By January 1968, the Move had scored three consecutive top-5 singles with "Night of Fear" (1966), I Can Hear the Grass Grow" and Flowers in the Rain" (both 1967), whilst a fourth, "Fire Brigade", had just been released.

[5][6] Secunda booked the Move to perform a concert at the Marquee Club in central London on 27 February 1968 specifically to record the tracks meant for the EP.

[7] During playback of the tape at the Marquee backroom studios,[12] it was revealed that there had been technical difficulties with the vocal tracks for several of the songs recorded that day, including ones that eventually would make it onto the EP.

[17] In between the two performance, inner feuds between members alongside a mental breakdown caused bassist Ace Kefford to quit the band in April.

Robinson hypothizes that both "Something Else" and "It'll Be Me" were specifically included on the EP as a nod to the contemporary British rock and roll revival, in which artists and songs from the 1950s saw a resurgence in popularity.

[26] Side two's final track is a rendition of Spooky Tooth's debut single "Sunshine Help Me", a cover which Robinson states was performed because the members of both bands were acquainted.

[27] After being mentioned in British trade papers for months, Something Else from the Move was released as a 7-inch vinyl EP in mono only on 21 June 1968 through Regal Zonophone.

[29] This, combined with the relatively low charting of their debut album alongside the commercial failure of their fifth single "Wild Tiger Woman" a month later, led to speculation that the band were beginning a decline in appeal amongst British teenagers.

[29][nb 5] In a review for Melody Maker, journalist Chris Welch writes that the EP was part of a plan to "give pop fans value for money" with the tracks capturing the "excited atmosphere of a power-packed Move show".

[31] In a retrospective review, Cub Coda writes that the disc captures the Move "in full cry going through a brace of their favorite covers", but notes that it acts primarily as a "nice souvenir of how bands truly sounded before PA systems, monitors, and assorted electronic voodoo boxes".

[21] Mark Powell believes that the live recordings are a "marvellous" collection,[17] whilst Tony Robinson calls the EP a "fascinating, vibrant and colorful snapshot" of the era.

[27] As it was a chart failure, Regal Zonophone deleted Something Else from the Move from their catalogue not long after the EP was release, leading to original copies of the disc becoming a collector's item.

[33] As part of their reissue campaign of the Move's material, Esoteric Recordings released a remastered version of the EP that was reimagined as a full-length album by featuring a completely different track listing and running order.