A Ludwig Weather Master CB-Bass drum skin (diameter approx 27") with hand painted Led Zeppelin John Bonham symbol logo, believed to have been one of the skins used by John Bonham during the legendary Earl's Court concerts of 1975. Shows impact marks where skin will have struck the microphone and imperfections in paintwork (see images).

Provenance: the vendor, a veteran lighting engineer for concerts and tours, was given this item in the course of clearance work at a touring trucking company c 1987. To include a signed letter of provenance with text as below

"In 1987 I was working for the Showstars Crewing Company at Edwin Shirley Trucking in West Ham, and we were involved in clearing a number of shipping containers and storage units. The order was to take everything out and “burn it”, which we did with numerous items, including Alice Cooper’s guillotine and disappearing cabinet! However, when we found the Led Zeppelin flight cases and one was full of drum skins, I asked if I could “take all of these home” as I was playing drums at the time. Permission granted, skins taken home - including this one. It was only this year (2024) that I turned the skin 180 degrees and realised that it was indeed the 1975 Song Remains The Same skin. As any Bonham enthusiasts will know, only plain white front heads were used both before and after these shows. The skin also shows the marks made by microphones hitting it during the shows.

Simon Michalak"