Brand New Vinyl Static and Pops

My brother set it up.  I upgraded from the red ortofon to the blue.

Yes I cleaned some of the lps.

Thanks for helping.

What about you, Abner?

I've got a pretty extensive vinyl collection.  Would hate for them to go to waste.

All basically new.

JJ, Are you saying that you have other older LPs that play perfectly routinely without ticks and pops?  Because your problem seems typical for static electricity in your environment.  What steps do you take to reduce static electric charge on your LPs just before playing?