"I wasn't negotiating with somebody who's fighting cancer" Your not just a good drummer, but a good human being, Shawn. Cool drums, cooler story. Thanks for sharing it with us. ❤️✌️

You hit the Motherlode with this find, Shawn. This piece of history is in good hands as far as getting the attention it will take to bring it back to life. I hope you are going to take us on its journey of restoration.

Buddy Rich would have loved this set. He was using a fully restored set of these very drums before he passed. All the greats played these back in the day.

Man,that is fantastic score.a good cleaning,new heads,save the old one,s.let,s go.that drum wrap has some serious mojo.

Beautiful find! Love seeing ppl acquire old kits.

Another amazing find my man!! Can’t wait to see her finished!

Good man. Great story.

Unreal find. So cool, can’t wait to see it restored.

So awesome! I have a 40’s Duplex kit like this RK kit. It’s the kit that got me into refurbishing vintage drums! The story…so awesome! They will sound amazing! My Duplex kit uses RK shells. Wonderful story! The WMP will clean up nicely so will the lugs! Again….awesome!!!

please post a vid once all tuned up. That kit has so much potential. Im sure you will make sounds great.

Excellent all around, the drums, the story... can't wait for the refurbishing video

My favorite Brand and time, Radio King is the best vintage. I can just imagine the great ones pushing the Swing. Thanks for showing them off.

Wow Shawn, that's a beauty.

Love your channel. Great find. Sounds good already

Very cool! 😍 It even has my initials on the bass drum! 😊

All I can say is wow! What a historic set. Very fair price, I bet the seller sees more value in the buyers restoration intensions than the cash. That Radio King set is finally at home. Think something is moving in that kick Shawn, it moved on 4, so be careful. lol

Great find Shawn! Beautiful drums man and those cymbals are are cool too! Can’t wait to see the restoration my friend! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🥁🥁🥁

I used strictly Radio Kings for a bit over 15 years, live and in the studio. Tell ya what, when you mount the toms using non-altering modern methods, Air Ride feet on the FT legs, and mount modern heads on them, they’re absolute weapons! I take 6 snares to every recording session and the wooden ones are 5.5”, 7”, and 8.25” Radio Kings. No acoustic environment has ever defeated them. Congrats, brutha, those are treasures.

Shawn, that is the calfskin sound. I dig that sound. Don't compare them to plastic heads or it will do your head in. They sound great! Good find bro

A lot of drummers in the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s would sometimes put shredded newspapers inside the bass drum to cut down on some of the ring of the those larger bass drums. Krupa use to our crumpled newspaper in his bass drum.

Cool find man.

Great find, and love those old Zildjians!!!!! 👍🥁👍

A great drum set to clean and restore . I have a 1920 all aluminun Slingerland Geisler ( 14 X 4 ) snare drum that I cleaned and restored so that I could play it . Sounds great . Bless you and have a wonderful day !!! 😊😊😊

This video gave me some flash backs, can’t wait to see how it comes out.

Sounds good!!

So cool!!!

Shawn. Man, oh man. Maaaaan...

Great story. Love this. Killer set too.

You're a good human my man ❤

Beautiful.

I just get this feeling, this one’s gonna look really great, when you’re done restoring it. Can’t help wondering what’s in that kick drum.🤔

Another great find, my friend. Cool backstory. Can’t wait to see her cleaned up. Be well!

Subbed. Can't wait to hear what's next! Great find with a great story, that's the best! Cheers!

Looking forward to seeing you clean this up! Excellent find! ❤

Great find! Should be a fun project.

Great find Shawn!!! I also paid $1200 on a natural wood Radio King set from the 40’s. Aluminum badge era. Came with a 28” bass drum, 9x13”, and 12x14 toms. No cymbals or stands, but original calfskin heads. The thing was clean with very little scratches. No deep gouges of any kind. Had to fork over the cash 💰. Engraved hoops and everything. Couldn’t be more pleased. 😎

Nice set. Glad it's in good hands!

those are sick bro!

Again another great find as I've said previously nothing in the UK ever.......your very lucky !!

What a score!!!

What alot of people overlook with the vintage sets and their desired sound is that the rims are heavy diecast, just like this one. These rims, not cheap lightweight knockoff metal rims like most nowadays, play a more important role of the great sound of these drums than the drum shell, and the rims are equally imperative as the drumhead. Try to make these drums at least closely match visually like they were intended, clean up the hardware and prevent further corrosion, throw some vintage new heads on this kit and play it as any drumset was intended instead of locking it away or just display to serve no purpose.

Now living in ALABAMA I know that accent from anywhere after living up north for 30yrs

My 1st Set Was a Blue Sparkle Set ... I Miss it .. Mine Was a 60s Set ...

Hi Shawn, what a great find! Please let everyone know what you are able to do to clean up the yellowed finish. Congratulations and God bless. Mike.

Wow what a great score. I saw these listed last week and was wondering if you were going to grab them. Those cymbals sound amazing. I would be half tempted to try a whitening trick on these yellowed shells. Can't wait to see how the resto goes. Congrats!

Great drums! Gene Krupa deluxe model # 1N. Floor tom could be newer as a basket was used on Cloud Badge era. The floor tom can be dated. Lug position was changed on later models. I have both versions. We could check that.

I have one very much like it. Unfortunately it was my main gigging kit back in the 70s, and 80s during my punk rock days and I beat the shit out of it. Radio King snare is still in good shape, bass drum had a consolette and spurs added to it in the 60s or 50s. My dad bought it used in 1952.

What a beautiful kit. It just brings you back to another time. If I had it, I would just look at it all day. Its second home could be no better. Looking forward to its restoration. Can anything be done to its faded color or will it require all new wrap. Shame if that vintage pearl has to go. By the way, watched your Bonham Green Sparkle Vids. Who do you get your wrap from? Can’t believe the Drum Center of Portsmouth didn’t snap those up for their drum museum.

Those are Trans Stamps cymbals. Worth $$$$$

Such a cool find!!! What do you think of the 70's Slingerland kits? I have an offer for a black (😴) 20/12/16 kit for a guitar I have that I value at about $650. I initially declined but am reconsidering it. I play mostly rock and have been looking for my first "vintage" kit.

Real calf skin heads?

Am I crazy or is just the snare worth 1000 or more?

Please! When you have them restored, PLEASE record a video with a GOOD jazz drummer playing them. It would be nice to hear them sounding and being played as they should be, NOT like a rock & roll clod sounds like playing them...