1970's 16 inch floor tom in Polychromatic Blue finish. In the UK this finish was only available on Premier drums. This one has lost its bottom!

Thanks to Darren Watts from Mansfield Ohio for this pic of his pristine Gold Sparkle wood shell snare, model 1002.

1970's USA 16 inch Floor Tom shown in Oyster finish, this was a Premier colour but was never used on UK drums (thanks to Tam Rankin for correcting us on this item).

1005 14x5.5 Chrome Shell 8 lug snare, USA badge.  This drum was available as a snare drum kit with case, stand, practice pad etc.

This pic shows a case, practice pad and tutor book, there was also a Selmer.  A Speedex stand supplied with these kits. Selmer distributed Premier and Olympic drums in the USA at this time.

1967 Olympic Gold Sparkle Kit 63  USA model not featured in UK Catalogues

1970's USA snare, 8 lug model in Gold Sparkle with stand

1976 - USA catalogue shows this Olympic kit, which was badged 'Rebel'.  It has a 8 lug bass drum and is shown in natural wood finish.  This finish was not available on Olympic kits in the UK

Here is a pic of a USA model 1025 snare drum, this is a 10 lug version of the 1005 and again this drum was never available in the UK. Note the Hi-Fi style strainer was fitted rather than the normal 1636 type.

This small 12 inch snare 5 lug was named New Era in the UK and was mainly for school use, however this drum is shown with an American Olympic badge. Note the beer tap type strainer as fitted to Discus snare drums.

USA Olympic "Rebel" kit with 8 lug Bass drum this is listed as shown in Blue Silk Pearl although the picture looks as if its Grey Silk Pearl.

Bass drum pictured in the 70's US catalogue and named as Lavender finish but here in the UK this was known as Polychromatic Royal Purple.

Thanks to Tam Rankin for these pics of Olympic colours available in the US around 72-73. The scans are from single swatches taken from Tam's Premier/Olympic finish samples.

It would seem that both Red and White Silk Pearl had been dropped, however as can be seen from other pics other finishes were available that never saw the light of day here in the UK. Natural Wood and Oyster come to mind. The relevant catalogue suggests that any finish including Premier ones could be applied to Olympic drums. Lucky Americans!!