great cd's - Fort Baxter

Jans · **Joined:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:04 pm **Posts:** 418

Ger Rijff wrote:

So far its been strictly vinyl...Don't let this stop you people from
posting rare boot cds! With your comments attached, please.

Here the history of the name.
Ger wrote about this at the FECC forum.

Ger Rijff wrote:

The Label names... I can speak
freely on this subject. Its my boss, living the good life, in the Baxter
Penthouse, nearby, who came up with the names, for the labels...
One morning, doing my work, as a bus boy, in his penthouse [ known
at the time, as the Laurel Building] , he called me to his office, and
asked for any suggestions, for a Record Label name. I told him, back
in the 50s, there was a half hour comedy show, on both American
and English TV, called the Phil Silver Show.
It was about a Sergeant, in the American Army, by the name of
Ernie Bilko. A hustler supreme! My boss, always in for a quick buck
himself, right away, loved the Bilko character. "Lets name the label
Sergeant Bilko Records!" I agreed, it wasnt a bad choice...
After a while, with million topping sales, my boss, wanted to expand,
and start a sister label... "It has to be connected, to the old Sergeant",
he said. Thats when Fort Baxter was born. It was the name of the
Army camp, where Sergeant Bilko was stationed, back then...
There was even talks, to name yet another new label: Private
Doberman Records. After one of the soldiers, in Bilkos Platoon...
I told my boss, he was taking the joke, a little too far. So it was
decided, to launch: 2001.
When I sweap the floors, in his penthouse, every morning, and stare
at all them Gold records, on his office wall, I think, "I was there, when
Elvis History, was written..."

Here a few from my collection.
These were a sensation at the time.
See the pictures for the contents.
btw the sound is great on these cd's

If someone wants to command on these cd's please do.

Fort Baxter 2091
Just Pretend

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Fort Baxter 2092
Walk A Mile In My Shoes

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Fort Baxter 2093
It's A Matter Of Time

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Fort Baxter 2094
If You Talk In Your Sleep

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Fort Baxter 2095
Steamroller Blues

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Jans · **Joined:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:04 pm **Posts:** 418

Here a few more ....

Fort Baxter 2200
Desert Storm

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Fort Baxter 2205 + 2206
The Brightest Star On Sunset Boulevard, vol I and II

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Fort Baxter 2207
A Hot Winter Night In Dallas

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Fort Baxter AS 731-69
Opening Night 1969

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Were there more cd's on this label ?
These were all I have...

Ger Rijff · **Joined:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:55 am **Posts:** 4363

Jans, as long as you make it clear I didn't put a gun to
your head to start this thread...

vegas 74 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:15 pm **Posts:** 77

Thrilled to bits when the "Desert Storm" closing show came out!
I was at the show...good cd but nothing as good as the real thing!!

uncle penn · **Joined:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:38 pm **Posts:** 12

Brilliant times collecting all these through the 90s!

Colonel Snow · **Joined:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:51 am **Posts:** 845

It's a pity that one these original CD's (Walk a mile in my shoes) got CD-rot.

colonel snow

Ger Rijff · **Joined:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:55 am **Posts:** 4363

Colonel Snow wrote:

It's a pity that one these original CD's (Walk a mile in my shoes) got CD-rot.

colonel snow

not all copies though. But sadly enough the pressing plant
resposible has a long line of poorly pressed titles from around
that time...

Colonel Snow · **Joined:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:51 am **Posts:** 845

Only this one was rotten.

colonel snow

uncle penn · **Joined:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:38 pm **Posts:** 12

Colonel Snow wrote:

It's a pity that one these original CD's (Walk a mile in my shoes) got CD-rot.

colonel snow

Actually my first copy had cd-rot after after a few weeks but i still have the replacment and that copy is still ok.

John · **Posted:** Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:11 pm

Colonel Snow wrote:

Only this one was rotten.

colonel snow

but it got replaced.

Ger Rijff · **Joined:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:55 am **Posts:** 4363

Jans, there was anther one by Baxter : 'At Full Blast',
Vegas Live, from 72, I believe? Colonel snow surely knows?!

vegas 74 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:15 pm **Posts:** 77

A Profile Vol 1 & 2...great box sets

vegas 74 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:15 pm **Posts:** 77

Lean,mean and kickin but....jan 28 1971

Colonel Snow · **Joined:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:51 am **Posts:** 845

Ger Rijff wrote:

Jans, there was anther one by Baxter : 'At Full Blast',
Vegas Live, from 72, I believe? Colonel snow surely knows?!

