There was Ringo Starr, wailing away on his Ludwig Downbeat oyster black pearl drum kit. “It changed me,” Astridge recalled. “He was my guy. That moment in time made me a Beatles fan and I ...

It was just the kit for me.” Those drums also meant something to Ludwig, especially after 73 million people tuned in to “The Ed Sullivan Show” on Feb. 9, 1964, and saw the Beatles in America ...

Sanders Auctions said. The Ludwig drum kit was played by drummer Andy White, not Ringo Starr, in the first session that the Beatles collaborated on with record producer George Martin in London in ...

“It’s American, you know. It was just the kit for me.” The Beatles on “The Ed Sullivan Show” on Feb. 9, 1964. Demand for Ludwig drums exploded after 73 million people in the U.S. watched ...