The Fantastic Baggys Explained

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

Singles

"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)

Shelley Fabares "I Know You'll Be There" b/w "Lost Summer Love" (Vee-Jay VJ 632) - The Fantastic Baggys play (uncredited) backing on Side One
Jan & Dean "The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" b/w "My Mighty G.T.O" (Liberty 55704)
Jan & Dean "Ride The Wild Surf" b/w "The Anaheim, Azusa & Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review And Timing Association" (Liberty 55724)

Albums

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

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]

Notes and References

Book: The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin. Colin Larkin (writer). Virgin Books. 1997. Concise. 1-85227-745-9. 453.