In January 1957 RCA Victor finally released the remaining songs of the album "Elvis" on an extended player. Strangely though they didn't name the record "Elvis - Volume 3", but "Stricktly Elvis". In the US the ep didn't chart, but when it was released four years later in Great Britain, it reached number 4 of the local hitparade for this format. The sales figures of "Stricktly Elvis" are not known, but it's safte to say that RCA Victor retailed several 100,000 copies over the years.

While the sleeves of the first two eps and the album showed a profile picture of the singer, the third volume displayed Elvis in a similar pose, but shot from the front. As usual the backside of the cover featured the name of the record, the track list and liner notes.

The extended player cannot be found on the streaming platforms, because all tracks are available on the album "Elvis" (1956).

Once again Elvis covers one of Little Richard's hits. The narrator sees his supposedly sick uncle John ducking down the alley with a lady named Sally and instantly knows what's going on ("...she's build for speed" means, that she doesn't need to be convinced to have sex with someone). The frivolous and funny song is performed very well by Elvis, who recorded it on September 2, 1956 within four takes. It was written by Robert Blackwell and Little Richard himself, credited under his real name Richard Penniman. Live versions can be found on "Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite" (1973) and "Elvis Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis" (1974). Once again these performances are a far cry from the studio recording.

The singer drools over his loved one and assumes, she must have been the first in line when they gave out beautiful eyes, lips and everything else. Without doubt Elvis performs well, but this love song doesn't touch my soul at all. The king obviously thought differently, because he recorded 27 takes on September 3, 1956. The ballad was written by Aaron Schroeder and Ben Weisman.

Elvis, Scotty and Bill (featuring the drummer Jimmie Lott) had tried to record "How Do You Think I Feel" in April 1955 at SUN Records, but didn't archive a releasable result. On September 1, 1956 they tried again and this time the 7th attempt to tape the uptempo tune was successful. "How Do You Think I Feel" was written by Wayne Walker and Webb Pierce. The original recording is by Red Sovine, later it was covered by Jimmy Rogers-Snow.

As written before, I don't regard slow songs a key competence of the young Elvis Presley, but this one he performs well. He recorded it on September 1, 1956 within seven takes. Eddy Arnold had released the song by Chet Atkins and Boudeleaux Bryant four years earlier. The narrator meets his ex and asks her, how she's doing. He is suffering and cannot get over the end of the relationship. I like this sad ballad very much