HELLO YOU ARE LOOKING TO BUY A RARE JAMES BROWN & REV. AL SHARPTON VINYL SINGLE GOD HAS SMILED ON ME RELEASED IN 1981 ON ROYAL KING RECORDS. THIS RARE SINGLE FEATURES JAMES PERFORMING THE ONLY GOSPEL SONG HE EVER RECORDED IN HIS ENTIRE CAREER, IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE SONG THAT WAS ALSO PERFORMED AT HIS FUNERAL. ITEM IS IN OVERALL NEAR MINT CONDITION. WAX IS STILL GLOSSY-  NO DEEP SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS. THERE IS THE LIGHTEST OF SLEEVE WEAR, LOOKS AS THOUGH IT WAS PLAYED ONLY A FEW TIMES. A FEW VERY LIGHT PLAY MARKS ON SIDE ONE- BUT IT SHOULD NOT EFFECT THE PLAY. WE TESTED SIDE ONE AND THE RECORD DOES NOT SKIP. THE LABEL ON SIDE ONE HAS LIGHT WEAR- THERE IS A SMALL MARK WHERE A PRICE STICKER WAS CLEANLY REMOVED (THERE WAS NO TEARS OR STICKY RESIDUE LEFT BEHIND). SIDE TWO LABEL LOOKS PRACTICALLY NEW- AND THERE IS ONLY THE LIGHTEST SPINDLE WEAR AROUND THE HOLE.  SINGLE IS NOT SEALED, BUT COMES STORED IN THE ORIGINAL PAPER SLEEVE, WHICH IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, AND IS HOUSED IN POLY BAG SLEEVE FOR PROTECTION.  INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AND HAPPY BUYING! SEE OUR OTHER ITEMS FOR THIS ARTIST

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  Album Title:      GOD HAS SMILED ON ME PART ONE B-Side:              GOD HAS SMILED ON ME PART TWO Artist:                 JAMES BROWN INTRODUCING REV. AL SHARPTON & THE GOSPEL ENERGIES Label:                 ROYAL KING RECORDS  KR7-900 Year:                   1981 Rev. Al Sharpton on James Brown and their song, "God Has Smiled On Me ": I thought about how in late 1981 he took me to a recording studio in Greensville, S.C. (the hometown of my mentor, the Rev. Jesse Jackson), where we recorded that night his only recorded gospel song, titled "God Has Smiled On Me. " He sang the lyrics and had me preach a sermonette between certain verses that he sang. James Brown really believed that God, despite his being born to desperate circumstances, smiled on him. The difference is he accepted it and smiled back at God; and because of that, the world will never be the same! "We had a hand-clapping, foot-stomping good time giving God the glory for giving us the Godfather, " said gospel singer Derrick Monk, who roamed up and down the aisles at Brown's funeral service where he sang an emotional version of  "God Has Smiled On Me " during the service.