On a slightly overcast April day in London back in 1963, Ringo Starr and the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, visited Drum City Ltd, so Ringo could find a new drum kit. His previous set, a British-made Premier mahogany Duroplastic four-piece kit, was showing its age. What happened next depends on who you ask, since many versions of the story have been shared through the years. What Starr says is that he saw a Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl drum kit in the store's w [...]
