"The Zildjian Secret" (1990 Promotional - RARE!)

©1990 Avedis Zildjian Company - All Rights Reserved
Transferred by me from a VERY RARE, not-for-sale VHS, this promotional video produced by Zildjian in 1990 covers the history of the hundreds-of-years-old, family-owned company, their secretive methods of mixing metals, the cymbal making process, their strict quality standards, and Zildjian artists' endorsements.
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  • @clarencehoover6748
    @clarencehoover67482 жыл бұрын

    I have this on VHS. Nice to see it is now made available to a broader audience.

  • @theredbaron057
    @theredbaron057 Жыл бұрын

    I have this on VHS in the original case somehwere in a dusty box! Was given to me by Joe at West Coast Drum Center in the 90's. Good times!

  • @academaciated7466
    @academaciated74667 ай бұрын

    Man, haven’t seen this since i bought a pair of New Beats a long time ago. They have me this vhs with the purchase at West Coast Drum Center in So Cal. ❤

  • @duane9415
    @duane9415 Жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS RELIC

  • @brent3760
    @brent3760 Жыл бұрын

    I am soooo glad the era of heavy, bright, and HEAVY cymbals are behind us.

  • @robertdore9592

    @robertdore9592

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel sure that this was a decision based on cost. I became fed up of clangy thick cymbals which is why I now play Istanbul Agop much closer to what I believe that Zildjian cymbals started as.

  • @groovemessenger2407
    @groovemessenger24077 жыл бұрын

    Not a only a tour of the Zildjian factory, but also an example of every Boston accent variation! Love it.

  • @mrbighead5222
    @mrbighead52228 жыл бұрын

    I got this tape with my first Zildjian cymbal in the early 90s when I was about 12. I watched it till it wore out! Thanks for the upload.

  • @randyharris8777

    @randyharris8777

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mr Bighead Bro I watched it over and over as a kid

  • @jch78

    @jch78

    7 жыл бұрын

    Same at me! I loved this Video - every time again!

  • @briandressel1344

    @briandressel1344

    6 жыл бұрын

    Mr Bighead me too

  • @geomcc109

    @geomcc109

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too! It was pretty much unplayable by the end 😂

  • @transistorboy311

    @transistorboy311

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here. I still have the ride cymbal that the video came with

  • @richparr79
    @richparr79 Жыл бұрын

    TIL Zildjian made a snare drum! Looking like the Pearl Free Floater, but in cymbal brass.

  • @justinkeckhaver8199
    @justinkeckhaver81995 жыл бұрын

    This video was thrown in as an extra (VHS, of course) when my mother bought me my first set of drums when I was 11. Pearl Forum 5 piece with Zildians, of course. I still play those drums and cymbals almost 30 years later.

  • @danlc95
    @danlc958 жыл бұрын

    I still have this on VHS! Got it when I was teaching, back in the 90's.

  • @randyharris8777

    @randyharris8777

    7 жыл бұрын

    danlc95 I still have it too lol

  • @danlc95

    @danlc95

    7 жыл бұрын

    Randy Harris I have great memories of the early to mid 90's. This video was part of it. I was never a "Zildjian player", but always loved and respected the company, and their instruments.

  • @TheWaldorfj

    @TheWaldorfj

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too!

  • @Aerospacer77
    @Aerospacer77 Жыл бұрын

    Reminds me so much of a great time. The 1990's! I remember buying my first Zildjian cymbal.. a 20" ping ride and man did that thing sound amazing on our recordings. I also ended up with some Jimmy Chamberlain prototype cymbals that my friend got from Jimmy himself.

  • @bradhart6487
    @bradhart648710 жыл бұрын

    Please just ignore the chain hanging from my nose...

  • @MrCharlieroo

    @MrCharlieroo

    7 жыл бұрын

    somebody should pull that chain

  • @briandressel1344

    @briandressel1344

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lol I call BS on his Joe’s garage story. Actually researched that comment and no one that worked on the “GTR” album worked on Zappa’s Joe’s Garage.

