Background

The members of the group, the Headlights, including Ed Rosenthal, Raymund Cuevo and Greg Pichler, met a number of time after graduating Walt Whitman High School, while on break from their respective University studies. In the case of Raymund Cuevo, Cuevo returned on break from pursuing a biology, chemistry undergraduate degree program at Yale University. In the case of Ed Rosenthal, Rosenthal returned on break from pursing a political science program at Unviersity of Pennsylvania.

Over the course of Spring break of 1979, the three met at the Highboto Drive studio to record a number of original songs composed by Pichler.

The collection entitled, Spring Break, 1979, was recorded on a TEAC 2-track, 7 1/2 inch, reel-to-reel, tape recorder. The 7.5 inch tape was recorded at the Highboro Drive Studio over the course of a number of rehearsals in February 25, 1979 or thereabouts. The tape sleeve is labeled, Spring Break, 1979.

List of Tracks

The list of tracks from the collection, Spring Break, 1979, includes:

1. 00:00:00 (Track 1) Wish You Were Here (GE Pichler)
2. 00:03:37 (Track 2) Rosie (GE Pichler)
3. 00:05:36 (Track 3) My Lost Love (GE Pichler)
4. 00:07:59 (Track 4) Judgement Day, Part One (GE Pichler)
5. 00:09:47 (Track 5) Blackbird (GE Pichler)
6. 00:12:44 (Track 6) The Road (GE Pichler)
7. 00:18:40 (Track 7) The Calamity, Part I, Waves (GE Pichler)
8. 00:22:28 (Track 8) Get Down, Stay Down (GE Pichler)
9. 00:24:38 (Track 9) She' Always A Woman (GE Pichler)
10. 00:27:36 (Track 10) Judgement Day, Part Two (GE Pichler)
11. 00:30:35 (Track 11) Hymn 43 (GE Pichler)

Music Contributions

The members of the high school group, The Headlights, and their musical contributions are as follows:

• Raymund Cuevo: Keyboards, Percussion
• Greg Pichler: Gibson Les Paul guitar, Rickenbacher Bass Guitar 4001, vocals

Credits

The archive photos were taken over the course of Pichler's senior year attending Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland in 1977.

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