Elvis with Patti Page It's a Sin to Tell a Lie restored demo

For promotional purposes only. It is believed Elvis recorded this home demo in 1966. It is incomplete, Elvis made a dirty joke while singing along to the Riddle record, and the sound is, well, not too great (too say the least). That got me thinking again. Would it be possible to restore it? Well, you be the judge of that, my friends.
Some of the things that needed to be done:
1. Isolating Elvis' vocals from the demo (almost impossible).
2. Editing the vocals (serious hiss reduction, adding fade-ins/outs, layering left/right to avoid his voice from drowning in the final mix, leaving out the dirty joke and incomplete beginning).
3. Merging Elvis' vocals with the Riddle record that Elvis himself used.
4. Isolating Patti Page's vocals.
5. Editing her vocals to match Elvis' key and speed.
6. Adding her vocals to the mix.
7. Isolating the strings from the Patti Page recording.
8. Adding the strings to the mix.
9. Avoid clipping.
I won't bore you with more details. I just hope you like the final result. If only there were a better original recording. Can you imagine how beautiful this recording would have been? Anyway, thanks for reading and remember: there was only one king. What a special voice that guy had. Enjoy.

[@MrNostalGuy]

So well-done and so charming ! Thank you once again ! When I'll be president, I want you to be my minister of the restoration !

[@rca1679]

Charming, yes, and I love the way their voices work together. I tried to keep their timing natural. But I'm not happy with the sound of Elvis' voice in the final mix. It was just too hard to extract it from his demo. If only he had pumped up the volume of his mic a bit. Just a bit would've made such a difference.
I may have to start all over again. We'll see.

[@MrNostalGuy]

Your perfectionism does you credit, my friend. But the result makes my day everytime I listen to it.

[@HeinrichLudwigPereira-Arnstein]

Is that really Elvis’ voice? Sound like that! Wonderful. The recording can never be so bad that it doesn’t touch you deeply inside. And he sang to the record and then recorded the song along with Patti Page’s voice? If this is true, this is my favorite song from today on. Thanks for the moderate editing!

[@elvisrockking]

i love this version

[@gorse9030]

I really enjoy this production and prefer it over many of his professional offerings (I have all the masters). Congratulations on a fine piece of work.

[@pilartena4648]

Aquesta cançó no l'habia sentit, l 'he trobat preciosa. Fan un duo molt bonic. Elvis por siempre

[@davephillips6456]

Lovely to hear..

[@elvisrockking]

o i love this version of elvis

[@rca1679]

That's because you've got impeccable taste :) Too bad he never recorded it in a studio, but at least we've got his home demo.

[@toni-gaybirdwell9414]

Great job editing his informal recording with her studio version. Beautifully layered!

[@tomkent4656]

Great job.

[@mysteryjesus]

Nice job yet again!

[@rca1679]

Something had gone wrong with the video. Somehow the vocals had drowned a bit in the process. It's okay now. Thank you for listening. :)

[@kennethstark9383]

Super good fantastic thanks 👑👑👑👑👍🇬🇧

[@shaunallen7334]

Superb work👍👍👍

[@HeinrichLudwigPereira-Arnstein]

With this recording, Elvis rises to the ranks of crooners such as Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Julie London, Chet Baker, Johnny Mathis, Doris Day, Mel Tormé, Blossom Dearie …

[@stevemann3080]

BRILLIANT 🙏👍👍

[@rickstapenhurst4019]

Very good!

[@johnderby8921]

Great work on your part!!! Thanks!

[@alexcrichton6102]

Excellent impression of elvis

[@betteh3424]

Nice pairing!

[@alexcrichton6102]

Best Elvis impression I have ever heard,,who is he ?

[@srairmand]

It's Elvis, home recording.

[@edwardlayden6935]

Nobody can sound like elvis his voice is unmistakable.

[@patentpumps]

The orchestra on the original Patti Page recording was directed by Jack Rael, not Nelson Riddle. (Nelson worked for Capitol,not Mercury)

[@rca1679]

I never said the orchestra on the original Patti Page recording was directed by Nelson Riddle, but thanks for the info. I didn't add Elvis's voice to her recording. The music is from the Nelson Riddle record Elvis used for his home recording. I used the same recording to restore Elvis' demo and added Patti Page to the mix to fill the gaps.

[@DrGuitaritis]

You should restore some of my original recordings, dude! Amazing work!

[@rca1679]

I wish I could've done a better job separating Elvis's voice from the original recording but there was just too much noise. It's okay when you listen with a headset, though. Thanks again for listening.