Record-playing Rituals?

Hellu, I spread each recod I want play with wod glue mix with water and let dry in aer before peal off and take all dirt and particelles with it. Now you recod are play FINE ;-) It take time but for listen to recod you need only TEN minute tos do gluw and finish before lisen. I have very expense tt and get benefit from use this evertime.

I started getting serious in listening to vinyl 2 years ago when I bought a used LP12 and set it up myself.

Almost every evening I would turn-on my Phono preamp and let it warm-up for 2 hours. While waiting I'd get myself a glass of red wine. Take a sip here and there, dimmed the lights in the listening room. Then I would pick & clean a jazz record (like Spyro Gyra's "Catching the Sun" or Earl Klugh's "Marvin & Tige" album) manually. Sit down dead center of my ML ascents about 8 feet away (near field). Then just relax and enjoy the PRAT of the music.
I listen at least 2 hours a day after a long hard day from work after dinner. You have to do this getting up from your chair and back every 20 minutes.

First I wash my hands and get the water temperture just luke warm then I use dilluted non-phosphate bio degradible green friendly liquid castle soap. I really like the Lilac diluted to about 63 parts water to 1 of soap. I use the pads of my fingers and wash with a circular groove flowing motion under a slow stream of water going across the record. I do the same for side two before laying the record down on a fresh soft egyptian cotton terry cloth towel on the velour side fold the towel over and pat dry softly.

At my turntable I have the same type of towel rolled for a quick dust if needed before play.

Listening to U2 Blood Red Sky Island Mini LP Vinyl

Groovey Records

I don't know about you guys but I use a drop of dish washer liquid and a wet paper towel. Then I rinse with warm water and stand the record on its side to air dry. Dirty record come out super clean. It still have some snaps now and then. So then I say Hare Krisna Hally Rama and give the mother a spin and hope for the best

Chazzbo - Mikey Fremer is talking about a reverse osomosis system NOT laboratory (a.k.a. pharmaceutical) grade water. To purify the water some people will put the same water repeatedly through the RO process 5 or 6 times to remove impurities. Very weird but OK (I guess) if you have the time.

EVERYONE - you simply MUST try STEAM cleaning! No matter what system you use - even if it is dish soap, dishwasher soap, or a "let dry & peel" technique. Steaming, with the best water you can get, is for EVERYONE and does a wonderful "finish" job as well. The Egyptian cotton terri cloth for drying is a really nice added touch too! However a common wooden dish rack will work nicely as well. For those that worship at the altar of self-appointed Pooh-bah and vinyl techno-Shaman Mikey Fremer, steaming is one of the things he wants the purist water for (as well as mixing). But REMEMBER, Mikey did NOT discover steam cleaning LPs - Charlie Rehm DID!

AS FOR EVERY TIME I PLAY A RECORD - jury is still out on the minimalist approach but carbon LP brush and a stylus brush swipe seem necessary. HOWEVER, reducing static (which is level dependent upon Relative Humidity) is a biggie but I still need to perform empirical testing with measurable data to be certain what is easiest yet very effective.