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16/11/2012

Duration:: 2 hours, 57 minutes

First broadcast:: Friday 16 November 2012

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.

HOUR 1
- Luther Vandross Never Too Much
  The Love Album (CD 1) (Various Artist, Virgin
Fleetwood Mac Don't Stop
The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac, Warner Strategic Marketi, 2
Jessica Mauboy Gotcha
(CD Single), Sony, 1
The Searchers Don't Throw Your Love Away
The Searchers, MFP
Odyssey Native New Yorker
Million Sellers Vol.17 - The Seventie, Disky
Aerosmith What Could Have Been Love
Music From Another Dimension, Sony, 1
Michael Bublé Hollywood
(CD Single), Reprise, 1
Asia Heat Of The Moment
Various Artists - New Frontiers, Temple Records
RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "LONG WAVE" (Frontier) out now
- Jeff Lynne Mercy Mercy
  Long Wave, Frontiers Records, 4
Gotye & Kimbra Somebody That I Used To Know
(CD Single), Island, 1
The Spinners I'll Be Around
Atlantic Soul (Various Artists), Warner E.S.P., 3
LESTER'S LIBRARY FORTHCOMING SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM "THE RECKONING" (ATLANTIC) OUT NOW
- NEEDTOBREATHE Drive All Night
  The Reckoning, Atlantic
Black Sabbath Paranoid
Million Sellers Vol.18 - The Seventie, Disky
Bruno Mars Locked Out Of Heaven
(CD Single), Atlantic, 1
HOUR 2
- Prefab Sprout The King Of Rock 'n' Roll
  Hits Album 8, Part 2 (Various Artist, Hits Album
Kylie Minogue All The Lovers
(CD Single), EMI, 1
Olly Murs Troublemaker
(CD Single), Epic, 1
Bonnie Tyler It's A Heartache
In The Summertime-Sound Of 70's, Part, Old Gold
Eddie Cochran Somethin' Else
The Eddie Cochran Story, EMI, 16
Steps Light Up The World
(CD Single), Steps Recordings, 1
Culture Club Church Of The Poison Mind
More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various), Disky
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Joan Jett - I Love Rock 'n' Roll, Blackheart
Deacon Blue The Outsiders
(CD Single), Edsel, 6
The Marmalade Ob La Di Ob La Da
Best Scottish Album In The World..., Virgin
LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "EAT A PEACH" (Capricorn) suggested by Steve Hart in Dewbury
- The Allman Brothers Band Melissa
  Eat A Peach, Capricorn
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes The Love I Lost
Midnight Soul (Various Artists), Music Club
The Crickets That'll Be The Day
B.Holly & The Crickets -20 Golden Gre, MCA
HOUR 3
- Rose Royce Car Wash
  Now 12 (Various Artists), Now
Bryan Adams Can't Stop This Thing We Started
Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me, Mercury
The Rolling Stones Doom & Gloom
(CD Single), Polydor
The Mamas & the Papas Monday Monday
The Mamas & The Papas - 20 Greatest H, MFP
Prince & The Revolution I Would Die 4 U
The Very Best Of, Warner Bros
Ed Sheeran Give Me Love
+ (Plus), Atlantic
Paloma Faith Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?
(CD Single), Epic, 1
ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "SUNKEN CONDOS" (Reprise) out now
- Donald Fagen I'm Not The Same Without You
  Sunken Condos, Warner Bros, 1
Stan Ridgway Camouflage
IRS Records 1979-1994 (Various), IRS
LESTER'S LIBRARY FROM THE ALBUM "SWEET REFRAINS" (ZOO) OUT 10TH DECEMBER
- The South Stick It In And Turn It
  Sweet Refrains, Zoo Records
U2 & BB King When Love Comes To Town
Q The Blues (Various Artists), Hit Label
Evelyn Thomas High Energy
Various Artists - Disco & Dance, BMG