The weekend — no, let’s give it its proper title, the glorious Three‑Day Weekend — is creeping up, so allow me to seduce your senses with some sweet, swooning, soul‑soaked goodness. — the kind of record that the buying public completely ignored at the time, proving once again that history has terrible taste. What was once a bargain‑bin wallflower has now become a hard‑to‑find luxury — like stumbling across its brilliance at a yard sale, a flash of treasure so startling and luminous it makes you wonder who on earth let such a marvel slip away in the first place.
We’re dealing with one of those “who had the name first?” situations. Unfortunately for this particular group of Elgins, they had zero chart action, so they politely step aside for Motown’s V.I.P. Elgins — the more famous vocal group who actually got invited to the party. But this final 45 of theirs? It outshines the “other” Elgins so thoroughly it should come with sunglasses.
Released in the overcrowded musical jungle of 1965 on the Valiant label — a label so obscure it practically came pre‑filed under “forgotten” — the record eventually found salvation thanks to the northern soul crowd, who have a talent for rescuing neglected masterpieces.
“Street Scene,” with its slow‑burn In‑Crowd vibe, was apparently the intended A‑side. Cute. But it’s the B‑side, “You Found Yourself Another Fool,” that does the real seducing. This copy someone doodled on the label, which I choose to interpret as physical evidence of the moment the song hijacked their brain. Fair enough — it grabbed mine too.
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