Random Draw: Recent Episodes
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When Pittsfield Community Television inherited the 20k Album Collection from the Taconic High School Studio for WTBR-FM, Dave Cachat was inspired to produce Random Draw: Each week, Dave selects a random shelf in the expansive collection, and then selects several random albums from that shelf. The result is a chaotic, joyful exploration of the musical history that is a part of WTBR's 40+ year history!
This week host David Cachat pulls some old CDs off the wall and plays some eclectic songs from the late 80s and early 90s.
This week on ‘Random Draw’ we travel back to the year 1977 and listen to some great random vinyl records.
On this week’s episode host Dave Cachat takes us back to 1978 with some great random music from the WTBR vinyl archive.
On this week’s episode we travel back to 1985 to listen to some random tunes from the WTBR vinyl archives.
This morning Dave takes us back to the year 1977 and spins some funky tunes from the disco era
Broadcast every Saturday morning at 9am on WTBR. On this week’e episode we go back to 1984 to play some great random music.
On this week’s episode we travel back to 1988 and listen to a wide range of random music from that great year.
On this week’s episode we travel back to the mid-80s and listen to some great random music from the year 1985.
This morning it is the year 1981 in which we go back and listen to some awesome random ’80s music.
This week we travel back to the year 1987 once again in the second of a two part series on that great year in music
On today’s episode Dave Cachat takes you back to the year 1987 to listen to some great random vinyl music.
This week Dave takes us back to the year 1979 to listen to some great music at the close of the decade.
On today’s show Dave takes you back to the year 1979 and we listen to some great random tunes. Join him every Saturday morning at 9am, you never know what you are going to hear.
Today we go into the great unknown and grab records from our Uncatalogued section. These records have no numbers on them and could be from any year.
On this special edition of Random Draw we dive into our collection of 12″ EPs and listen to tracks from performers whose names begin with the letters ‘M’ and ‘N’.
On this episode Dave travels back to 1990, the final year in our vinyl archive, to play some great random music.
On today’s episode we travel back to the year 1982 for some totally awesome random tunes.
Today we take one more trip back to 1985 to listen to some great random tunes from that year. Enjoy
On today’s episode we land smack dab in the middle of the 80s and listen to some great random tunes from the year 1985.
We go back to 1979 for second of a two part special event and look at more great random music from that year.
Today we go back to the last year of the ’70’s and listen to some great random music from 1979
On this episode host David Cachat takes us back to the 1987 section of our vinyl archive here at WTBR
On this episode we listen to great songs from the year 1975. It’s part rock and part funk/soul and all fun.
On today’s episode host David Cachat takes to back to 1976 to listen to some great random music.
On this special episode Dave goes into our pile of donated records and finds a whole bunch of Bowie. We spend the whole hour playing our favorites from David Bowie.
On this last episode of 2022 we take a look back at the amazing musicians we lost during the year.
Enjoy this special holiday edition of Random Draw featuring Christmas music pulled from our vast vinyl archive. Happy Holidays
1979…Not the Smashing Pumpkins song, but the great year in random music. That is what we have in store on this episode.
On this episode we go back to 1987, a great year with some great random music. Here are the songs: New Order – Fine Time Happy Mondays – Wrote for Luck (Remix) Indigo Girls – Closer to Fine The Gap Band – I’m Gonna Git You Sucka Sheryl Lee Ralph – The Mighty Quinn Ann […]
On this week’s episode host David Cachat breaks up the usual routine and plays music from one artist. This week is the 45th Anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death, so on Random Draw we dedicate an hour to one the show’s favorite artist. Tune in to hear 60 minutes of the King’s best stuff.
