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You Can’t Hip a Square: The Doc Pomus Songwriting Demos collects more than 160 tracks from the late, legendary songwriter, who died in 1991 at the age of 65 and was subsequently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Blues Hall of Fame. Over 120 of these demos are previously unreleased, while still others are making their CD and digital debuts.  Many of these songs are familiar, while others never received an official recording.  What they share in common is the impeccable songwriting of Doc Pomus, with songs ranging from the heartbreakingly tender to the authentically gritty.  The first four discs are a treasure chest of various demos, while the fifth disc, reprising a Record Store Day vinyl release, is dedicated to songs written for Elvis Presley.  The sixth disc boasts (almost) all Pomus vocals. The 6CD package contains a hardbound book that’s loaded with liner notes: track-by-track annotations from Pomus’ daughter Sharyn Felder and set co-producer Cheryl Pawelski plus essays by Felder, Geoffrey Himes, and Pomus’ close friend Peter Guralnick, and music historian/writer/producer Eddie Gorodetsky (Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour).  Jordan McLeod and Michael Graves have beautifully restored the audio; Graves has remastered.  As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.​