BHarrington!...
Very nice Slingerland #80N Buddy Rich! SUPER CLEAN!! Absolutely no doubt that you will enjoy them for a good, long time!! I have to comment on the towel gracing your back 16X16:
Up until Buddy's endorsement with Slingerland in 1968, he used his 2nd 16X16 better than a fair amount. Something changed when he went over to Slingerland though... and this is just a personal observation based on my years of research. Anyway, I have a ONE OF print of Buddy at the London Palladium during a sound check in 1968. This was his FIRST Slingerland set as he had just started his endorsement with them. This particular set is even PRE Set-O-Matic tom holder... it's a rail consolette ... and on the back 161X16 is a towel and a pair of sticks. And so it begins! LOL!!!!!!!! That all said:
After it was mentioned that I should have a towel on my 2nd 16X16 with the '65 Rogers Buddy Rich Celebrity's.. ( although again, Buddy really didn't start this practice until he was with Slingerland and beyond ) .. I did EXACTLY that this weekend as I just played a Sinatra Show in a 1000 seater on Sunday. ( very well attended too! ) This was a 6 camera shoot plus stills, so I purposely placed a white towel on the back 16X16 as I KNEW this was being filmed/photographed. When I get the pics/vid, I shall post 'em up for the guys at the VDF. And funny thing is, I did that purposely for you guys on this forum! :-) Goes without saying though,
The towel on your #80N Buddy Rich looks absolutely correct, and going back to 1968! NICE drums!!
Tommyp