  • @carbonc6065

    @carbonc6065

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@briandressel1344 NIce catch!

  • @TheWaldorfj

    @TheWaldorfj

    3 жыл бұрын

    He never said he worked on the album. He just said they sounded alike.

  • @TheWaldorfj

    @TheWaldorfj

    3 жыл бұрын

    BTW- those chains used to be cool.

  • @RDHERNANDEZ1
    @RDHERNANDEZ112 жыл бұрын

    I love Zildjian,GOD keep blessing your factory and everyone on it.

  • @tomkovats5107
    @tomkovats51077 жыл бұрын

    RIP Victor Baley.

  • @thedrummerboycr
    @thedrummerboycr11 жыл бұрын

    I had this video in VHS format. Thanks for sharing.

  • @SushiStriker
    @SushiStriker8 ай бұрын

    Here from DankPods

  • @clintawnbomb
    @clintawnbomb5 жыл бұрын

    I still have this VHS from my first set of Zyldjians.

  • @Exotic_Tofu
    @Exotic_Tofu10 жыл бұрын

    so sad they discontinue so many good cymbals all the time but i love zildjian!

  • @Strabbs12345
    @Strabbs1234510 жыл бұрын

    I bought some a customs in 1993 and got this on VHS, haven't seen it in 20 years

  • @PeartDisicple481
    @PeartDisicple4814 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I play Zildjian

  • @pgn77
    @pgn775 жыл бұрын

    I remember buying my pearl export set back in 1990 with an A zildjian 18 crash at Resurrection Drums here in FL. The guy gave me this VHS tape and it was awesome I watched it over and over. Thanks for posting this video.

  • @cigarettecat3981

    @cigarettecat3981

    Жыл бұрын

    i haven’t the name resurrection drums in so long

  • @blackkatz100
    @blackkatz1009 жыл бұрын

    I was given this video from the owner of Freehold Music Center in Freehold NJ/Manalapan NJ back somewhere around 90" Had such an impact on as a young musician! Leon Shapini should be giving an award.... Think I misspelled his last name... Anyway I've used Zil, Sab and now I strictly use Meinl, I credit Benny Greb for that influence so thank you for that sir!

  • @themetalgod21
    @themetalgod2112 жыл бұрын

    Dave went for the money,he told himself at a show in philly at zanzibar blue!!! He gets 10 percent of the sales of his cymbals plus 50,000 dollars.He told me zildjian had been using his ideas for years and not paying him.Later i found out from a zildjian rep that dave had gotten divorced and his wife had taken him to the cleaners and he needed money.

  • @danlc95
    @danlc9511 жыл бұрын

    Aw man, those K. Custom cymbals were awesome... I've got a ton of Paiste gear, but my Zildjians are sacred. I have a modern K. Custom ride, which is fairly heavy. I also have a 22" K. Custom from the mid/late 80's which is thinner. That cymbal is my baby. I almost had the 20" but lost it on ebay..

  • @danlc95

    @danlc95

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JBATahoe - And it is for those reasons I love them!

  • @happymex15
    @happymex1511 жыл бұрын

    I still have this documentary!

  • @marksadventures3889
    @marksadventures38899 жыл бұрын

    yeah I got some at home right now, the ride 18" and 20" China, lovely sound even though they're second hand and old, and I think a pair of 14" hats I got second hand are Ziljian and a great tone

  • @Jetty-xd9yc
    @Jetty-xd9yc5 жыл бұрын

    I remember watching this at guitar center here in San Diego when it was on El cajon boulevard. The drum Department was upstairs and we would go and play drum kits and watch this and Dave weckl. Omar Hakim is so awesome I stolen so many of his licks from this time with sting

  • @walidelaref881
    @walidelaref881 Жыл бұрын

    Paul Francis in his early days at Zildjian😮👍🏼

  • @keepntyme
    @keepntyme9 жыл бұрын

    Peart and Weckl, yes with Sabian. Which was a Zildjian factory in Canada made by the same family as Zildjian. When the old man passed away the boys had differences so one of them started Sabian. Paiste my personal favorite. Well they got the Great Vinnie. I saw Weckl and according to him in Denver on Dec. 5 2013 at a drum clinic he said he went to Sabian because he likes playing them better and money had absolutely nothing to do with it. That's what he said.

