Hallo Leute,
in dem Video hier gibt's einen Einblick von den verschiedenen Sets, die Elvin Jones gespielt hat:
Elvin Jones' Drum Sets | Donn's Drum Vault - YouTube
During the 1970s, the new design LA Camco drums became the studio
drum of choice for many, particularly on the US west coast with session
advocates like Jeff Porcaro, and, with some efforts being made at
export, even made an impression on the British and European scenes with
players like Dave Mattacks (Fairport Convention, session musician) and
Bob Henrit (Argent, The Kinks) and in Australia with players like Warren
Daly of the jazz ensemble, Daly-Wilson Big Band.
In the 1975 Alice Cooper concert film Welcome To My Nightmare, Alice's Finnish-born drummer Pentti "Whitey" Glan plays a white lacquer finish double bass "Los Angeles" era Camco drum kit. This set was interesting as both bass drums were set up horizontally, like floor toms. The finish became known as "Alice Cooper White".
In 1977, Drum Workshop (DW) and Hoshino Gakki (the parent company of Tama Drums)
jointly purchased Camco's assets. DW would receive Camco's inventory
and manufacturing equipment, while Tama would receive the Camco name,
the original design blueprints, and engineering rights.
Tama briefly used the Camco name in the late 1970s for so-called
Tama/Camco drum kits which varied between US-made Camco shells and
sometimes Japanese-made shells with a rounded lug similar, though not
the same, as the Camco lugs. They also produced, more famously, a "Camco
by Tama" bass drum pedal which utilised Frank Ippolito's modified-Camco[1]
chain-drive pedal drive and this design has since become an industry
standard for most bass drum pedals. Tama re-issued the now classic pedal
in 2011.
Drum Workshop adopted George Way's original round lug design with virtually no change and uses the iconic lugs to this day.
Camco drums are now highly attractive to collectors and players alike
and achieve some of the highest prices in the vintage drum market. Even
now, decades after the company closed, some contemporary musicians,
like highly rated jazz player Jeff Ballard and British session player Chris Whitten, continue to use vintage Camco kits.
Cheers! 
Jerome
