 Hey, guys. Welcome to another episode of Drum History News. Today, we are doing some really cool ones about Trixon drums, which are some of the most unique, rare drums in the world, German brand, which I've actually yet to do an episode of the podcast about because it's honestly kind of hard to find an expert on them. There's someone in Germany who I hope to get on the show, but he is a little hesitant because of the language barrier, but I'm sure we'll make it happen at some point. These ads are from the 1960s and you can kind of tell that from the language they use at that point in time. And it's neat that they were advertising for Trixon drums in the newspaper. I say Trixon, some people say Trixon. Either way, I think it's fine. It's just whatever you prefer. So let's jump in and check out the first one. So this first ad is from the St. Louis Post Dispatch in St. Louis, Missouri from 1966. It says at the top, Trixon drums, what a way to go pro. You couldn't go pro a better way than Trixon. These are drummers drums made to withstand job after job use and sound. You never heard it so good. You'll find a new freedom in percussion expression. Trixon drums are tops in construction with six ply shells, mirror finished on the interior, parallel snare release mechanism is standard on all snare drums. The new Trixon shapes produce a new world to percussion possibilities. These new in shapes produce the in sound and sparkle with the new or now showmanship designs. Then it's got some cool photos of people performing and playing with the Trixon drums. We have on the Telstar set. I believe it's Bob Kuban from when I googled it. I might be saying that wrong, Cuban Kuban. It says Bob Kuban of the in man on the Trixon Telstar recommends and endorses Trixon drums. Then below that, we have Joe Mundello of the Sheritons on the Trixon Telstar recommends and endorses Trixon. Then up on the top right, we have Phil Halsey or Mr. Drums on the new Trixon Thunderbeat recommends and endorses Trixon, which boy, that Thunderbeat, how cool is that? It's kind of a shame that these aren't in color, that they're just printed like in an old newspaper, black and white, because the it really pops when you see these from the old catalogs of them being in color. It says above Phil Halsey pictured with Phil Halsey is Marty Bronson of KSDTV's noon show. So that must be like a still image from the video of them having these on the news, because I guess they were probably doing more media to try and get these out there and say, look at these amazing drums and hopefully get people to buy them. We've got some prices on the left there, which says Trixon drums from 365, Trixon Luxus four-piece outfit 489, I think is what that says, Trixon Telstar four-piece outfit 515, Trixon Speedfire four-piece outfit 525, and the Trixon Thunderbeat eight-piece outfit 720. And the change is kind of hard to read. It says below that, yes, we have low down payments, long easy terms, convenient Christmas layaway plan available. Man, I would be a happy kid if I got a Trixon drum set for Christmas in 1966, which that's right when Ludwig was just blowing everyone out of the water. So this would definitely be an interesting, different drum set to get as opposed to getting a Ludwig set. Then at the bottom it says Music Center, 99 Northland Shopping Center, Jennings, Missouri, teaching all instruments to all ages. See our complete stock of Trixon drums in the Phil Halsey, Bob Kuban Drum Center. I hope I'm saying that last name right. It's interesting. These guys kind of took a bet by bringing in a stock of these German drums to their shop, you know, which everyone wanted Ludwig, everyone wanted these American brands. So hopefully they did well and sold some of these awesome Trixon drum sets, which sure are interesting looking. Up next, we've got a cool one from the Globe Gazette in Mason City, Iowa from 1966. This one says Meet Louis Luigi Waits. I believe it's the last name. It says, see and hear Luigi demonstrate great new sounds, great new shapes, Trixon drums. You're invited. See and hear the great Luigi demonstrate the great new sounds in Trixon drums. Luigi with his conical drums produces a tone impact and a penetration never possible on ordinary old fashioned round drums. You'll hear drum music you never heard before and no cost to you. Discover how much more you get with a Trixon drum set. They're rugged as a tank designed like a jewel with special six-ply acoustic shells. The elliptical drum with two foot pedals actually explodes two distinct tones. Discover how great these drums can be. Boy, that is a little bit of hyperbole there, I think, to help sell these drums and