Leonard Grandson - The Sands of Zanzibar [7" Vinyl]

Athens Of The North

£12.60

Format: 7" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: ATH132
Barcode: 5050580813106
Release Date: 13 Oct 2023
Genre: Soul

01: The Sands of Zanzibar, Pt. 1 - Leonard Grandson
02: The Sands of Zanzibar, Pt. 2 - Leonard Grandson

Leonard Grandsons'The Sands of Zanziibar' is a classy, extremely rare floater which has remained extremely elusive despite having a sound which could make it an extremely popular spin for soulies, disco and rare groove heads.

Steve Trebbin believes it was recorded in 1977, the studio was in Hollywood not far from the Capitol Records building, Tal Armstrong's office was next to it. Steve recalls a story, "I went into the Capital records offices one time to pitch Leonard to them. I mentioned how much he sounded like Stevie Wonder. After listening, they agreed he sounded very much like Stevie - with a smile they told me they already had one.". Big thanks to Daniel Mathis and DJ Mr Big Happy for helping track down Steve.