Likely the same specification as the “Pictures of Lily
Timeline
First known date used:
7 Oct. 1968 – Radio Bremen Studios (for Beat Club, to be broadcast 12 Oct. as Beat Club Number 36 and 16 Nov. as Number 37), Bremen, Germany.
First known performance date used:
11 Dec. 1968 – InterTel, Stonebridge Park, Wembley, London, UK (The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus).7 Dec. 1968 – Anson Rooms at Bristol University, Bristol, UK.
Last known date used:
16 Feb. 1970 – City Hall, Hull, UK (one show after Leeds).
Specification
Drums:
Premier Custom Built (birch or mahogany?)- Two 22″ × 14″ bass drums
- Three 16″ floor toms (two 16″×18″; one 16″×16″)
- Three 14″ × 8″ mounted toms
- 14″ × 5½″ snare drum
Cymbals:
Various manufacturers- 20″ ride
- 18″ crash
- 14″ hi-hats (usually not used on stage)
Stands:
Premier LokFast with boom fitments.Bass Pedals:
Premier 250 pedalDrumheads
Premier Extra heads on tom toms, floor toms and bass drums.Whereabouts
11 Dec., 1968, The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus.
A portion of this kit sold through Sotheby’s London on 22 Aug., 1991, for £7,000 (about $16,000).
This same five-piece portion was then resold via Christie’s auction house 29 Sept. 2004 as part of its Pop Memorabilia sale in South Kensington, London. The estimate was £10,000-£15,000. The lot sold for £120,000 (approximately $215,772; $260,500 including fees) to an American collector,
This portion was on display as of 2007 at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, as part of the “Tommy: Amazing Journey” exhibition.
This kit had a total of four floor toms. Two were sold at auction at Christie’s and two are owned by The Victoria & Albert Museum in London, which also owns
twosilver kit bass drums (and pieces of Keith’s Pictures of Lily kit as well).
In addition, the Hard Rock Café in Reykjavik, Iceland, has one of Keith’s chrome mounted toms (14″×8″) on display. However, as of late 2005, the Hard Rock Café in Reykjavik, Iceland, has closed.
Sotheby’s London auction catalogue description:
Keith Moon’s Premier Part-Drum Kit, circa 1968, chrome finish, comprising: a 56cm. (22in.) bass drum with group logo on the front skin; two 40.5cm. (16in.) floor tom toms; two 35.5cm. (14in.) hanging tom toms, two bass drum spurs and one tom tom post.
According to the information supplied by the vendor, he was the drummer in a group playing support to Thunderclap Newman and became friendly with their drummer, who had been given this kit by Keith Moon after the Who’s return from a US tour which had included their memorable appearance at Woodstock. The vendor purchased part of the kit (offered here) from Thunderclap Newman’s drummer but could not afford the whole thing at the time. The drums have been well used since and the shells have been re-chromed. The vendor contacted Premier in 1985 who confirmed they had built this kit using the then novel chromed finish in response to Moon’s desire for something a little different. For a good photograph of Moon using this kit in the unreleased (Rolling Stones’ film ‘Rock and Roll Circus’ see p.91, ‘The Who Maximum R&B’ by Richard Barnes, Eel Pie Publishing, 1982. £3,500-4,000.
Keith Moon - Do Me Good
Originally filmed for Tony Palmer's "All You Need Is Love" in 1975.
In that film, Keith's (very) rough guide vocal was presented without accompaniment and obscured by an interview with Don Kirshner. Using Adobe Premiere, I synced it up with the finished version and edited out the cutaway shots to Kirshner, and voila! This charming, catchy song now has a video.
Christie’s auction of Keith’s silver Premier kit realises £120,000
Christie’s auction house auctioned five pieces of one of Keith’s silver Premier kits on 29 September 2004 as part of its Pop Memorabilia sale in South Kensington, London. The estimate was £10,000-£15,000. The lot sold for £120,000 (approximately $215,772; $260,500 including fees) to an American collector, setting a world auction record for a set of drums, according to Christie’s International.
The lot comprised two mounted toms (each 14″×8″), two floor toms and one bass drum, including the front skin featuring custom logo from the Pictures of Lily kit design. These drums have been re-chromed.
Christie’s description:
Lot 102
Keith Moon’s Premier five-piece drum kit, 1968, the part kit in chrome finish comprising: bass drum transfer-printed with The Who logo in orange and black, two floor tom-toms and two mounted tom-toms, with two bass drum spurs and a mounted tom-tom post — the kit custom-made for Keith Moon in 1968 and used by him throughout 1968 – 1970.
£10,000–15,000Information and photo courtesy and © Christie’s.
For further information, see christies.com/LotFinder/search/searchresults.asp?SN=9919&LN=0102.