  • @danlc95

    @danlc95

    8 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Paiste guy myself. I was glad to see Vinnie playing them.

  • @kcorpora1

    @kcorpora1

    Жыл бұрын

    Believe the world is square if he says it!

  • @jdsaenz
    @jdsaenz11 жыл бұрын

    Aw, come one! Sound cuts out right during Peter Erskine's solo. Awesome video though; thanks for uploading this!

  • @Samsgarden
    @Samsgarden11 жыл бұрын

    I'm of the opinion that musicians will speak any nonsense to honour their endorsers. It's simply disingenuous to say this cymbal make is "better" than another, or one company makes "better" drums that its competitor. More than anything, what makes an instrument sound good, is what the musician extracts out of it.

  • @pwm485

    @pwm485

    7 ай бұрын

    That's your opinion.

  • @adie5271
    @adie52719 жыл бұрын

    thanks for sharing this.

  • @JackMehoff845
    @JackMehoff84512 жыл бұрын

    back when zildjian still made good cymbals

  • @juanvallejo8826
    @juanvallejo88266 жыл бұрын

    RIP Victor Bailey

  • @75DrummerBoy
    @75DrummerBoy12 жыл бұрын

    I got my VHS of this with a set of cymbals years ago! The tape I transferred to DVD for myself so I don't wear it out!!!

  • @JoeyvanLeeuwen
    @JoeyvanLeeuwen12 жыл бұрын

    9:34 Joey Kramer loves to beat it.

  • @huarachudo47
    @huarachudo476 жыл бұрын

    3:36 Now Jonathan Mover today: "Please don't upload this to KZread ... I have a family and kids now, please"

  • @TheSDM64s
    @TheSDM64s11 жыл бұрын

    Lol I didn't know that Neil Peart used to use Zildjian cymbals! That's cool!

  • @clever8088
    @clever80889 жыл бұрын

    OMG Omar Hairkim

  • @georgedavis8885
    @georgedavis888510 жыл бұрын

    i bought a pair of ziljian hi hats symbals in the 80s cost me 130.00 quid god knows how much they cost now i regret selling them to this day they felt good when you play they are the best

  • @danwebd4481

    @danwebd4481

    6 жыл бұрын

    I had the same thing too, a good cymbal is like a good guitar, should never part of it, I learned this lesson also the hard way...

  • @MrPaoloScarnati
    @MrPaoloScarnati12 жыл бұрын

    Too nice to see the "young apprentice" Francis. :D

  • @tanodrummer
    @tanodrummer10 жыл бұрын

    Also have a vhs with this video.......wow lot of memories...

  • @JVdrummer1
    @JVdrummer19 жыл бұрын

    Now Now Dave Weckl loves sabian..lol

  • @philipknoefel

    @philipknoefel

    7 жыл бұрын

    And Vinnie Paiste. ;-)

  • @claystaggs8908

    @claystaggs8908

    3 жыл бұрын

    So much he has two lines with them lol

  • @8xtime
    @8xtime10 жыл бұрын

    3:40, what the fuck is that, a booger hanging from his nose to his ear?

  • @rillloudmother

    @rillloudmother

    7 жыл бұрын

    that was a thing back then. i think this happened right after the trend of heterosexual men wearing belly shirts.

  • @stixs2005
    @stixs200512 жыл бұрын

    I heard he made the switch on a purely business decision. I think he gets a certain % on each HHX Evolution that gets sold, which he help designed.

  • @markkarj1975
    @markkarj197510 жыл бұрын

    I remember watching this video. I do find it interesting how many of those drummers have gone elsewhere (Vinnie Colaiuta, Tommy Aldridge and Jonathan Mover to Paiste, Dave Weckl to Sabian).

  • @pazenmaz
    @pazenmaz11 жыл бұрын

    Love my Zildjians baby!