We spend another week in the 80’s as host David Cachat takes us back to 1987 on this episode Grace Jones – I’m Not Perfect (But I’m Perfect For You) Alphaville – Dance With Me Company B – Fascinated Jude Cole – Life of Luxury Divine Weeks – Can’t Get You Out of My Mind […]
On this episode host David Cachat takes you back to the year 1986 with these great random songs: Lou Reed & Sam Moore – Soul Man Debbie Harry – French Kissin’ Missing Persons – Color In Your Life Madonna – Open Your Heart Phantom, Rocker and Slick – Covergirl Megadeth – Peace Sells Wilson Pickett […]
During this episode Random Draw grabs records from the very last cabinet in our archive and goes back to 1990. Here are the tunes: Living Colour – Elvis is Dead Soul Asylum – Easy Street Soup Dragons – I’m Free Boom Crash Opera – Onion Skin Three Times Dope – Mr. Sandman Spread Eagle – […]
On this episode Random Draw goes back to 1976 for its random music. Here are the songs: Commodores – Let’s Get Started B.T. Express – Can’t Stop Groovin’ Now The People’s Choice – Here We Go Again Southside Johnny & The Asbury Dukes – I Don’t Wanna Go Home Starz – She’s Just a Fallen […]
This week we visit the un-catalogued section of WTBR for truly random collection of music. Enjoy
Today we go back to 80s and listen to some random songs from 1986. Enjoy! Icehouse – No Promises Kids In The Kitchen – Current Stand White Wolf – She Device – Hanging On A Heart Attack One to One – Angel in My Pocket Wild Blue – Fire with Fire Steve Arrington – The […]
On today’s episode host David Cachat takes us all back to 1978 with some more great randomly chosen tunes. Here’s the playlist: NYCC – Make Every Day Count Raul De Souza – La La Song Tavares – More Than A Woman Airwaves – So Hard Living Without You Garland Jeffreys – Reelin’ The Tim Weisberg […]
Special 100th Episode!!! Host Dave Cachat looks back at the first 99 episodes and picks his favorites songs that he has randomly chosen from our archive. Listen in to discover his favorites.
On this week’s episode, host David Cachat takes you back to the year 1984 with some great random music. Here are the tracks: Chicago – Stay The Night The Passion Puppets – Like Dust Box of Frogs – Back Where I Started Patrice Rushen – Gone With The Night Carmel – The Drum is Everything […]
On this episode host David Cachat takes you back to 1982. Enjoy the music! Spandau Ballet – Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) The Monroes – What Do All The People No Billy Vera – We Got It All Carlene Davis – The Harder They Come Fun Boy Three – It Ain’t […]
Today we go back to the beginning of the totally tubular 80s with a show featuring random music from the year 1980. Here are the songs: Off Broadway – Stay in Time Utopia – Set Me Free Sylvain Sylvain – Teenage News Linda Ronstadt – How Do I Make You Sue Saad and the Next […]
On this episode we travel to the oldest rack of records in our archives to listen to some of our earliest LPs. Here are the songs we picked at random: Neil Diamond – Brother Love’s Traveling Salvation Show (Live) The Association – Windy Seals & Crofts – In Tune Quicksilver Messenger Service – Pride of […]
On this episode we travel back to 1981 to hear some awesome random music. Devo – Beautiful World Ian Dury – Funky Disco Pops Gary Numan – She’s Got Claws Karla Devito – Cool World Rick James – Super Freak Kiki Dee – Star Survivor – Poor Man’s Son Atlanta Rhythm Section – Alien The […]
Let’s go back to 1976 today and have some fun listening to some great random music Van McCoy – Theme from Star Trek Dr. Hook – A Little Bit More Leonard Cohen – Suzanne Jaco Pastorius – Donna Lee Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass – The Ballad of Jed Clampett Lee Ritenour – Theme […]
