Hi Ron
I really wanted Premier as well. They were the bees knees. (Do bees have knees)
You talk about your first kit. My first was just an Olympic snare drum,which I wish I still had because the finish was excellent. It was a sort of bronze/champagne sparkle with undertones of silver sparkle as well. Most unusual. This was then built into a set with a Broadway bass drum and one mounted small tom in red with a gold pattern,a hi-hat with Kamala cymbals and one other cymbal. It got me started.
I still wanted a Premier kit but it wasn't until some years later that I managed to buy the Premier kit I was talking about previously.
Ron you have so many snare drums. I think everytime I played your drums you had a different snare drum set up. All very good but I don't think I remember a Premier one. How many snare drums is it that you have, before Father Chrismas brings you another one in 2 weeks time??????
Cheers all
and a Happy Christmas to all
Robin