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06/04/2012

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 6 Apr 2012 02:00
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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Kool & the Gang

      Get Down On It

      • Eighties Legends (Various Artists).
      • Virgin.
      • 2.

  • The Searchers

    Sugar and Spice

    • The Searchers.
    • MFP.

  • Paul Weller

    That Dangerous Age

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

  • Mariah Carey

    Dreamlover

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

  • John Holt

    Help Me Make It Through The Night

    • Misty Blue - Love Songs Of The 70's.
    • Old Gold.

  • Will Young

    Losing Myself

    • Echoes.
    • Sony.

  • Black Sabbath

    Paranoid

    • Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • KT Tunstall

    Black Horse and the Cherry Tree

    • (CD Single).
    • Relentless Records.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the forthcoming CD, "STRANGELAND" (Island) out 7th May

    • Keane

      Silenced By The Night

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

  • Blondie

    Denis

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.

  • Buddy Holly

    Peggy Sue

    • Rediscover The 50's-Rock With The Cav.
    • Old Gold.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "BARCHORDS" (Island) out on 16th April

    • Bahamas

      Caught Me Thinking

  • New Edition

    Candy Girl

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • George Benson

    Breezin'

    • George Benson - Midnight Moods.
    • Telstar.

  • Roxette

    It's Possible

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

  • HOUR 2

    • The Foundations

      Baby Now That I've Found You

      • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
      • Global Television.

  • Altered Images

    Don't Talk to Me About Love

    • Wave Party (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Ren Harvieu

    Open Up Your Arms

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

  • Bon Jovi

    Livin' On A Prayer

    • Music Of The Millennium (Various).
    • Universal Music Tv.
    • 1.

  • Stevie Wonder

    As

    • Stevie Wonder - The Definitive Collec.
    • Universal.

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers

    Under The Bridge

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Madonna

    Masterpiece

    • W.E. O.S.T..
    • Polydor.
    • 12.

  • The J. Geils Band

    Centrefold

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

  • Little Richard

    Long Tall Sally

    • Little Richard - British Hit Singles.
    • Ace.

  • Amanda Mair

    Sense

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

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "TUBTHUMPER" (Republic) suggested by Ian the Cabbie in Essex

    • Chumbawamba

      Tubthumping

      • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
      • Virgin.

  • Carpenters

    (They Long To Be) Close To You

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

  • Aztec Camera

    Deep & Wide & Tall

    • The Best Of Aztec Camera.
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • HOUR 3

    • David Bowie

      Ashes to Ashes

      • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
      • EMI.

  • Sister Sledge

    We Are Family

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Paul Carrack

    Good Feelin' About It

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

  • Johnny Tillotson

    Poetry In Motion

    • 60's Number Ones Vol 1.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Cardigans

    Lovefool

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

  • Maverick Sabre

    I Used To Have It All

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

  • ABC

    The Look Of Love

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

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "III" (Flatcap) out now

    • Jamie Hartman

      Girlwise

      • III.
      • Flat Cap Records.
      • 1.

  • Eternal

    I Wanna Be The Only One (feat. BeBe Winans)

    • Eternal - Greatest Hits.
    • EMI.

  • Sweet

    Fox On The Run

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 20.

  • Olly Murs

    Oh My Goodness

    • In Case You Didn't Know.
    • Epic.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY (Stratosphere)

    • XOVA

      Nine Lives

  • Modern Romance

    Best Years Of Our Lives

    • The Platinum Collection.
    • Rhino.

  • Shirley Ellis

    The Clapping Song

    • The Complete Congress Recordings.
    • Connoisseur.

  • Wham!

    Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do)

    • Wham - The Best Of Wham!.
    • Epic.

Broadcast

  • Fri 6 Apr 2012 02:00
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