Long John: thank you sir, for correcting my pictures!

[Attachment: 138391] My first set. 1969. Unknown brand. I look like an out take from "That thin you do!!." Rode an ice cream bicycle all summer to come up with the money for it. Probaly better then you make today, with all the cutbacks..........

My first kit was a 1977 Slingerland Country Road (13-14-15-16 concert toms, 18 floor, 24 bass, 8-lug Zoomatic snare). Way too much kit for a dumb 15-year-old, but the price was right and Dad went halfsies.

In 1982, I stopped using the 13 and 16 toms. Columbus Percussion installed bottom heads on the 14 and 15 and deflowered the bass drum with Tama mounting hardware (the kit was only 5 years old at the time and not vintage).

It's shown here in 1984. I was in full Bun E. Carlos mode (except for the cigar). Note my signature on the front head, created with layers of masking tape in tribute to Bun E.

I donated the kit to a musician in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. I drove it there with a van full of other donated instruments in 2006, but that's a story for another day.

Not the actuall set, but the first I have seen, including any pictures online.  Believe the brand of mine was Crest.

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I wish I could find pictures from those days.  My first set was a 4 piece Pearl stencil kit in blue sparkle.  There is a similar set on Reverb

VINTAGE 1960s PEARL 4 pc BLUE SPARKLE DRUM KIT WITH HARDWARE (ALL ORIGINAL) | Reverb  

The only difference was my ride tom was mounted on a post instead of the consolette like in the picture.  

That worked well for me because I play left handed so swapping the tom to the other side was way easy with that setup .  I had the Speed Pedal bass kick pedal and high hat like in the pictures on Reverb.