To clean or not to clean...


Brand new spanking vinyl. When one receives a  brand  new never played album. What is the consensus?
To clean or not to clean?

I  have leaned toward not cleaning until after numerous spins. This may be more out of  hope that conditions at the pressing faculty are on par with a semiconductor factory. Overall  I have not had issues, but once in a  blue moon you do  get that annoying pop that make you cringe and think" I should've cleaned this one".

Or am I simply guilty of the lessening of a mundane task.
idigmusic64
Clean. Or not. Either way is fine. Main thing in order to establish your audiophile credibility is to obsess over it to the point of spending more time worrying and posting about your worries and reading about everyone else's than it would take to clean the damn thing and be done with it.
If you feel a void, while cleaning it, you can always obsess over if your bought the best pressing. 

After cleaning, please immediately place it in a good quality sleeve. (plenty of threads in archives about which ones to consider) FWIW, even some fancy high cost reissues with nice sleeves have dusty crud in those sleeves. Some toss those sleeves and use a new clean one. 

There's a good chance you'll never need to clean the record a second time. Cheers,
Spencer
@millercarbon well put ;)
@tablejockey  i have the Mofi sleeves, a Record Doctor V and a Zerostat 3 Milty
@sbank thanks
New vinyl is likely to have microscopic remnants of mold release oil in the grooves. Drag a hot needle through it at your own risk.