It's the vinyl.....

It's the vinyl composition they seem to use. The formulations in use today don't have the static-free agents of yesteryear. They probably don't buy enough vinyl to make custom formulation profitable. I have a surface charge meter on loan from a friend. Once you pull vinyl out of the jacket you charge it up like crazy and it acts like a dust magnet. Using a destatic tool of some sort on new releases is a must.

Here's the kicker. Putting the record back in the jacket charges it up again so you put it back like a big magnet. Any junk in the jacket has plenty of time to find its way back onto the record.

I have started using an ionizing blower to neutralize the surface charge prior to play. After reinserting the record into the jacket I bow the jacket and blow more ionized air into it so I put it away discharged. It's helped a lot in keeping noise of new pressings (and old) under control. It just takes a few seconds of my time...not a big deal. I bought the blower on Ebay for about $36.

MAK

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Topic - My 2 year old mint 200 gr Classic LP of Somethin' Else got noisy... - crooner 17:48:34 07/13/06 (16)

Yup. I had a Blue Note reissue that was exactly like that. - soundnut 06:55:22 07/14/06 (0)

It's the vinyl..... - dadbar 06:31:16 07/14/06 (0)

All of my Classic Records LPs are totally quiet after many years. I apply - Teresa 05:29:54 07/14/06 (1)

Lucky Girl ! :-) (nt) - crooner 08:17:20 07/15/06 (0)

Re: My 2 year old mint 200 gr Classic LP of Somethin' Else got noisy... - Frank_Locke 05:01:09 07/14/06 (3)

It's very dry here - Southern California... - crooner 08:16:18 07/15/06 (0)

What is Zeristat and where can I buy one? {nt} - snaggs 02:00:21 07/15/06 (0)

Unless all their LPs are treated with Gruv-Gide then ZeroStat would be unnecessary. - Teresa 05:25:26 07/14/06 (0)

The same exact thing happened to me.... - Bung 20:41:17 07/13/06 (2)

I agree... - crooner 20:54:54 07/13/06 (1)

I have the 45 of Time Out... - Bung 23:35:23 07/13/06 (0)

Thanks for the replies guys... - crooner 19:06:30 07/13/06 (1)

6eyes - OMalley 19:34:13 07/14/06 (0)

My copy of Burell's Midnight Blue is noisy on the A side - IBSmiester 18:55:51 07/13/06 (0)

I've got "Somethin' Else," KOB, and two Led Zeps. - olddude55 18:51:22 07/13/06 (0)

Re: My 2 year old mint 200 gr Classic LP of Somethin' Else got noisy... - Fred J 18:12:12 07/13/06 (0)

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It's the vinyl..... - dadbar 06:31:16 07/14/06 (0)

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