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
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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 today’s episode Dave takes us back to 1984 to listen to some great random music
We go back to 1984 in this episode of Random Draw.
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 […]
We go back to the year 1981 on this episode. Enjoy.
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