really go over the top with describing them. Then in the middle there, we have a really cool picture of, it looks like Luigi playing his, I guess it's a Speed Fire kit next to a Telstar using it as a double base kit, which is really cool. I don't think I've seen that before using the combination of them together. It's probably just for photo purposes to be a cool image for the newspaper. This was a clinic. It says Tuesday, May 17th, 2.30 to 5.30, 7.00 to 9.30 pm was the time for the clinic. It says, see Luigi on the After Dark show, KGLO TV, 10.30 pm, Potter Music Center, Mason City, Iowa. It's really cool. This is a press blitzkrieg of, let's get these Trixon drums out in the world, get them on TV, get them in newspapers. I'm assuming that Trixon would have a press kit and they would use certain terminology, which you hear on a couple of these different ads, which is pretty neat to see because these are all around the same time, like 1966, 1965. Very neat to see that one. I'd love to be at that clinic to hear Luigi here demonstrating these drums. Then we have one from St. Louis Post Dispatch in 1966. Same month as the previous ad that was in the same newspaper in the same year, but a few weeks earlier. This is from November 4th. The other one was from the 26th or something. Multiple ads for Trixon drums in this one regional newspaper. I imagine it was all over the United States. They would be advertising Trixon drums at this point in time. So this one is more about the particular pricing. On the left, it says the Trixon Telstar, smashing impact, real groovy, exclaimed Jim May of the Liverpool Five. Telstar has super sound floor tom and bass, snappy snare with parallel release, all drums conical shaped to produce an expanded penetrating sound. Then next to that we have the Trixon Thunderbeat Special. Jimmy May of the Liverpool Five thinks this outfit is the most. The Thunderbeat has five tomtoms plus a giant 20 inch floor tom and a double tone bass drum, super sensitive snare drum. So if you do the price comparison on one of the websites that will convert it for you, the Trixon Telstar being $515, this website says that that's $4,515, which that is extremely expensive today for a drum set, which is maybe why these didn't really catch on so much in the USA just because the sheer price of importing them and dealing with all that stuff. And then the Trixon Thunderbeat Special, which is $720 in 1966. The conversion here says that $6,312. So for $6,300, you really get one of the coolest drum sets ever made. But I don't know, it's really, really, really expensive. I honestly see that the Thunderbeat being a little bit more like, okay, this is an eight piece drum set. You're getting all these cool, it's the kind of drip that bass drum, the elliptical bass drum, whereas the Trixon Telstar is the conical shape, but a little more normal where I'm thinking, I don't know, that I guess I feel better paying $6,000 for the eight piece drum set, but it's all kind of painful. But anyway, that's what it says is the price. So very cool. If you were buying this back in the day, you must have been doing pretty well. I think it's interesting because you see similar wording across all three advertisements where they would talk about the explosive sound and giant floor tom, double tone bass drum. They use the word penetrating multiple times. So it just kind of funny. It's just really neat to see this. It's a special period in time. They're special drums. They're art. These drums are art. I hope to do a full episode on the history of them because I've heard some things that are pretty wild about the background of Trixon, but I've also heard people say, well, that's not true. This story and that story. So I want to kind of narrow it down and make sure I get you guys the actual, the most truthful background of Trixon drums. So I'm sure it'll happen. We'll make it happen at some point. Thanks to my friend Jerry Reiman for sending this to me. These are just really, really cool. I've been getting other articles and advertisements from other people that I would never even thought about looking for. So thanks to everyone who's been sending them in. I'll be sure to get those. If you do send me something, it just has to be kind of a high res photo because you need to zoom in and make it interesting for the video. So anyway, I appreciate everyone who's been doing that. Thank you for watching this. I really appreciate you guys doing this. Be sure to subscribe and like the video and comment. If you've got Trixon drums or if you're interested in hearing more about them, it's pretty cool stuff. So thanks for watching this and I will see you next week.