Nope– not an April Fool’s joke– here’s the new announcement:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – MARCH 28, 2009

Just ahead of the long-overdue induction of bassist Bill Black and drummer D.J. Fontana into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Restoration Sound & Vision (http://www.restorationsoundandvision.co.uk) is pleased to announce the release of the second installment of “Elvis – Six Weeks Only”, as an exclusive video download on the RS/V website.

The Week 2 clip, from the February 4, 1956 edition of Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey’s “Stage Show” program, features the triumphant return of Elvis Presley to the network television stage, backed as usual by legendary guitarist (and fellow Hall-of-Fame member) Scotty Moore, as well as Black & Fontana. Songs featured in the new clip are “Baby, Let’s Play House” (previously a Sun Records single for the group), and a breakneck cover of Little Richard’s rave-up “Tutti Frutti”. The performances in the previously-released Week 1 clip are a medley of “Shake Rattle & Roll / Flip, Flop & Fly” and the Ray Charles’ classic “I Got a Woman”.

The “Elvis – Six Weeks Only” clip series, to be released online throughout 2009 by RS/V, will present meticulously-restored kinescope footage of each of the six 1956 “Stage Show” performances, collated by video archivist/engineer Kevin Segura (”Elvis – The Ed Sullivan Shows”, “Dark Shadows – The Beginning”). The stunning results make use of the patent-pending LiveFeed Video Imaging system, which restores the original “live broadcast” look to vintage television programs. The LiveFeed process has previously been used in a variety of international home video projects and network television broadcasts.

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