Music Makers Band
YOU CAN BE
(2LP + MP3)
Now Again / NA5207LP
2x12 Inch
Previously unreleased disco / soul / funk album with mixes by Kenny Dope. Limited and numbered of 1000 copies on double vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve with download code for WAV files included.
Tucked in the back corner of a linen closet in Macon, Georgia since 1979 sat a box that very few people knew existed. Lost and presumed forgotten, this box contained Previously unreleased disco-soul-funk album with mixes by Kenny Dope. reel-to-reel tapes of the lost album by the band that issued the lauded Black Gold as The Mighty Chevelles in 1977. By 1979, while transitioning to the name Music Makers Band, the band entered Capricorn Studios and recorded this previously-unreleased disco funk opus, finally issued as You Can Be as part of the Now-Again Reserve series.
Nearly all songs have been remixed from the original multi-track masters by Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez. Georgia funk and soul historian Brian Poust details the band and album’s story in detailed liner notes in an oversized booklet. Download card for WAV files included with LP. Previously Unreleased Disco-Soul-Funk Album With Mixes By Kenny Dope. The Gatefold LP Includes Extensive Liner Notes And A Download Card to WAV Files Of The Full Album.[info sheet from distr.]