  • @AECJ1
    @AECJ16 жыл бұрын

    after Armand+ passed away I lost my interest in Zildjian after believing since childhood Zildjian was the only cymbal company. Primary reason is the price for them And the less than B20 alloys now spun from them. I used to look for new and vintage used for my personal feelings for tonal qualities for durability since I would break anything at most eventually. I considered what was fair prices up until years ago when I paid for the then new K Constanipole ride for about $400. After that it was rare occasions but I generally stopped trying to find Zildjian cymbals because of the prices new and used. I loved Zildjian. I feel like they were not loving me back after all was said and done. Greedy daughter of Armand ruined them

  • @marksadventures3889
    @marksadventures38899 жыл бұрын

    wouldn't that be freaky, a mixture of Pearl or Premier and Ziljian for the complete drumming experience ...cool!

  • @danlc95
    @danlc958 жыл бұрын

    A few drummers jumped ship after Armand passed away.

  • @Gretchluver1

    @Gretchluver1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also when Lenny DiMurzio left.

  • @mtndewman1022
    @mtndewman102212 жыл бұрын

    thanks man :)

  • @cduplantis72
    @cduplantis7212 жыл бұрын

    I had this on VHS when I was young. Ray Fransen in NOLA gave it to me. So much to love about this video. Sick grooves. Still want that $1K+ snare. Weckl lost the Zil-love (and the mullet) like most. And I agree - Zildjian consistency has declined. Funny fact: When Jonathan mentions the five year old drummer playing Zildjian into the 2000s, Tony Royster, Jr. was about five when this was made.

  • @apinakapinastorba
    @apinakapinastorba10 жыл бұрын

    Still got this video somewhere laying around :) Man I've always laughed to that Tommy Aldridge part, beathing those drums like somekind of an ape :D

  • @awmaace3397
    @awmaace33975 жыл бұрын

    Lol paul Francis 😆😆😆😆

  • @omegapryo
    @omegapryo10 жыл бұрын

    at 7:49 it kind of looks like Mr.Hakim got scared because he didn't clarify on the drum set lol. I don't know I'm just being goofy or something. Made me laugh though.

  • @michaels6213
    @michaels62138 жыл бұрын

    this is back when Zildjian sounded good. The Zildjians today are nothing like they were.

  • @milesfarnan9049

    @milesfarnan9049

    8 жыл бұрын

    now days you need to pay a fortune to get your hands on a good k custom or kerope.

  • @danlc95

    @danlc95

    8 жыл бұрын

    I taught at a shop in Waterford, MI and when I'd come in to work, all the new cymbals sounded fantastic! that was in the mid 90's. I miss those old days.

  • @tparker2095

    @tparker2095

    8 жыл бұрын

    I thought it was just me, the sound files on the ZIldjian website sound pretty good and I'd love for my cymbals to sound the way they do on the website, but in video's online the cymbals don't sound nearly as good. Not enough consistency in the cymbals, you have to listen to a few until you find the one you like, I don't like that in a company. I just don't feel comfortable buying zildjian's anymore, the vintage ones I own definitely sound better for some reason.

  • @michaels6213

    @michaels6213

    8 жыл бұрын

    yep, the quality started going down in the late 90's when Armand died. I think the girls have something to do with it. The last one I bought was in mid 2000's and I had to demo 8 A Custom crashes to find one that was really good. There were a couple that were horrible.

  • @tparker2095

    @tparker2095

    8 жыл бұрын

    I'm thinking of going with Sabian or Paiste, I can never make up my mind with cymbals but I feel a lot more comfortable with Paiste considering the cymbals are so consistent let alone sound good, and Sabian just feels like home to me because I've been playing them for so long and I never fail to find a great cymbal made by them. What do you think his daughters could have done to the cymbals? Something has definitely changed.

  • @kandydavins
    @kandydavins7 жыл бұрын

    7:30 when you hit the crack pipe and blast off!

