Leonard Grandsonsの『The Sands of Zanzibar』は、非常にレアでエレガントなフローティング・ソウル。ソウル、ディスコ、レアグルーヴファンにとって理想的な音楽だが、これまでほとんど見つからなかった。1977年にハリウッドで録音されたとされ、スタジオはCapitol Recordsビルの近くにあった。Steve Trebbinは、LeonardをCapitol Recordsに売り込んだ際、Stevie Wonderに似ていると話したところ、「すでにStevieはいる」と笑って言われたというエピソードを語っている。この貴重な曲の発掘に尽力したDaniel MathisとDJ Mr Big Happyに感謝。

A The Sands Of Zanzibar - Pt. 1 3:48
B The Sands Of Zanzibar - Pt. 2 3:06

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.