On this episode we hop back to 1979 to listen to some great random music. Here are the songs: Mass Production – Firecracker Average White Band – Walk On By Ohio Players – Something Special Felix Pappalardi – Sunshine of Your Love England Dan and John Ford Coley – Love Is The Answer Badfinger – […]
Host David Cachat takes you back to the year 1975 with some great randomly selected tunes. Here’s the playlist: Earth, Wind & Fire – Shining Star (Live) BJ Thomas – Help Me To My Rocking Chair Jeff Beck – Beck’s Bolero MFSB – Philadelphia Freedom The Three Degrees – Don’t Let The Sun Go Down […]
1982 is our destination this week in our quest to play the most random music. Here are the songs: Diana Ross – Muscles Joni Mitchell – You’re So Square Baby I Don’t Care Linda Ronstadt – Get Closer DOAs – War Dead Kennedys – A Child and His Lawn Mower Bucks Fizz – My Camera […]
On this episode host Dave Cachat takes you back to 1974 with these great randomly selected songs: REO Speedwagon – Ridin’ the Storm Out Badfinger – Love is Easy Todd Rundgren – A Dream Goes on Forever Fleetwood Mac – Hypnotized David Essex – Rock On Steve Miller Band – The Joker Ray Charles – […]
On this episode host David Cachat takes you back to the year 1972. Here are the songs:
Moby Grape – Omaha
Hot Tuna – Keep on Truckin’
Jesse Ed Davis – Red Dirt Boogie Brother
The Stairsteps – My Sweet Lord
Carole King – Sweet Seasons
Dr. Hook – Sylvia’s Mother
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – If You Don’t Know Me By Now
Brewer & Shipley – Shake Off The Demon
The Blues Project – Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knockin’
Blue Oyster Cult – Cities on Flame with Rock n Roll
Grand Funk Railroad – Footstompin’ Music
Cream – Tales of Brave Ulysses (Live)
On this edition of Random Draw we go back to the year 1974 and listen to the following random songs:
Roxy Music – All I Want Is You
Climax Blues Band – Shake Your Love
Be Bop Deluxe – Axe Victim
Minnie Riperton – Loving You
Cher – Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Redbone – Suzi Girl
Howard Roberts – Moondance
Soul Survivors – Best Time Was The Last Time
The Stylistics – Heavy Fallin’ Out
Booker T. – Tennessee Voodoo
Elton John – Skylink Pigeon
The Who – Long Live Rock
Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
On this special episode of Random Draw we look back at some of the great musicians that we lost in 2021. Here are the tunes to remember them by:
Vanilla Fudge – I Can’t Make It Alone
Poco – Rose of Cimarron
Chick Corea – The One Step
War – Love is All Around
BJ Thomas – Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
The Everly Brothers – Lay Lady Lay
Nanci Griffith – I Knew Love
Jim Steinman – Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through
ZZ Top – Waiting On A Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago
Rolling Stones – She’s A Rainbow
On this episode we go back to a time period we have visited often, late 1982 and early 1983. Here are random tunes selected:
Brian Adams – This Time
The Runaways – School Days
Sammy Hagar – Your Love is Driving Me Crazy
The Call – The Walls Came Down
The Thompson Twins – Lies
Simple Minds – Promised You A Miracle
Brothers Johnson – Get The Funk Outta My Face
The Commodores – Machine Gun
Kenny Rogers – The Gambler
Chaka Khan – Got To Be There
The Waitresses – Christmas Wrapping
John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War is Over)
On this program we visit the last part of 1982 and the early part of 1983 with this great collection of random music:
The J. Geils Band – Love Stinks (Live)
The Descendants – Suburban Home
Rose Tattoo – Scarred for Life
Neil Young – Mr. Soul
Triumph – All The Way
Ric Ocasek – Something to Grab For
Night Ranger – Don’t Tell Me You Love Me
Bangles – The Real World
Michael Jackson – PYT
Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science
The Jam – War
Eric Clapton – I’ve Got A Rock and Roll Heart
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Change of Heart