  • @Moog168
    @Moog16811 жыл бұрын

    The bassist is Victor Bailey they used to play in Weather Report together

  • @1969DayTripper
    @1969DayTripper12 жыл бұрын

    zildjian in the only cymbal option for me never used sabien, paiste or anything but zildjian. zildjian rocks

  • @Gretchluver1
    @Gretchluver112 жыл бұрын

    Sabian was founded in 1981 and Buddy died in 1987. However, I have never seen Buddy using Sabian cymbals. There was a gig where he's clearly using a Paiste ride, but other than that they were always Zildjians.

  • @TheNormalMCGamer
    @TheNormalMCGamer10 жыл бұрын

    11:03 Lol, back when Neil Peart used Zildjians

  • @vitorarsenio4105
    @vitorarsenio4105 Жыл бұрын

    Still have my Z Custom crashes and my Z3 Rock ride... i just love to beat the crap out of them😝

  • @ekkanofiqandriyana7325
    @ekkanofiqandriyana73255 жыл бұрын

    No one inthe world can steal my nose

  • @oh_rhythm
    @oh_rhythm11 жыл бұрын

    "you're invested in a tradition...400 years..." while the video shows a dude placing a cymbal in an automatic hammering machine. yup, they sure make 'em like they used to 400 years ago.

  • @homergump3
    @homergump311 ай бұрын

    "I prefer the K Dark Crashes. They have a very warm, yet pleasing, and bright tone." How the F do they do all 3 at once? The "Dark Crash" does warm and bright tones. Bro...

  • @DanielMcBrain
    @DanielMcBrain12 жыл бұрын

    Paul Francis is awesome, lol!

  • @pierces19941
    @pierces1994111 жыл бұрын

    "The best drummers in the world play zildjian cymbals" I'll take who is John Bonham for 200 Alex

  • @toddlabrie5719
    @toddlabrie57198 жыл бұрын

    Nice Cosby sweaters everyone! No, not everyone was as clueless as a 90's drummer back then. This is why they put them behind a wall of cymbals.

  • @cm9779

    @cm9779

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Todd LaBrie The 90's certainly was a grotesque fashion era.

  • @peterpiece2102
    @peterpiece21022 жыл бұрын

    No, itsn' true! The true secret stay in Istanbul, the whole Zildjian A is a license from 1953! The last secret Turkish alloy was the Trans Stamp badge Zildjian.

  • @fuma0.o_bot100
    @fuma0.o_bot1008 ай бұрын

    Help me set up my roland bridge caster sound like a podcast pls

  • @deetgeluid
    @deetgeluid5 жыл бұрын

    Basically a huge pizza oven.

  • @Roganberg
    @Roganberg12 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing! Thank-you! But the audio cuts out at 13:15. Any chance of fixing it and reuploading?

  • @drumd00d
    @drumd00d6 жыл бұрын

    9:33 Frodo???

  • @GMDCymbals

    @GMDCymbals

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dude, I can't stop laughing from your comment!

  • @gregmartinez5836
    @gregmartinez58362 жыл бұрын

    Haha, Paul Francis was young here! Lol.

  • @nicholass.6829
    @nicholass.68297 жыл бұрын

    Not rare. It came with a box set of cymbals in the 90's

  • @terratremuit4757
    @terratremuit475710 жыл бұрын

    Haha that description is dumb! 1623 isn't thousands of years old! The Ottoman Empire lasted until the 1900s!

  • @luisfernando-mm3jt
    @luisfernando-mm3jt11 ай бұрын

    Very expensive and They break a lot

  • @luapahcor5039
    @luapahcor50393 жыл бұрын

    5:49 lmao

  • @numlol1
    @numlol112 жыл бұрын

    Sabian is ran by the same family as Zildjian, but they're not parent companies.

  • @swatiacharya_
    @swatiacharya_5 жыл бұрын

    Why am I watching this ? Instead of watching cymbal reviews ....

  • @bensommerMusic
    @bensommerMusic11 жыл бұрын

    I live in the shit-ass little working class Massachusetts town where Zildjian is headquartered! So funny - Istanbul to here...

  • @jamy313
    @jamy31312 жыл бұрын

    haha paul francis has changer sooo much!

