Surfer Jeff is an album that was released on May 3rd, 2012. This is the last studio album to feature Greg Page, Murray Cook and Jeff Fatt as official Wiggles. It won the 2012 ARIA Music Award for Best Children's Album.
Tracklist[]
- Here Come Our Friends - 1:32
- Surfer Jeff - 2:18
- Up, Down, Turn Around - 0:42
- The Mini Foxie Puppy Dance - 1:27
- Ooey, Ooey, Ooey Allergies! - 2:06
- Look Before You Go - 1:21
- It's Peanut Butter! - 1:35
- What's The Weather Today? - 1:44
- I Love Oranges - 1:47
- Mango Walk - 2:16
- Banananana - 1:27
- Waltzing Matilda - 3:16
- An Irish Dinosaur Tale - 1:30
- Olive Oil Is My Secret Ingredient - 2:09
- C'est Wags, C'est Bon - 1:37
- Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party - 1:04
- Rolling Down The Sandhills - 1:05
- Running Up The Sandhills - 0:33
- Would You Like To Go To Scotland? - 1:43
- Balla Balla Bambina - 2:08
- London Barcarolle - 2:02
Personnel[]
- The Wiggles are Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page
- Executive Producers: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field
- Music Produced by Anthony Field
- Recorded at Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney; Festival Studios, Sydney; Hot Potato Studios, Sydney
- Recorded and Mixed by Chris Brooks, Robin Gist, Ben Hardie, Alex Keller
- Mastered by Don Bartley
- Vocals: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, Simon Pryce, Alfonso Rinaldi
- Captain Feathersword Vocals: Paul Paddick
- Dorothy the Dinosaur Vocals: Bláthnaid Conroy Murphy, Jacqueline Field
- Henry the Octopus & Wags the Dog Vocals: Jeff Fatt
- Manzillas/Backing Vocals: Craig Abercrombie, Brad Carroll, James Arthur Chen, Bláthnaid Conroy Murphy, Paul Paddick, Greg Page, Simon Pryce, Mark Punch
- Musicians: Mic Conway, Murray Cook, Nicolino Di Sipio, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, John Field, Tony Henry, Alex Keller, Melissa Kenny, Dominic Lindsay, Margaret Lindsay, Mark Marriott, Danny May, Steve Pace, Stephen Schaefer, Maria Schattovits
- Graphic Design: Georgia Kemmis
- Photography: Neil Hamilton-Ritchie, Caterina Mete
Trivia[]
- "Rolling Down The Sandhills" and "Running Up The Sandhills" are the only songs that weren't re-recorded.
- The Wiggles sing "Waltzing Matilda" for the first time on this album. It was previously heard as an instrumental in Hot Poppin' Popcorn.
- The rumour says that in some websites, "Belles of Paris" appears on the song list in between "Waltzing Matilda" and "An Irish Dinosaur Tale" but it doesn't appear on the CD itself, not even on the DVD.
- "Would You Like To Go To Scotland?" reuses the instrumental song A Scottish Christmas from Yule Be Wiggling.
- Musicians Melissa Kenny on the trombone, Danny May on the trumpet and saxophone and Stephen Schaefer on the saxophone guest star on this album.
- "Awareness, Avoidance, Action" was re-recorded as "Ooey, Ooey, Ooey Allergies!" on this album.
- A Behind the Scenes image show Anthony, Greg, Jeff and Anthony's dog Fergus recording The Mini Foxie Puppy Dance.
- The booklet shows photos from the DVD.
- Alfonso Rinaldi guest stars on Olive Oil Is My Secret Ingredient.
- The cover art is a reference to The Beach Boys' "Surfer Girl" album.
- C'est Wags, C'est Bon uses archived backing vocals and accordion.
- This album was the last for a few things:
- To feature The Manzillas.
- To have the Roadshow Entertainment logo.
- Studio-wise, to feature Greg Page, Murray Cook and Jeff Fatt as official Wiggles and their last recorded material until ReWiggled in 2022.