broken Arrow

    • (CD Single).
    • Mercury.
    • 1.
  • Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

    • Now 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Glen Campbell

    Times Like These

    • Meet Glen Campbell.
    • Capitol.
    • 1.
  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "MAKE 'EM MOVE/ TAXI STYLE - AN INTRODUCTION TO..." (UMC) suggested by Nick from Cardiff

    • Sly & Robbie

      Boops (Here To Go)

      • Rhythm Of The Sun (Various Artists).
      • Telstar.
  • Chris Rea

    Let's Dance

    • Auberge EP.
    • East West Records.
  • Vicki Sue Robinson

    Turn The Beat Around

    • American Dreams (The Best Of The 70's.
    • RCA.

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