  • @drRedStronger
    @drRedStronger10 жыл бұрын

    what is the song from begin?

  • @SchizophrenicReality
    @SchizophrenicReality12 жыл бұрын

    @kdarkcrashthin at the and it's Constructive Criticizm from the Rhythm Deep album

  • @Kelesis666
    @Kelesis66612 жыл бұрын

    Jonathan Mover with nose pierced !@!

  • @enjoichoclate5
    @enjoichoclate512 жыл бұрын

    neil peart plays sabians

  • @Customwinder1
    @Customwinder14 жыл бұрын

    I know one of the secret ingredients.

  • @MichaelTNewell
    @MichaelTNewell10 жыл бұрын

    "Today we have Neil Peart." ahahaaaaaeeeeh

  • @DrummingMoose

    @DrummingMoose

    7 жыл бұрын

    Michael T. Newell Except now that he's with Sabian. The results? Paragon

  • @robertdemaree6666
    @robertdemaree66666 жыл бұрын

    Zildjian has65 Percent of the market worldwide so what's up

  • @ThomasMetal75
    @ThomasMetal7512 жыл бұрын

    What did happen to Dave Weckl and Zildjian?

  • @sethl.1593
    @sethl.15936 жыл бұрын

    Isn’t sabain just a branch of off Zildjian? Like brothers or something?

  • @rafaelrodriguez3270

    @rafaelrodriguez3270

    3 жыл бұрын

    Actually no. They are separate companies. Both owners are from Zildjian descendants but because of some family issues Bob left and began Sabian.

  • @drumd00d
    @drumd00d6 жыл бұрын

    I feel bad for the guy testing the sound. Must make you deaf after weeks/months of that

  • @RogerBiwandu
    @RogerBiwandu12 жыл бұрын

    Damn, Vinnie and Dave left...

  • @ElMurderachi
    @ElMurderachi5 жыл бұрын

    Dave Weckyl's voice sounds like Obama, lol.

  • @RockMacDonald23
    @RockMacDonald239 жыл бұрын

    Can someone tell me what hi hats Omar hakim is using in this video? Im looking for good hi-end hats and those are pretty shweeeeet.

  • @tomkovats5107

    @tomkovats5107

    8 жыл бұрын

    +beatcrazy14 yes, this is a Zildjian 14" Quick Beat Hi hat

  • @Jetty-me6cw

    @Jetty-me6cw

    7 жыл бұрын

    beatcrazy14 Sorry but those were K/Z hats. 13in K medum heavy top and 13in Dyno beat bottoms. Those Dynos had 4 holes 3/4in cut outs in diameter on the bottoms, just like the original Z series did on their bottoms too. Hands down my 13in K/Z hats are to this day the best sounding and playing hats ever made.

  • @tomkovats5107

    @tomkovats5107

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yes, probably you are right, but that time Omar used two hi hats models: the best K/Z in the size 13" and the Quick Beat model in the size 14".

  • @Jetty-me6cw

    @Jetty-me6cw

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tom Kovats your absolutely right. I forget, did he plat the 14's on his right side under his ride? I can't remember.

  • @tomkovats5107

    @tomkovats5107

    7 жыл бұрын

    No, sometimes he used the 13"k/z, sometimes he switched that for a 14" quick beat. At that time Omar was my hero. :-)

  • @SlikOZZY93
    @SlikOZZY9311 жыл бұрын

    what is the name of the song on the begining?

  • @franciscocresta
    @franciscocresta12 жыл бұрын

    as it is called the music starts 2:50 ? thanks.

  • @Kirkshelton
    @Kirkshelton5 жыл бұрын

    I have an original copy on VHS. make an offer lol.

  • @enjoichoclate5
    @enjoichoclate512 жыл бұрын

    So john bonham wasnt part of the best drummers in the world? sorry bro not true i like zildjians but bonham played paiste plus the fact that travis barker plays zildjians really damages there reputation

  • @dimisle
    @dimisle3 жыл бұрын

    Mist of Them now Play Sabian (Zildjian2.0) 😂😂😂😂