Led Zeppelin – I Can’t Quit You Baby
Today we go back once again to 1978 with the following tunes:
The Moody Blues – Steppin’ in a Slide Zone
Crane – Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad
Derringer – Lawyers, Guns and Money
Dennis Coffey Band – Gimme That Funk
Gabriel – Ooo Wee Baby
Fania All Stars – Space Machine (Ride Ride Ride)
Patti Smith Group – Because The Night
Harry Chapin – Flowers are Red
David Gilmour – There’s No Way Out of Here
Bob Dylan – Baby Stop Your Crying
Peter Gabiel – DIY
Foreigner – Double Vision
1983 is the year we travel back this week. Here is the music you hear:
Devo – Theme from Doctor Detroit
Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Yello – I Love You
John Schneider – Are You Lonesome Tonight
Charlie Daniels Band – The Devil Went Down to Georgia
TG Sheppard – I Loved Em Every One
The Hollies – Stop in the Name of Love
Rickie Lee Jones – Under the Boardwalk
Grand Funk – Rock n’ Roll American Style
Joe Walsh – Space Age Whiz Kids
Rod Stewart – Baby Jane
Donna Summer – She Works Hard for the Money
We go all the way back to 1980 on today’s episode. Here are the tunes:
Golden Earring – Long Blonde Animal
Rory Gallagher – Brute Force and Ignorance (Live)
The Specials – Do Nothing
Jerry Lee Lewis – Save the Last Dance For Me
Mickey Gilley – Don’t the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time
Sir Douglas Quintet – She’s About a Mover
Rodney Lay and the Wild West – Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
Instant Funk – The Funk Is On
MFSB – Manhattan Skyline
McFadden & Whitehead – I Heard It In A Love Song
Harry Chapin – Sequel
Bill Withers – Use Me
Let’s go back to 1978 on this episode. Here are the songs:
Aerosmith – Draw The Line (Live)
Liar – Set The World On Fire
Celebration – Almost Summer
Leo Sayer – I Can’t Stop Loving You
LTD – Holding On (When Love is Gone)
Teddy Pendergrass – Close The Door
Curtis Mayfield – You Are, You Are
Herbie Hancock – I Thought It Was You
Dave Mason – Share Your Love
Wings – With A Little Luck
Bruce Springsteen – Candy’s Room
This week Random Draw grabs its records from the Uncatalogued Section of our record collection. Not only are these records random, but they don’t even come from the same year.
On this program we journey back to late 1987, early 1988 for our random music. Here is the playlist:
The Church – Under The Milky Way
Kate Bush – This Woman’s Work
Wax UK – In Some Other World
Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction – High Priest of Love
The Damned – New Rose
The Elm Street Group – Do The Freddy
Aretha Franklin – Unforgettable
Harry Connick Jr. – Sunny Side of the Street
Carly Simon – Coming Around Again
UTFO – Yo Cold Wanna Be With Me
Sinead O’Connor – Mandinka
Eric Carmen – Hungry Eyes
On this episode we raid our CD shelves for some random digital music. No crackles and pops on this show.
On this episode we go back to the great music year of 1981. Here are the songs:
Joan Jett – Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)
Jimmy Buffett – The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful
The English Beat – Mirror in the Bathroom (Live)
Garland Jeffreys – 96 Tears
Sky – Sister Rose
Santana – Winning
Emmylou Harris – Evangaline
Alabama – Love in the First Degree
Elvis Presley – She Thinks I Still Care
Eric Clapton – I Can’t Stand It
James Taylor – Her Town Too
Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
On this episode we take a short trip back to 1986. Here are the songs:
Michael McDonald – Sweet Freedom
Katrina & The Waves – Sun Street
Phillip Bailey – State of the Heart
The Blow Monkeys – Digging Your Scene
Eric Johnson – Zap
Prince & The Revolution – Kiss
Golden Earring – Quiet Eyes
BoDeans – Fadeaway
Lou Reed – No Money Down
Squeeze – Tempted (Live)
Genesis – Land of Confusion
This week we go grab a bunch of records from the 1983 shelf of the archive. Here are the songs:
Wham! – Bad Boys
Shell & The Crush – When You Look My Way
Scandal – Love’s Got A Line On You
Felony – The Fanatic
Stan Bush – Fire In My Heart
Taxxi – Maybe Someday
AC/DC – Flick of the Switch
Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart
Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Live)
Madonna – Borderline
Los Lobos – Anselma
Marshall Tucker Band – Victim of Life’s Circumstances
Billy Joel – Keeping The Faith
On this episode we go back to the future and visit 1985. Here are the songs:
Fiona – Talk To Me
Pat Travers – Boom Boom Out Go The Lights
The Blasters – Trouble Bounds
Rebecca DeMornay – Little Red Corvette
Fleshtones – American Beat ’84
Sparks – Breaking Out of Prison
Mountain – Hard Times
Van Morrison – Torn Down a la Rimbaud
Mick Jagger – Just Another Night
Michael Bolton – Everybody’s Crazy
Chris Isaak – Dancin’
REM – So. Central Rain
On this episode we go back to 1979. Here are the tunes:
Roger Voudouris – Get Used to It
The Rockets – Oh, Well
Dwight Twilley – Out of My Hands
Liner – Night Train
Janne Schaffer – Happy Feet
Michalski & Oosterveen – It’s A Rock n Roll World
Billy Paul – Bring The Family Back
Gladys Knight – You Bring Out the Best In Me
The Love Unlimited Orchestra – Theme from Shaft
The Tubes – Prime Time
Joe Jackson – Is She Really Going Out With Him
Supertramp – The Logical Song
On this episode we go back to 1987. Here are the songs:
Timbuk3 – The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
Concrete Blonde – Still in Hollywood
k.d. Lang and the Reclines – Rose Garden
Pseudo Echo – Don’t Go
Dave Edmunds – I Knew The Bride (Live)
Bruce Hornsby & The Range – The Way It Is
The Housemartins – Happy Hour
Screaming Blue Messiahs – Wild Blue Yonder
Bucks Fizz – New Beginning
David Byrne – Freeway Son
Phil Collins – Take Me Home
Eric Clapton – It’s In The Way That You Use It
We go back to the totally tubular decade of the 80s and look at music from 1987.
Age of Chance – Kiss
Oingo Boingo – Not My Slave
The 77s – Do It For Love
Miles Davis – So What
Chick Corea – Light Years
Andy Taylor – Thunder
Gary Moore – Over The Hills and Far Away
Chris Isaak – Heart Full of Soul
T’Pau – Heart and Soul
Patty Smyth – Never Enough
Kim Wilde – You Keep Me Hanging On
Today we head back to the great music year of 1978. Here is the playlist:
Todd Rundgren – Can We Still Be Friends
Mink DeVille – Just Your Friends
David Johansen – Funky But Chic
Johnnie Taylor – Keep On Dancing
The Spinners – Rubberband Man
The O’Jays – Used To Be My Girl
Graham Central Station – My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me
Willie Nelson – Blue Skies
The Marshall Tucker Band – Dream Lover
Prince – Soft & Wet
Foghat – Stone Blue
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Hollywood Nights
On this episode we travel back smack dab in the middle of the 80s and visit 1985 for some very random music. Here is the playlist:
Supertramp – Cannonball
Nils Lofgren – Flip Ya Flip
Gino Vanelli – Black Cars
Midnight Oil – Best of Both Worlds
Black Flag – Loose Nut
X – House of Burning Love
John Parr – St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion)
Dan Hartman – Fletch, Get Outta Town
Shalamar – Just One of the Guys
Jeff Beck with Rod Stewart – People Get Ready
Bon Jovi – Runaway
On this episode we go back to the year 1977, where we find a great set of random music. Some of these songs are short and some are very long. Here is the list:
Bill Withers – Lovely Day
ELO – Mr. Blue Sky
Carly Simon – Nobody Does It Better
The Manfred Mann Band – Do Wah Diddy Diddy
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas – Do You Want to Know a Secret
Dr. Hook – Making Love and Music
Chuck Mangione – Feels So Good
Steely Dan – Deacon Blue
Peter Allen – I Go to Rio (Live)
Meatloaf – Bat Out Of Hell
