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29/11/2012

The Best Time of the Day show with Alex, jam-packed with an eclectic mix of music and hilarious chat, plus Record and Album of the Week, Lester's Library and Pause for Thought.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Thu 29 Nov 201202:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • HOUR 1

    • Four Tops

      Loco In Acapulco

      • Their Greatest Hits.
      • Telstar.

  • The Kinks

    Lola

    • The Journey - Part 2: Anthology.
    • BMG.

  • Steps

    Light Up The World

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

  • Amy Winehouse

    Tears Dry On Their Own

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Otis Redding & Carla Thomas

    Tramp

    • Atlantic Soul (Various Artists).
    • Warner E.S.P..

  • Jeff Lynne

    Mercy Mercy

    • Long Wave.
    • Frontiers Records.
    • 4.

  • Evelyn “Champagne” King

    Love Come Down

    • Essential Works Of Evelyn Champagne K.
    • RCA.

  • The Cure

    Boys Don't Cry

    • Staring At The Sea: The Singles.
    • Fiction.

  • RECORD OF THE WEEK from the CD, "COMPANY" (Pias) out now

    • Andy Burrows

      Hometown

      • (CD Single).
      • Play It Again Sam UK.
      • 1.

  • Barry White

    You're the First, the Last, My Everything

    • Barry White - The Collection.
    • Mercury.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the forthcoming CD, "ADAM GREENE & BINKI SHAPIRO" (Decca) out January 2013

    • Adam Greene & Binki Shapiro

      Just To Make Me Feel Good

  • Johnnie Allan

    The Promised Land

    • Alligator Stomp Vol. 1 (Various).
    • Rhino.

  • Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

    Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (feat. Rumer)

    • The Golden Age Of Song.
    • Rhino.

  • Dave Edmunds

    Here Comes The Weekend

    • The Best Of.
    • Swansong.
    • 1.

  • HOUR 2

    • New Radicals

      Get What You Give

      • (CD Single).
      • MCA.

  • Pilot

    Magic

    • NOW That's What I Call 70s Pop (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Katie Melua

    Forgetting All My Troubles

    • (CD Single).
    • Dramatico.

  • The Emotions

    Best Of My Love

    • Mellow Madness (Various Artists).
    • Epic.

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Gimme Some Lovin'

    • Eight Gigs A Week - The Steve Winwood Years.
    • Island.
    • 3.

  • Bruno Mars

    Locked Out Of Heaven

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Cher

    Love & Understanding

    • (CD Single).
    • Geffen.

  • Robert Palmer

    Some Guys Have All The Luck

    • The Very Best Of Robert Palmer.
    • EMI.

  • Kylie Minogue

    On A Night Like This (The Abbey Road Sessions)

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 2.

  • Johnny Cash

    I Walk The Line

    • Now 100 Hits Country (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • LISTENER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "MY COLOURING BOOK" (Warner) suggested by Dr Strangetrucker, Purfleet

    • Agnetha Fältskog

      When You Walk in the Room

      • My Colouring Book.
      • Warner.
      • 2.

  • The Who

    Substitute

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 005.

  • The Beautiful South

    Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)

    • (CD Single).
    • Go! Discs.

  • HOUR 3

    • Meck

      Thunder In My Heart Again (feat. Leo Sayer)

      • (CD Single).
      • Free2air.

  • Kid Creole and the Coconuts

    Stool Pigeon

    • Cre-Ole - The Best Of Kid Creole.
    • Island.

  • Labrinth

    Beneath Your Beautiful (feat. Emeli Sandé)

    • Electronic Earth.
    • Sony.

  • Slade

    Coz I Luv You

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1971 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Whitney Houston

    I'm Your Baby Tonight

    • Whitney Houston-I'm Your Baby Tonight.
    • Arista.

  • One Direction

    Little Things

    • Take Me Home.
    • Sony.

  • The Human League

    (Keep Feeling) Fascination

    • Now 1983 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • ALBUM OF THE WEEK from the CD, "RIGHT TIME RIGHT PLACE" (Sony) out now

    • Olly Murs

      Right Place Right Time

      • Right Place Right Time.
      • Sony.
      • 5.

  • Oasis

    Wonderwall

    • What's The Story Morning Glory -Oasis.
    • Creation Records.

  • The Four Seasons

    Sherry

    • Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Ve.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 1.

  • LESTER'S LIBRARY from the CD, "TREE BURSTS IN SNOW" (Nettwerk) out now

    • Admiral Fallow

      Isn't This World Enough?

  • Paloma Faith

    Just Be

    • Fall To Grace.
    • Sony.

  • Randy Newman

    We Belong Together

    • Toy Story 3.
    • Disney.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Thu 29 Nov 201202:00
    BBC Radio 2

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