The Fantastic Baggys - Anywhere The Girls Are! The Best Of The Fantastic Baggys (1964-66/2000)

The Fantastic Baggys were a LA studio project by PF Sloan and Steve Barri. The duo recorded one album for Imperial in 1964 Tell 'em I'm surfin', as well as three singles. Although there were four Fantastic Baggys pictured on the album cover of Tell em' I'm surfin', only Steve and Phil were band members. While the exact reasons for the commercial failure of the Tell 'em I'm Surfin' album are a mystery, there is no doubt that mid 1964 was a little late for a surf album in the US. By then the British Invasion was in full swing and surf music had lost it's magic

The one place where Tell 'em I'm Surfin' did extremely well was in South Africa where it was a big seller. The single peaked at no 2 on the Springbok charts in Aug 1966. Upon the album's success, TEAL Record Company in South Africa was so eager to issue new Baggys albums that, when none were forthcoming, they created their own indigenous version of The Fantastic Baggys. They subsequently signed one of their own bands, The Falling Leaves, to do the job. Their first single release was Papa do ro ron with Anywhere the girls are by the US Baggys on the b side. Papa do ron ron peaked at no 10 on the Springbok charts in November 1966.