

								The extended player "Just For You" was 
								released on August 21, 1957. It also might have 
								been called "Loving You - Volume 3", because 
								three fourth of the songs came from the 
								soundtrack album. On October 7th the record 
								entered the "Best Selling Pop EPs Chart", had a 
								run of 17 weeks and peaked at number 2. For some 
								unknown reason Billboard also listed the 
								extended player on their "Pop Albums Chart", 
								where it reached number 16. Worldwide RCA sold 
								650,000 copies, which translates to 97.5 million 
								paid streams of the complete ep. The second 
								exploitation of the tracks on extended players 
								was a good business. The songs from the "Loving 
								You" album were sold twice and generated another 
								2.65 million sales. Today this would mean an 
								additional 397.5 million paid streams.
								The ep is not available on the streaming 
								platforms, because the songs can be heared on 
								the albums "Loving You" (1957) and "A Date With 
								Elvis" (1959). In 2016 the complete Presley 
								catalogue was restored and remastered by Vic 
								Anesini for a boxed set of 60 compact discs 
								called "The Album Collection". Sony Music 
								Entertainment provides the streaming platforms 
								with the same versions of the individual albums 
								(in some cases with bonus tracks), albeit in 24 
								bit/90 khz flac. That means, if the platform of 
								your choice supports high resolution audio, you 
								can enjoy the tracks in the same quality Sony 
								used to scan and master them.
								The cover photo was an alternate version of 
								the one, which had been used for the cover of 
								Elvis' second longplayer. The backside of the 
								sleeve promoted other extended players from RCA 
								Victor. Because Ricky Nelson was successful with 
								"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" at the 
								time, the label placed an ad in Billboard 
								Magazine, claiming "Big Version Is By Elvis". 
								 
								I Need You So 
								
								The 
								ballad was written by Ivory Joe Hunter, who was 
								also the first to record it. On February 23, 
								1957 Elvis taped "I Need You So" within eight 
								takes. It's also no highlight, but certainly 
								nice enough.
								Have I Told You Lately That I Love You 
								
								In 1944 Lulu Bell & Scotty had recorded the song 
								for a movie, but it took two years until it was 
								released on a record. Later it was covered by 
								Red Foley, Tex Ritter and The Songs Of The 
								Pioneers. Elvis taped his version on January 19, 
								1957 at Radio Recorders, take number 15 became 
								the master. It's 
								a nice popsong, but it doesn't stay with you.
								Blueberry Hill 
								
								On January 19, 1957 Elvis covered Fats Domino, 
								who had stormed the charts with "Blueberry Hill" 
								the previous year. But even then it was an old 
								song, originally recorded by The Sammy Kaye 
								Orchestra & Tony Ryan way back in 1940. The 
								music was composed by Vincent Rose, the lyrics 
								were written by Larry Stock and Al Lewis. Elvis 
								needed nine takes to record the song. He sings 
								it well, but not as well as Fats Domino. A live version can 
								be found on the album "Elvis As Recorded Live On 
								Stage In Memphis" (1974).
								Is It So StrangeElvis taped Faron Young's "Is It So Strange" on 
								January 19, 1957 within 12 takes. On the same 
								day Steve Sholes also recorded harmony vocals, 
								which were added to the master take. I neither 
								like the song, nor Elvis' performance.
								
									 
									Verdict
									Everybody knew, that the best songs of 
									the album had been used on the extended 
									players "Loving You - Volume 1" and "Loving 
									You - Volume 2". So RCA spiced this ep up 
									with a previously unreleased track called 
									"Is It So Strange", but it wasn't a 
									masterpiece either. 
									
									
									 (C) RCA Victor