On September 21, 1956 RCA Victor released the extended player "Any Way You Want Me". Billboard selected "I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine" as the leading track, the ep first appeared on the "Hot 100" on October 13th at number 77. It stayed on the chart for 7 weeks and peaked at number 74. Globally the record didn't sell more than 150,000 units, which equals 22.5 million paid streams. Commercially "Any Way You Want Me" was a flop, but because it was a secondary exploitation of the tracks it didn't hurt anybody.

The cover was designed with one of Alfred Wertheimer's photos, the backside advertised other Presley records.

The ep is not available on the streaming platforms, because the tracks can be found on the albums "Elvis' Golden Records" (1958) and "For LP Fans Only" (1959).

At the time RCA Victor was hoping for a cross-promotion effect. "Any Way You Want Me" would soon be re-released on the b-side of "Love Me Tender", the title song of Elvis' first movie and a predicted mega seller. They hoped, that many fans didn't know or own the early recordings of the rock'n'roll king and get the people to buy this ep, too.

Elvis recorded "Any Way You Want Me" on July 2, 1956 at RCA Studio 1 in New York City/New York. He needed 12 attempts to archive a satisfactory master. I don't like this ballad either, because Elvis performs it with a tad too much power and the song itself isn't very good, too. It was written by Aaron Schroeder and Cliff Owens. Later "Any Way You Want Me" was also issued on "Elvis' Golden Records" (1958) and "Worldwide 50 Gold Award Hits - Volume 1" (1970).

Sam Kesler brought "You're Right, I'm Left, She's Gone" to Sam Phillips, who thought the track might be the perfect vehicle for his new star. Elvis, Scotty and Bill first tried to record the song in 1954, but the result wasn't all that satisfactory. In April 1955 the group made a second attempt, this time accompanied by the drummer Jimmie Lott. They were successful and the 6th take was considered to be worth a release. Unfortunately Sam Phillips messed up the title when he created the labels for the single and turned "You're Right, I'm Left, She's Gone" into "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone". Instead of correcting the name on further releases it was left that way. RCA Victor re-released the track on the albums "For LP Fans Only" (1959) and "The Sun Sessions" (1976).

The song was written by Mack David for the Disney production "Cinderella", but finally wasn't used. It was first recorded in 1949 by Tony Martin, later "I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine" was covered by Tony's namesake Dean and Patti Page. Because Sam Phillips regarded the song to be too short for a single, his assistant Marion Keisker wrote an additional verse ("It don't matter if it's sleed or snow...."), which Elvis included in his performance. He did so on September 10, 1954 and needed three takes. RCA Victor re-released the track on the albums "For LP Fans Only" (1959) and "The Sun Sessions" (1976).

"Mystery Train" was first recorded in 1953 by Hank "Little Junior" Parker, who had also written the song together with Sam Phillips. The lyrics are simple, the loved one departs by train and the singer hopes, she will return and stay with him. The fascinating thing is the sound. It's almost unbelievable, that the music was produced just with two guitars and a bass. Elvis' voice also sounds great, including his howling and laughing at the end of the song. RCA Victor re-released the track on the albums "For LP Fans Only" (1959) and "The Sun Sessions" (1976). Elvis also performed the song in his concerts on a regular basis, mostly as a medley with "Tiger Man". A live recording can be found on the double album "From Memphis To Vegas / From Vegas To Memphis" (1969). The studio recording was made on July 21, 1955 at SUN Records in Memphis/Tennessee.