Papa Doo Run Run - California Project by Papa Doo Run Run [signed]
Autographed
Telarc  (1985)
Rock

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#271

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Vinyl    15 tracks  (41:46) 
    Side 1             20:27
   01   I Get Around             02:22
   02   Wouldn't It Be Nice             02:28
   03   Don't Worry Baby             03:21
   04   California Girls             02:53
   05   Help Me, Rhonda             02:53
   06   Surfer Girl             02:43
   07   Good Viberations             03:47
    Side 2             21:19
   08   Fun, Fun, Fun             02:24
   09   Surfin' USA             02:29
   10   Warmth Of The Sun             03:08
   11   Let Him Run Wild             02:31
   12   In My Room             02:23
   13   Sloop John B.             02:41
   14   God Only Knows             02:53
   15   Barbara Ann             02:50
Personal Details
Purchase Date 1/15/2012
Cost $20.00
Store eBay
Package/Sleeve Condition Excellent
Location Telarc Collection
Links Papa Doo Run Run

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Disc 1 : LP-DG-20501
Details
Original Release Date 1985
Catalog DG-20501
Packaging LP Jacket
Spars DDD
Sound Stereo
User Defined
Classification: TELARC VINYL
Notes
The California Project....

In 1985 PAPA signed with Telarc Records who released their California Project CD. That record jumped on to the charts at No. 17 and hung in there for over a year. They eventually received a Gold Record award and a Grammy nomination for that album. (Trivia note: "California Project" was the first DDD (all digital) pop/rock album ever released, beating Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms" by 2 weeks).

PAPA DOO RUN RUN
AMERICA'S MUSIC ~ CALIFORNIA'S BAND

Formed in 1965, the now legendary California band, PAPA DOO RUN RUN, quickly discovered their forte - they sounded like the Beach Boys! That sound led them to surf music icons, Jan & Dean, and from 1976-80 Papa toured North America with the duo. In the 80s Papa graduated from J&D to the Beach Boys, and toured and recorded with members of that band throughout the next 2 decades. The group also had an unprecedented 15-year run as the "Celebrity House Band" at Disneyland from 1975-90!

Papa’s 1975 Top 40 hit “Be True To Your School” reached No. 1 in California. Their ground breaking CD “California Project” (1985) exploded onto the Billboard Hot 100 Chart at no. 17 and earned the band their second Gold Record and a Grammy Nomination. Additionally, Papa Doo Run Run appeared in, and recorded the soundtrack album for the CBS-TV movie “Deadman’s Curve”. The band currently has 10 CD releases and a full length DVD.

Today, Papa Doo Run Run still averages about 100 dates a year, worldwide. Their act encompasses all the great Classic Rock hits of the 60's and 70's, with a special emphasis on their award winning re-creation of the hits of the Beach Boys. Their best kept secret... Papa Doo Run Run is who the Beach Boys call when they need someone to fill in in their band.

MORE......

The year was 1965. The air was clean, music was refreshingly innocent, and in Cupertino California, a small, pre-silicon valley town just south of San Francisco near Santa Cruz, 4 high school buddies (Don Zirilli, Jim Rush, Steve Dromensk, and Jim Shippey) got together to form a garage band. This was not just any garage band - this band was special. They would succeed where others would fail - they would continue where others would die off. They had a focus where other bands just rambled. They wore suits! They believed that "good enough" never is. They practiced their 4 part harmony until their throats bled - and it paid off.

WHERE WE GOT OUR NAME...

From 1965-71 the band had 3 name changes. They started out as "the ZU", then "GOODIE TWO SHOES", and finally "Papa Du Run Da Run", and later shortened to "PAPA DOO RUN RUN", (their name derived from the background line of Jan & Dean's New Girl in School). PAPA established a solid performance schedule, playing as many as 200 dates a year, covering North America and two other continents, and a ton of island resorts.


1967 A name change, now: "Goodie Two Shoes"

During their humble beginnings in the 60's and 70's, PAPA DOO RUN RUN performed at nearly every high school and college in California. Some of PAPA's opening acts in the early days included Van Halen and the Doobie Brothers, when those bands were still in their garage band phase.

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Telarc Records
Copyright (c) – Telarc Records
Manufactured By – PolyGram
Recorded At – United Western Studios
Produced At – Telarc Records
Manufactured By – Telarc Records

Credits

Art Direction – Ray Kirschensteiner
Bass Guitar – Jim Rush
Cello – Melissa Hasin
Drums – Andy Parker
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Paul Freeman
Engineer [Second Engineer] – David Glover
Lead Guitar – Steve Barone
Piano – Don Zirilli
Producer [Assistance] – Elaine Martone, Kajo Paukert
Producer, Recorded By – Paul Freeman, Robert Woods (2)
Saxophone – Adrian Tapia
Vocals – Stevie "Surf" Dromensk