I only know about CD Walk a mile in my shoes.

colonel snow

Colonel Snow · **Joined:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:51 am **Posts:** 845

John wrote:

Colonel Snow wrote:

Only this one was rotten.

colonel snow

but it got replaced.

Meanwhile the tracks were availabe on other CD's so I don't need a replacement.

colonel snow

vegas 74 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:15 pm **Posts:** 77

More Fort Baxter here....

vegas 74 · **Joined:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:15 pm **Posts:** 77

Francesc · **Joined:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:05 am **Posts:** 699

Was Thank you Very Much really a Fort Baxter CD?

uncle penn · **Joined:** Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:38 pm **Posts:** 12

vegas 74 wrote:

A Profile Vol 1 & 2...great box sets

Got both of these and probably only played em once, they must be hard to come by these days? Great collecting days!

E P Scrapbook · **Joined:** Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:04 pm **Posts:** 1596

Caught eye of this thread earlier today, got home and 'dug this out' for you guys....

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Ah, the good ol' days

richsanepaul · **Joined:** Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:56 pm **Posts:** 96

Moody Blue and Other Great Performances...

Could they have been done for the trades description act, I wonder? neither moody Blue nor most of the other tracks were anything like great. But they were highly interesting at the time. There were songs on this disc we hadn't heard live before in this kind of quality, and yet more which were rarely performed live at this time. I was thrilled when it came out and played it alot. And then, a few months later I went back to it and the reality sank in: Presley was awful for most of the 60 minute running time. A number of the tracks (Where no-one stands alone, release me, reconsider baby etc) are still interesting because of their rarity, but it doesn;t make the performances any better, sadly.

Lennart Ericson · **Joined:** Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:32 am **Posts:** 8

Yes, a lot of great cd:s and great memories of hearing them for the first time.
Sadly, the cd Just Pretend got CD-rot but I have a copy of it.

As for the Moody Blue cd, well, the sound is great but Elvis is sadly not great.
So sad to hear it the first time, he really seemed to be stoned, the bonus songs he seemed better
so I mostly listened to those performances but it´s been a while since I played that cd.

Elvis at full blast was a favorite of mine and one I listened to A LOT.
I like those shows from 1972, still a lot of energy and very enjoyable shows.

Nice thread

Lennart E

lvs4ever · **Joined:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:25 am **Posts:** 24

aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh , memories , sweeten through the ages .... these great cd's bring it all back emotions and great memories , of being a 20 year old ELVIS PRESLEY fan and spending alot of coin on these and gettin every penny's worth. One always waited and longed for the next anouncement of what else would be put on shiny , and by GOD JEHOVAH , you were never disapointed . It was a damn great label and a great time in THE ELVIS WORLD - collecting cd's was at a premium , with these babies.

Ger Rijff · **Joined:** Sat Aug 28, 2010 11:55 am **Posts:** 4363

lvs4ever wrote:

aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh , memories , sweeten through the ages .... these great cd's bring it all back emotions and great memories , of being a 20 year old ELVIS PRESLEY fan and spending alot of coin on these and gettin every penny's worth. One always waited and longed for the next anouncement of what else would be put on shiny , and by GOD JEHOVAH , you were never disapointed . It was a damn great label and a great time in THE ELVIS WORLD - collecting cd's was at a premium , with these babies.

Looking back on those fun but nerv wreckin' days, with RCA and special police forces
on the look out for the bad boys... yes, they arrested most of them, I myself am more
attached to the vinyl releases. The Laurels, Pink and Blacks, etc.
The smell of freshly printed album sleeves in the morning... Them was mighty tasty!

lvs4ever · **Joined:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:25 am **Posts:** 24

i'm sure glad they dod not get you MR RIJFF , we would have lost some great releases along the way . As i said i loved the label from the start , to have a show in great qulaity from a great season [at leat to me] with great and most powerful version of howgreat... - this set blew me out of the water. I'm still a fan of the label and will produce my own tshirts with iron ons of the cd covers, to prove it.

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