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Title: The Rogers Book by Rob Cook ISBN: 1-888408-04-9 Publisher: Rebeats Publications Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Great Drums, Average Book
Comment: Yes, Roger's drums were some of the greatest drums ever made. The book does contain informative information, but sometimes mires itself in irrelevancy. Go down to your local drum shop and look for the guy that looks like he's stil stuck in the 60s; a much better source for information on vintage drums than a corporate publishing machine.
Rating: 5
Summary: Rogers Drum Co. The "Best" American Drum Company
Comment: Rogers Drums are quite simply, the best! For at least a brief, but illustrious period of time. There were several great American Drum Companies - Ludwig, Slingerland, Gretsch, Camco and Leedy - all notable and interesting - but none of them ever achieved the status of The Rogers Drum Company of Cleveland, Ohio.
Rob Cook has accomplished the unattainable with his unique interviews, rare photo's and the riveting insight on this mysterious, intensely private drum company. Quite frankly, only Rob as an experienced investigator and the author of numerous other vintage drum books could bring this book together, although many have tried and ultimately abandoned the quest.
The Rogers Book accurately portray's Rogers rise to prominence during the early 60's due to the greatest triumvirate of percussion and businesss talent ever assembled under one roof. Businessman Henry Grossman who bought the company from "Cleveland Rogers" (yes, that really was his name) hired inventor/engineer Joe Thompson and marketing genius Ben Strauss to collaborate with the World's Greatest jazz drummer Buddy Rich and completely revamped the drum line to a level never before seen in the industry. They started by introducing the World Famous "DYNA-SONIC" snare drum and Swivo-matic hardware in 1961 and things would never be the same.
At least until 1966 when CBS bought the company, disbanded the team of craftsman, slashed the quality and moved the operations out to Fullerton, California. Rob takes a hard look at the chronology and doesn't pull any punches. Mistakes were made, deals were struck and insiders double-crossed each other, the industry and numerous musicians in a profit making scheme that left the company in shambles.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book about Great Drums
Comment: Rob Cook, a world-recognized authority on drum history, has a winner here. Replete with more details than you would ever need, Rob has left no stone unturned in this look at those wonderful Rogers Drums.
Kudos to Rob for providing another missing link to the small, yet growing, library of Drum History.
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Title: The Great American Drums: And the Companies That Made Them, 1920-1969 by Harry Cangany, Rick Van Horn, Rick Van Horn ISBN: 0793563569 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Guide to Vintage Drums by Aldridge ISBN: 093175979X Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: History of The Ludwig Drum Company by Paul Schmidt ISBN: 0931759498 Publisher: Centerstream Publications Pub. Date: 01 March, 1991 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Gretsch Drums: The Legacy of "That Great Gretsch Sound" by Chet Falzerano, Liam Mulholland, Jim Filippi ISBN: 0931759986 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Drum Tuning:A comprehensive guide to tuning drums by Larry Nolly, Larry M. Nolly ISBN: 0964465817 Publisher: Drumstix Pub Pub. Date: 01 January, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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