The Fantastic Baggys were an American surf and hot rod group, created by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri.[1] The studio group released several unsuccessful singles. They released one album internationally, Tell 'Em I'm Surfin' (1964) on Imperial Records, and several singles and albums only in South Africa, where they proved to be briefly popular.[1]

They provided Jan and Dean with several songs to record, including "Summer Means Fun" and "From All over The World".[1]

Discography edit

Singles edit

  • "Move Out, Little Mustang" b/w "Bucket Seats" (Imperial 66036) - as the Rally-Packs; audition record
  • "Tell 'Em I'm Surfin'" b/w "A Surfer Boy's Dream" (Imperial 66047)
  • "Anywhere the Girls Are" b/w "Debbie Be True" (Imperial 66072)
  • "It Was I" / "Alone on the Beach" (Imperial 66092)

Singles (backing other musicians) edit

Albums edit

  • Tell 'Em I'm Surfin' (Imperial 12270, Mono, 1964)[1]
    1. Tell 'Em I'm Surfin'
    2. Let's Make the Most of Summer
    3. Surfin' Craze
    4. Big Gun Board
    5. Alone on the Beach
    6. This Little Woody
    7. Surfer Boy's Dream Come True
    8. When Surfers Rule
    9. Wax Up Your Board
    10. Summer Means Fun
    11. Surfin's Back Again
    12. Surf Impersonations
  • Tell 'Em I'm Surfin' (Liberty 10192, 1982)
    1. Tell 'Em I'm Surfin'
    2. Surfer Boy's Dream Come True
    3. Summer Means Fun
    4. Wax Up Your Board
    5. Let's Make the Most of Summer
    6. Surfin' Craze
    7. This Little Woody
    8. Big Gun Board
    9. When Surfers Rule
    10. Surfin's Back Again
  • Surfin' Craze (Edsel 118, 1986)
    1. Tell 'Em I'm Surfin'
    2. Surfin' Craze
    3. Let's Make the Most of Summer
    4. Anywhere the Girls Are
    5. Big Gun Board
    6. Alone on the Beach
    7. Debbie Be True
    8. This Little Woody
    9. When Surfers Rule
    10. Surfer Boy's Dream Come True
    11. It Was I
    12. Wax Up Your Board
    13. Summer Means Fun
    14. Surfin's Back Again
    15. Surfer Impersonations

Compilation albums edit

  • The Best of the Fantastic Baggys: Tell 'Em I'm Surfin' (Capitol, 1992)
    1. Tell 'Em I'm Surfin'
    2. Let's Make the Most of Summer
    3. Surfin' Craze
    4. Big Gun Board
    5. Alone on the Beach
    6. This Little Woody
    7. A Surfer Boy's Dream Come True
    8. When Surfers Rule
    9. Wax Up Your Board
    10. Summer Means Fun
    11. Surfin's Back Again / Surf Impersonations
    12. Move Out, Little Mustang
    13. Save Your Sundays for Surfin'
    14. Horace, the Swingin' School Bus Driver
    15. Hot Rod U.S.A.
    16. Debbie Be True
    17. Anywhere the Girls Are
    18. My Heart Is an Open Book
    19. This Little Woody [Version 2]
    20. It Was I
    21. (Goes to Show) Just How Wrong You Can Be
  • Anywhere the Girls Are!: The Best of the Fantastic Baggys (Sundazed, 2000)
    1. Surfin' Craze
    2. Save Your Sundays for Surfin'
    3. Debbie Be True
    4. Anywhere the Girls Are
    5. Tell 'Em I'm Surfin'
    6. This Little Woody
    7. Wax up Your Board
    8. Surfer Boy's Dream Come True
    9. Big Gun Board
    10. Let's Make the Most of the Summer
    11. Summer Means Fun
    12. Hot Rod U.S.A.
    13. Alone on the Beach
    14. It Was I
    15. When Surfers Rule
    16. Surfin's Back Again
    17. Move Out, Little Mustang
    18. My Heart Is an Open Book
    19. (Goes to Show) Just How Wrong You Can Be
    20. Horace, the Swingin' School Bus Driver [Instrumental Track]
    21. This Little Woody [Alternate Version]
    22. Save Your Sundays for Surfin' [Instrumental Track]
    23. Alone on the Beach [Instrumental]
    24. Big Gun Board [Vocal Track]
    25. It Was I [Vocal Overdub 1]
    26. When Surfers Rule [Instrumental]
    27. Surfer Boy's Dream Come True [Background Vocal Overdub 1]
    28. Let's Make the Most of the Summer [Instrumental]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 453. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.