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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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Episodes

Random Draw - February 29, 2020 29.02.2020 59:33

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 59:42

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 59:46

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 59:54

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!

Random Draw - February 1, 2020 01.02.2020 59:27

1984 - the year of Big Brother. Also the year for some really cool music. While Big Brother wasn't watching over us, the WTBR-FM archive made sure we had a good time. This episode featured a who's who of artists from 1984 including Public Image Limited, Jefferson Starship, Michael Hedges, the Go-Go's and many more.

Random Draw - January 25, 2020 23.01.2020 59:24

In this episode we hop in our shag carpeted van and travel back to 1973 to check out what music we could pull randomly off the shelves of the WTBR-FM archive. We hear some great music from Argent, Ray Charles, The Soul Children, Weather Report, The Strawbs and much, much more. Groovy

Random Draw - January 18, 2020 18.01.2020 59:53

1981 was the year that MTV started and changed music forever. Or at least for most of the 80s. We go back to 1981 and listen to some artists that took off thanks to MTV, including Billy Idol and the Ramones. We also hear from Shalamar, the Joe Ely Band, The Rolling Stones and many more. Rock On!

Random Draw - January 11, 2020 11.01.2020 59:51

In this episode we go back in musical time to the 1975. This great year for music was also a great year for the WTBR-FM vinyl archive. We were able to pull some great musicians from the wall like The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Eric Clapton, The Who, REO Speedwagon, Ramsey Lewis and many more.

Random Draw - January 4, 2020 04.01.2020 59:50

This week we drop ourselves right in the middle of the 80's, and will be listening to music from 1985. Some of the music heard during this show couldn't so more like the 80s if they tried. We hear from such artists as Nile Rodgers, the Stanley Clarke Band, X, the Beach Boys, Blue Nile and many more.