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29/04/2011

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.

Let Alex kick-start your weekend with Feelgood Friday on the Best Time of the Day Show. There is a final track from the Album of the Week, another spin of Record of the Week, more song choices from Lester's Library and one from you selected from the Listener's Library, plus Pause for Thought at 3.20am. Expect the unexpected with Alex, and you will still be in for a surprise.

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Music Played

  • John Parr

    St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)

    • Now 1985 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Donna Summer - On The Radio.
    • Casablanca.
    • 7.

  • Elbow

    Open Arms

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • Four Tops

    I Can't Help Myself

    • The Singles Collection.
    • Polygram TV.

  • Sheryl Crow

    Steve McQueen

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • Alice Gold

    Runaway Love

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

  • David Gray

    Babylon

    • (CD Single).
    • Iht Records.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "YOU AND I" (Polydor) out on May 30th

    • The Pierces

      Glorious

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

  • The Chi鈥怢ites

    Too Good To Be Forgotten

    • The Best Of The Chi-Lites.
    • BMG.

  • Deep Purple

    Smoke On The Water

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

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "THE DARTS" (Drumfire)

    • Darts

      Zing Went the Strings of my Heart

  • Carly Simon

    Why

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • Katy Perry

    California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • R.E.M.

    Losing My Religion

    • R.E.M. - Out Of Time.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Diana Ross

    I'm Coming Out

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

  • Noah and the Whale

    Tonight's The Kind Of Night

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

  • Steve Miller Band

    Rock 'n Me

    • Ultimate Hits (Deluxe Edition).
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • The Teardrop Explodes

    Reward

    • The Teardrop Explodes - Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.

  • Brooke Fraser

    Something In The Water

    • Flags.
    • Wood & Done.
    • 1.

  • Danny Wilson

    Mary's Prayer

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Boogie Wonderland (feat. The Emotions)

    • The Best Seventies Album In The World.. Ever!.
    • Virgin.
    • 2.

  • Teddy Thompson

    The Next One

    • (CD Single).

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "BLOW UP YOUR VIDEO" (Sony) suggested by Mark Etherall in South Wales

    • A.C.

      Heatseeker

      • Blow up Your Video.

  • Shakespears Sister

    Stay

    • Now 1992 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Steely Dan

    Reelin' In The Years

    • A Decade Of Steely Dan.
    • MCA.

  • Ricky Martin

    Livin' La Vida Loca

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Fine Young Cannibals

    She Drives Me Crazy

    • And Then She Kissed Me Vol.1 (Various.
    • Debutante.

  • Train

    Marry Me

    • Save Me, San Francisco.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Yvonne Elliman

    Love Me

    • Amoreuse (Various Artists).
    • Pickwick.

  • Eddy Grant

    I Don't Wanna Dance

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

  • Europe

    The Final Countdown

    • The Very Best Of Power Ballads (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "THE BANG YEARS 1966 - 1968" (Sony) available digitally now; physical release on May 23rd

    • Neil Diamond

      Shilo (Mono Version)

      • The Bang Years.

  • The Doobie Brothers

    What A Fool Believes

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Delta Maid

    Of My Own

    • (CD Single).

  • Al Wilson

    The Snake

    • The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter (V.
    • Virgin.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "MY WAY - THE BEST OF FRANK SINATRA" (Reprise)

    • Frank Sinatra

      All The Way

      • My Way - The Best Of Frank Sinatra.
      • Reprise.

  • Plain White T鈥檚

    Rhythm Of Love

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

  • Sandie Shaw

    (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me

    • Sandie Shaw - The Collection.
    • Castle.

  • Alicia Bridges

    I Love The Nightlife (Disco 'Round)

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 Apr 2011 02:00
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