I scanned the two catalogs and created a Sears drum page. Click the image to go to the two catalogs.

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David

Good God! This is the greatest website ever! Thanks you all!Burger Kin

Holy time-capsule, Batman!! Those catalogs are a blast to page through. My hat's off to the super-scanning dude that did all that work! (referring to the Flikr catalogs and other items)

Awesome action photo- big smile on your face:D

[QUOTE=O-Lugs;46294]Okay...some of you guys are old enough to remember these catalogs. Every year, seasonally, the new catalogs would arrive -thick as a phone book! And, if you were like me, you would go right to the musical instrument pages to see if there were any new cool-looking pictures of drums. Anyone? These catalogs were such a part of displaying the things I wanted in my life, I can't even explain it. /QUOTE]

OMG, as I read this I realized that was ME back in 1970. I had a great Ludwig snare but I dreamed through that Sears catalog. As an 11 year old boy I thought that my life would be complete if I could only get one of those drums sets. It wasn't until 2 years later that I finally saved enough to get a cheap little set that I bought from a friend for $35. Well, it wasn't a Sears drum set but it was mine!

It is sure fun to sit back and enjoy this thread, thank you!

I was like most of you guys. I would sit and look at the Sears & R catalog at those drum sets and thought they were the greatest things on earth. I had had the paper cheap paper sets and when I was 8 I got a set called the "Liverpool Compact" had a snare,bass, one mounted tom, with cymbal. Cowbell & Woodblock. They were like strong cardboard. This was 1965. I have a pic of the box they came in I found on line somewhere. Then my dreams came true when I was 11, For Christmas I got this 4 piece set of Sears / Whitehall /Pearl. whatever they were. But they were the best to me. First time I had a high hat and floor tom. I really learned to play on that little kit. I was looking at some recent pics of me playing and I still have that exact same grip and posture.

I wish I still had that kit.

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Here is a Ginger Baker wannabe,on his 1965 Sears drums. That is a mighty 12" ride cymbal.These were the best Christmas presents ever. I saved up lawn mowing money to buy a 16" Kingston ride later on. Again bought thru Sears. My folks didnt have a ton of money so,like everybody else they made payments to Sears. My neighbor got a set of silver Montgomery Wards drums the same year,but he got a FULL set with hi-hat and all of the cymbals.I still have that 16" Kingston what racket it makes!!! V

Cool thread.

I had the sweet blue sparkle set around 1966. Best Christmas ever!

I don't remember what happened to them. I wish I still had them.

Yep I remember the blue sparkle sets in the Sears catalog from back then (60's). My first good snare (non plastic LOL) was from Sears and was blue sparkle with a L arm, cymbal, sticks and brushes. I don't remember if it came with a case but I don't think so. It was used constantly so if it had a case I never used it unless as another makeshift drum. Man all those catalog scans are cool. That took someone a long time for sure!!