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Tim, Whenever you have a question about "vintage" drums, always check with the Vintage Drum Guide. Here's their quip on drums made in Japan during the 1960's -
If you Google 'vintage japanese drums ' you'll get plenty of information. The first two that'll tell you a lot are: http://www.vintagedrummuseum.com/Japan/
A quote from Wikipedia regarding Charlie: "A famous anecdote relates that during the mid-1980s, an intoxicated Jagger phoned Watts's hotel room in the middle
Hey can anyone hook me up with a website with info about old Japanese no name brand drums? 1960's? I have a chance to buy a blue sparkle kit a 20"bass 14"snare