While I would love to have a go at restoring a hi-res copy of the flat transfer, it turns out there are only two vinyl releases planned:

The first is a 78RPM 10" vinyl “facsimile” release of the flat transfer, which will only be available at select independent shops this Saturday for Record Store Day. They are even going as far as recreating the inverted Prisonaires label (!) for this “facsimile” that can be seen on the Third Man Instagram account: https://instagram.com/p/1T1-cGjhYx/

The second will be a 45RPM 7” vinyl release of a restored version later this year.

-Aaron
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> On Apr 16, 2015, at 2:02 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I wonder how heavy-handed the "cleanup" will be with this. It sounded to me like the disk was in very bad condition and it will be difficult but not impossible to get musical-sounding and relatively clean end result. It will require an artist to get the right aesthetic.
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> The recycled Sun label is a great touch.
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> To my ears, the pitch seemed off. I have listened to a lot of Elvis in my lifetime, granted it's all been produced commercial recordings, but the register of the voice on the YouTube video seems high for even a young Elvis.
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> Jack White should release 96/24 WAV of the flat transfer and let various experts and would-be experts try their hand at cleanup. He might well end up with a better result than turning it over to one person he might know or know of.
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> -- Tom Fine
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Coe" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 1:09 PM
> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Elvis' 1st Recording Digitally Transferred at the Country Music Hall of Fame
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>> Video of Elvis’ first recording, a 10-inch lacquer disc purchased by Jack White for $300k being transferred by Alan Stoker at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, TN:
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>> http://youtu.be/wvtSMMaYUug
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>> Clearly things went well, but wet transfer of a lacquer sure makes me nervous.
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>> -Aaron
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