Brand New Vinyl Static and Pops


Does this mean that the problem is the stylus/ Needle?

Please Help!

TIA

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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?

All my older vinyl sound pretty horrendous, so I avoid playing them.

My new LP's all sounded great up to a few days ago.

The static is minor compared to the flubbing noise which is sever.  Not playable.