RINGO'S BEATLE KITS

• Tom Tom Floor Stand (Model 1345-1)

Here’s an interesting story that some of you may know:

The Let It Be album/movie project was originally going to be called Get Back. They, meaning The Beatles, wanted everything to be like it was in the beginning, very “NATURAL” and recorded live with minimal editing and post-production work. John apparently was adamant about this. Here’s the cool part; George actually bought Ringo the Hollywood maple kit because of the wanted “natural vibe concept” of the album. I was once told that Ludwig’s first maple kit was built for Ringo. Would anyone reading this know if this could be true? I haven’t seen it offered in their brochures at that time. His kit was bought on late 1968 according to the Beatles Gear book. I always wondered if the kit came with calfskin heads (that would make sense considering the "natual" concept) and were replaced with Mylar heads for technical reasons of staying in tune. Remember, they played at a cold Twickingham Studio, on the rooftop of Apple and also in Apple studios as well. The Abbey Road album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. I had a conversation with Jeff Chonis, who is Ringo's drum technician and he informed me that the shells have a 1967 stamp date.