The only one I’m aware of is the album on Telarc by the Beach Boys/Jan & Dean tribute/cover band named Papa Doo Run Run. They are from my hometown of Cupertino, California, and their original drummer---Jim Shippey---was a coupla years ahead of me at Cupertino High. He played in the Cupertino High School Marching Band, as did the drummer of the legendary Garage Band The Chocolate Watchband.
In 1975, PDRR and the Jump Blues/Swing Band I was playing in shared the same booking agency. We somehow got a job playing in a high school gymnasium somewhere in the valley, and the other act was Papa. I hadn't heard about them since they changed from being a Top 40 cover band named The Zu in the late 60's (when Shippey got drafted in '67, he recommended me as his replacement. My audition was to play a coupla shows with them, after which they offered me the job. I declined; though they were already making good money, they weren't very good. A fella has his pride ;-) .
Anyway, the reaction of the high school kids to our Jump music (Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, Big Jay McNeely, Ruth Brown, etc.---in other words, post-war, pre-white Rock 'n' Roll, Black music) was hilarious---they looked at us as if we were from Mars. When Papa started their set of Beach Boys/Jan & Dean/Surf songs, two things became obvious: they still weren't very good, and the kids loved 'em.
I haven't heard the Telarc album (I'm no masochist ;-), but as it's on Telarc I assume the sound is audiophile.
In 1975, PDRR and the Jump Blues/Swing Band I was playing in shared the same booking agency. We somehow got a job playing in a high school gymnasium somewhere in the valley, and the other act was Papa. I hadn't heard about them since they changed from being a Top 40 cover band named The Zu in the late 60's (when Shippey got drafted in '67, he recommended me as his replacement. My audition was to play a coupla shows with them, after which they offered me the job. I declined; though they were already making good money, they weren't very good. A fella has his pride ;-) .
Anyway, the reaction of the high school kids to our Jump music (Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, Big Jay McNeely, Ruth Brown, etc.---in other words, post-war, pre-white Rock 'n' Roll, Black music) was hilarious---they looked at us as if we were from Mars. When Papa started their set of Beach Boys/Jan & Dean/Surf songs, two things became obvious: they still weren't very good, and the kids loved 'em.
I haven't heard the Telarc album (I'm no masochist ;-), but as it's on Telarc I assume the sound is audiophile.