GABRIEL (Tony Delevin Dell Erba) Unicorn Love LP Incredibly Strange/Cosmic SEALD

$

30

 •Artist: Gabriel (aka Tony Delevin Dell Erba, aka TaliasVan)
 •Album Title: Unicorn Love
 •Format: LP
 •Label: Gabriel Records
 •Country and Year of Release: USA, 1985
 •Cover/Record Grade: Still/Sealed  (left corners have crease)
 •Other Info: Don’t even know where to start with this one.  Gabriel, who apparently has become a spiritual guru, has referred to his style as CosmoPop, which I guess is as good of a tag for what’s here as any.  To get an idea of what the album sounds like, check out a couple of tracks here: http://waxidermy.com/gabriel-unicorn-love/.   The page also gives additional information about Gabriel.  This copy has a sticker on the shrink wrap that is inscribed and signed by Gabriel.  I had an opened copy that came with an insert (with lyrics and yet another very puzzling picture of the Gab with one of his gals), so I’m guessing this one has it too.  Seriously, if your tastes in music lean toward the unusual and you like cover art that will make you do a double take, you so need this.

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Grading Information

With very few exceptions, I play grade the records that I list on eBay.  Sometimes when I have a group (or a “lot”) of LPs within a single listing, I will not play all the records, but this is fairly rare.

I use Mint (M), Excellent (Ex), Very Good (VG), Good (G), Fair (F), and (heaven help us) Poor (P), and I take each of these words at their literal meaning.  In other words, if I assign an LP a grade of “G,” that means to me that it really is in good playing condition, not fair or worse—for many dealers, a G (or even VG) grade is often really nothing more than a euphemism for a record that is in fair or poor condition.

I also use up to three plus signs (+) and up to three minus signs (-) to indicate varying degrees within a specific grade.  So, a grade letter followed by a “+” means the condition is slightly better than the grade letter by itself, and a grade letter followed by “++” indicates that the condition is yet another small step higher.  For example, a grade of Ex+++ means that the record is very close to being in the Mint range, but still just shy of it.

This may seem like a strange system at first glance but I use it because I feel that the standard grading systems are inadequate, as they simply don't allow for enough grades or degrees within those grades.  Many don't use Excellent, for example, which means that there is a jump from Mint down to Very Good—and there are a whole lot of grading possibilities in between those two, the way I see it.