WTBR 89.7FM - Pittsfield Community Radio

Random Draw

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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!

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WTBR 89.7FM - Pittsfield Community Radio

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Music

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random-draw.castos.com

Latest episode

Jun 13, 2026

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Episodes

Random Draw - September 12, 2020 25.09.2020

We journey back to the year 1984 during this episode of Random Draw. A lot of synths were heard during this year and this show is no exception. Here is the playlist of songs that were just randomly pulled off the walls of the WTBR vinyl archive: -EBN/OZN: AEIOU Sometimes Y -The Look: You Can Do What You Want -Madness: Michael Caine -Slade: Run Runaway -The Alarm: 68 Guns -Suicidal Tendencies: Inst...

Random Draw - September 5, 2020 09.09.2020

On this episode we head back to the mid 70's. Late 1975 and early 1976 to be exact. Here is the playlist of the songs chosen at random from our vinyl archives at WTBR. -Bachman Turner Overdrive: Take It Like A Man -Peter Frampton: Show Me The Way -Lynyrd Skynyrd: Gimme Me Back My Bullets -Jimmy Buffett: Havana Daydreamin' -Lydin Pense & Cold Blood: We Came Down Here -Dr. Feelgood: Going Back H...

Random Draw - August 22, 2020 26.08.2020

We travel back to the end of a decade in 1979. No not the Smashing Pumpkins song, but the great year of incredible music. On this episode we hear from such random artists at Graham Parker, The Spinners, Lake, John Mayall, The Clash and more.

Random Draw - August 8, 2020 13.08.2020

On this episode we really get random as we travel back four decades to 1980. Such a wide range of artists are heard, including Gary Numan, Alabama, James Brown, The Cars, Barry Goudreau and many many more.

Random Draw - July 11, 2020 13.08.2020

This episode we travel back to the year 1977 in the WTBR archive. Out of sheer randomness we were able to listen to such great artists as The Kinks, Sammy Hagar, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Spirit, Tom Jones, Television and many more. Hope you enjoy your trip down memory lane.

Random Draw - July 4, 2020 04.07.2020

Let's take a trip back to 1974 for this holiday edition of Random Draw. We get to hear some great records from Neil Young, Arlo Guthrie, Sha Na Na, Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, Mott The Hoople and plenty more.

Random Draw - June 27, 2020 04.07.2020

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.

Random Draw - June 20, 2020 04.07.2020

This time we go back to 1977. We were able to pull some really cool records off our shelves for this episode. We get to hear from Ram Jam, Cheap Trick, Chocolate Milk, Ashford & Simpson, Sergio Mendes, City Boy, Chicago and many more.

Random Draw - June 13, 2020 23.06.2020

1986 - Not just the year the Red Sox broke my heart. Nope there was some pretty good mid-80s music coming out that year. We randomly dove into the vinyl archive here at WTBR and came away with some good ones. Artists you will hear from include Roger Daltrey, Steve Earle, Janet Jackson, Run-DMC and plenty of others.

Random Draw - June 6, 2020 09.06.2020

This episode we go back to the last year of that great decade - the 80's and look at the music of 1989. It was certainly an eclectic year for hit music and this show of randomness was no different. You get to hear from The Sugarcubes, Rush, Bobby Brown, The Grateful Dead, Winger and much more.

Random Draw - May 30, 2020 03.06.2020

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 on its 200th birthday.

Random Draw - May 16, 2020 18.05.2020

On this episode we go back to the year 1978. For such an eclectic year in music we have an equally eclectic show for you. You are going to hear such random music from artists like Kraftwerk, Steve Hackett, John Prine, The Memphis Horns Band, Billy Cobham and much more.

Random Draw - May 9, 2020 09.05.2020

We go back 40 years to re-visit the year 1980 on this episode of Random Draw. This episode of random music turned into a mostly rock show with such artists as The Cramps, Wreckless Eric, Genesis, Van Halen and Pete Townshend represented. Hope you enjoy this rockin' trip down memory lane.

Random Draw - May 2, 2020 02.05.2020

In this episode we travel back to 1976. While randomly pulling vinyl records off the shelves of the WTBR archive, we played songs from such artists as Boz Scaggs, Todd Rundgren, Eddie Harris, Kingfish and many more. Listen to find out what other treasures we discovered in the WTBR archive!

Random Draw - April 18, 2020 18.04.2020

This week we celebrate the year 1971. What a great year for music and what a great year to pull records out from the WTBR vinyl archive. You are going to hear some great songs from Elton John, Faces, Cat Stevens, Wings and many more. So listen in to catch up on the random songs from 1971 in the WTBR archive.

Random Draw - April 11, 2020 11.04.2020

The year 1986, the music chosen at random from the vinyl archives at WTBR-FM. In this episode you will hear music from Nu Shooz, The Pogues, Aerosmith, Joe Jackson, The Fixx and many more. Listen in to this random blast to the past on Random Draw!

Random Draw - April 4, 2020 04.04.2020

Today we pull records from the 1978 shelf at the WTBR Archive. You will hear songs from such random artists at Jimmy Cliff, Cliff Richard, Frank Zappa, David Allan Coe, Nick Gilder and many more. Listen all the way to the end to hear a classic comedy song from 1978, right here on Random Draw!

Random Draw - March 28, 2020 28.03.2020

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.

Random Draw - March 21, 2020 21.03.2020

We go all the way back to the year 1974 in this episode of Random Draw. This episode features such diverse talents as Jackson Browne, Shirley Bassey, Grank Funk, Alvin Lee, Isaac Hayes and much more. All thanks to the gigantic WTBR-FM archive!

Random Draw - March 14, 2020 14.03.2020

This week we set the Random Draw machine back to the year 1982. You will hear from great musicians including Golden Earring, Yaz, Rick Springfield, George Harrion, Klymaxx and so many more in this fun filled hour of classic random chosen music. Just another great episode of music taken right from the racks of the WTBR-FM vinyl archive!

Random Draw - March 7, 2020 07.03.2020

The giant WTBR-FM vinyl archive is indeed vast, but it stops in 1990. So today's episode takes us back to that final year in the archive. We are going to hear from some great artists of 1990 including The Sundays, The Lightning Seeds, Lisa Stansfield, Little Feat and many more. So listen in to hear what music on vinyl sounded like 30 years ago.

Random Draw - February 29, 2020 29.02.2020

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 to hear that influence, and other random sounds, from such artists as The Jacksons, Psychedelic Furs, Dolly Parton, Mic...

Random Draw - February 22, 2020 22.02.2020

Ah, the late eighties. Hair metal, power ballads, early rap making its way to radio, sappy love songs, teen pop music - can't you hear it now. This week on Random Draw we head back to 1987 and dip into a lot of those categories. We hear from such artists as White Lion, Peter Cetera, Plastic Land, Sammy Hager and other in all of their 80s glory.

Random Draw - February 15, 2020 15.02.2020

On this episode we travel back musically to the year 1972. We got some great rock, folk, and funk tracks to play from our WTBR-FM archives. Some of the artists that we randomly pulled from our shelves for this week's episode are Arlo Guthrie, Pure Prairie League, Eddie Harris, Loudon Wainwright III, Chicago, and many more. Hope you enjoy this musical journey to 1972.

Random Draw - February 8, 2020 08.02.2020

This week our needle hits the groove in 1977. Thanks to the wonderful vinyl archive of WTBR-FM we are able to play songs from such diverse artists at Elvis Presley, Rick Derringer, Average White Band, Lalo Schifrin, Ry Cooder and many more. Enjoy!

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