Needle just gets stuck in a particular spot of the record ! What is going on?

Dweller, you noted 

I purchased "Are You Experienced" special edition, audiophile vinyl, numbered edition, etc. about 20 years ago and never played it until this year.There is an impassible spot in one song; A bridge from one groove-side to the next.

Made me laugh - I have clear vinyl RYKO copies of LIve at Winterland and Radio One from maybe 25 years ago or so.  One of them (can't remember which one now) has what sounds like the same fault.  Haven't played it on my current rig, so can't confirm if it's actually a bridge.  Have to pull them out and run a test.

I also recall that one spot of a tune off Genesis' Wind & the Wuthering has something that sounds a bit like a slow static discharge in the middle of an acoustic guitar passage on every single copy I ever purchased, import or domestic.  That one must be in the master tape, but I never got a digital copy to see if it was edited out.  Another point of detail to explore sometime.

That's why we do the audiophile thing, I guess - to find all the joys of music.

Happy listening!

effischer: Remember this the next time you want to buy a "new sealed" copy of something on vinyl. It may be a load of crap. Reminds me, I bought an audiophile "King Crimson" (first album) at T.H.E. Show here in 'Vegas years ago. Yep, surfaced totally "hashed out" -what a joke.

Speaking of new copies, I recently bought by mistake Miles's "Bitches Brew" Mo-Fi reissue. Well, first the vinyl looks like it's hundred years old, real bad, and second they screwed up the re-mastering by making everything sound nice and even, the power of Miles's trumpet is just not there. Other instruments sound sometimes more distinct than on the original 2eye record, but that's not the point. I am debating either to put it in the closet or throw it away, either would do because I am not going to listen to it.

Inna, as in all things audio, there is someone who will think your Bitches Brew is the best version ever made. Sell it at a fair grade and recoup some money and make someone else happy. Win wins are hard to come by these days.

Hello Inna.

Have you tried Scotch Magic Tape, the translucent stuff? I cured a similar problem by
1. locating the exact spot on the record
2. cutting off a 5 cm piece of tape, reversing one end back on itself for 1 cm to form a non-sticky tab or handle, and
3. planting the 3 cm sticky tape onto the offending spot, rubbing in strongly, and removing by grasping the tab.

That tab is critical! You need to prevent the full length of tape from permanently affixing to the record!

The minute particle should go with the tape, or maybe on the second try. I tried this after heroic ultra-sonic cleaning, and for the first time since 1959, I was able to hear that track without the skip.