Do I 'Hafta' clean a brand new audiophile LP?

Jb,

Clean the damn record or send it to me and I'll clean it for you! Roy ain't gonna sing "Pretty Woman" with crud in his throat.

:>) Regards, and yes do clean all your records, they'll last longer.

I'll echo the other responses, clean it! What? You think these things are clean when they come out of the presses? I even go so far as to put new albums into a new sleeve after I have cleaned them. Just take a look at a new record with mold release compound stuck to it and you'll see why.

Enjoy the Roy tunes!

Not only 'hafta' but 'sposda'

"sounds like someone has a case of the 'sposdas'"

don't be held back from grade school promotion, clean every record before every playing

'gotta'

Read my tale of woe about the filthy new records I just got from Speakers Corner on a nearby thread. Just do it.