In 1975, Fantasy released Pre-Creedence, a compilation album of recordings by The Golliwogs.
Max Weiss, one of Fantasy's co-owners initially changed the group's name to The Visions, but when their songs were released as a single, in November 1964, Weiss renamed them The Golliwogs, an apparent reference to a once-popular minstrel doll called a Golliwogg.