On this week’s episode Big Brother and I go back to 1984 for some more random music pulled from the vinyl archives of WTBR-FM. Here is the playlist:
Lindsay Buckingham – Go Insane
Falco – Junge Roemer
Freddie Mercury – Love Kills
Bob Marley & the Wailers – I Shot The Sheriff
Apollonia 6 – Sex Shooter
Helix – Rock You
Tina Turner – What’s Love Got To Do With It (Party Mix)
Jack Wagner – All I Need
Honeydrippers – Rockin’ At Midnight
.38 Special – Teacher, Teacher
Hall & Oates – Method of Modern Love
On this episode grab records from the 1976 section of our archive. Here is the playlist:
Wild Cherry – Play That Funky Music
Lalo Schifrin – Black Widow
Mothers Finest – Fire
Hot Chocolate – Don’t Stop It Now
Tower of Power – Ain’t Nothing Stopping Us Now
Clarence Carter – All Messed Up
Babe Ruth – Sweet Sweet Surrender
Bee Gees – You Should Be Dancing
Arlo Guthrie – Massachusetts
Alice Cooper – Go To Hell
Rod Stewart – The Killing of Georgie Pts. 1 & 2
The Band – Stage Fright
On this episode we had fun going all the back to 1973. Here is the playlist of random tunes for you. Mountain – Mississippi QueenJim Croce – Bad Bad Leroy BrownKing Harvest – Dancing in the MoonlightBilly Preston – Will it Go Round in CirclesRoxy Music – Do The StrandBuddy Miles Band – LA ResurrectionThe […]
On this episode we pull records off of our shelf from the year 1985. Here are the tracks: Kenny Loggins – Vox HumanaDan Fogelberg – Go Down EasyBoomtown Rats – RainSlade – Lock Up Your DaughtersState of Shock – Shut UpUltravox – Dancing With Tears In My EyesMiles Davis – Human NatureGraham Parker – Wake […]
On this episode we go back to a great year, 1975. I’m not just saying that because that was the year I was born, but also because some great music came out that year. Here is some that I happen to pull off of our shelves here at WTBR. Alvin Lee – One More ChanceChilliwack […]
We liked 1982 so much in our last episode that we decided to play some more random music from that year. These are the songs that we couldn’t fit in our last hour. Here’s the list Kim Wilde – Kids in AmericaHank Williams Jr. – Norwegian WoodBlondie – War ChildRobert Palmer – Some Guys Have […]
This episode ravages the shelves of the WTBR vinyl archive to find music from 1976 and what a superstar packed year it was. If you don’t believe me, here’s the playlist: Bob Seger – Fire Down BelowFoghat – Driving WheelPaul McCartney & Wings – Live and Let Die (Live)Funkadelic – Coming Around the MountainFat Larry’s […]
This episode we go back to 1975, the birth year of your humble narrator. It was quite the eclectic year for pop music with such big hits as ‘Love Will Keep Us Together’ and ‘The Hustle’. Luckily we don’t play any of those songs today. Here are the songs we played during this hour of […]
Travel back with to the year 1981. We are on the cusp of the cheesy ’80s music that we know and over, but still have some great sounds of the ’70s coming through. Tonight we listen to Blue Oyster Cult, Split Enz, Yellowjackets, Pointer Sisters, Steve Young, Van Halen and many, many more.
We go back to 1976 for this week’s episode. The bicentennial year offered up some great music and we were able to grab some of that music randomly off the wall. We hear from Rush, Hall & Oates, Bill Withers, Al Stewart and many more. Listen in to hear what the country was listening to […]
This episode journeys back to 1983. On this podcast we have randomly pulled records off the shelf from such varied artists as Bob Dylan, Kiss, Hank Williams Jr., the Fearless Four, Saga, and many more. So enjoy your trip down memory lane thanks to the WTBR-FM vinyl archive.
Let’s go back to 1980, the start of a brand new decade. The music of this new decade didn’t sound that much different from the previous. We still had new wave and disco and the sounds of the 70s were still seeping in to our culture. During this episode of Random Draw we are going […]