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22/02/2013

Duration:: 2 hours, 57 minutes

First broadcast:: Friday 22 February 2013

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
- Glenn Frey The Heat Is On
  Beverly Hills Cop (S/Track), MCA
Spiller & Sophie Ellis-Bextor Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)
(CD Single), Positiva
Dido No Freedom
(CD Single), RCA, 1
10cc Life Is A Minestrone
The Very Best Of 10cc, Mercury
Bruce Springsteen Hungry Heart
Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits, Columbia
Tunde Baiyewu Move
(CD Single), Waking Dreams, 1
Johnny Cash A Boy Named Sue
25 Years Of Rock'n'Roll 1969 (Vol 2), Connoisseur
The Crusaders Street Life
The Very Best Of Randy Crawford, Dino
RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "AMERICAN SOUL" (Atco) out now
- Mick Hucknall Turn Back The Hands Of Time
  (CD Single), SimplyRed.com, 1
Boston More Than A Feeling
Rock Of America (Various Artists), Trax Label
LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming COMPILATION, "PROG ROCKS!" (Virgin) out soon
- Kevin Coyne Marlene
  Prog Rocks!, Virgin
Kate Bush Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love, EMI
Stereophonics Indian Summer
(CD Single), Stylus Records, 1
HOUR 2
- Donna Summer Bad Girls
  Donna Summer - Summer Collection, Mercury
Wham! I'm Your Man
Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists), Sony Tv/Columbia
Alicia Keys Brand New Me
Girl On Fire, RCA
Crosby, Stills & Nash Marrakesh Express
Our House (CD Single), Atlantic
Eddy Grant I Don't Wanna Dance
Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis, Columbia
Bastille Pompeii
(CD Single), Virgin Records
The Police Can't Stand Losing You
The Very Best Of Sting & The Police, A&M
Swing Out Sister Breakout
Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis, Columbia
Petula Clark Cut Copy Me
Petula, Sony, 1
LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "BRITISH STEEL" (Columbia) suggested by Terrible Terry in Solihull
- Judas Priest Breaking The Law
The Swinging Blue Jeans You're No Good
The Hits Of 1964 (Various Artists), MFP
Kid Creole and the Coconuts I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby
Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists), Sony Tv/Columbia
Lynn Anderson Rose Garden
PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
Million Sellers Vol.15 - The Seventie, Disky
HOUR 3
- OMC How Bizarre
  Now 34 (Various Artists), Now
The Searchers Sugar & Spice
The Searchers, MFP
Train Mermaid
California 37, Columbia, 1
Noisettes Never Forget You
(CD Single), Mercury, 1
The Faces Cindy Incidentally
(CD Single), Warner Bros
Jake Bugg Lightning Bolt
(CD Single), Mercury, 1
The Crystals He's A Rebel
The Best Of The Crystals, Phil Spector Int
ALBUM OF THE WEEK FROM THE FORTHCOMING CD, "ALL THAT ECHOES" (REPRISE) OUT 25TH FEB
- Josh Groban False Alarms
  All That Echoes, Reprise, 2
Status Quo The Wild Side Of Life
Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status, Polygram Tv
Eliza Doolittle Pack Up
(CD Single), EMI, 1
The Overtones Love Song
Higher, Warner Bros, 1
Deep Purple Strange Kind Of Woman
The Greatest Hits Of 1971 (Various), Premier
LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "The Carpenter" (Island) out now
- The Avett Brothers I Never Knew You
  The Carpenter, Island
Smokie Living Next Door To Alice
20 Songs Of Love From The 70's (Vario, MFP
Ramp Up The Camp
- Bombalurina Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polkadot Bikini
  Fast Forward (Various Artists), Telstar