Brand New Vinyl Records Skip

I ve been building up a nice collection both of new and old records.

Brand new vinyl records skip.

And while some pressing plants are clearly better than others there is a general feeling that many well. A common reason your records may skip is dust and dirt that gets into the grooves. Remember the two main culprits the setup and the record and that more often than not it is a turntable or environmental issue when it is a brand new record. My other vinyls play just fine without skips.

I do this with every new record and i never have any issues with pops unless there is a manufacturing defect or something. No matter what record i put down on my turntable the record skips. Is there a way to fix this or do i just have a dud record. I have checked the needle for any lint or dust but i see none.

So i recently got some records for a victoria all in one player i and very happy with the product and albums except it seems to skip on my micheal jackson thriller album. Time for a magic trick. I use a mix of distilled water with a. While it may occur on old records due to storage paper sleeves or dust in the environment new records may also have dust or dirt.

Why are they skipping. When in doubt play the record on a friend s turntable or record shop to rule out the vinyl itself. Even brand new records i have not touched. Hi r vinyl this is my first post here.

You should clean brand new records before you play them the first time. At first i thought it s an old album so i got s new copy brand. I could understand if my setup was faulty but it seems to be ok because my other records don t skip. I m going to correctly guess you are using a crosley.

I purchased a brand new sublime vinyl and it skips like crazy throughout the entire record. I tested other records and they don t skip. I ve gotten into records over the past year and a half.