New Record Sounds Like Crap - How???

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Pawlowski,
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Here is another vote for using the combination of Premier and Vinyl-Zyme followed by a final cleaning.
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I think owning both (although, Premier is quite expensive) and experimenting with using the combination on problematic records.
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I also think it is an eyebrow raiser to try both products on records that have already been well cleaned with a good Record Cleaning machine in combination with some of the better cleaning liquids like RRL, Disc Doctor and others.
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Make your final judgment of what you hear on the 3rd listening after cleaning with any product. In my experience, and generally speaking, when records are cleaned, they will sound better after a couple of plays.
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Rgds,
Larry

Here's How... The new stylii are shaped like a shark's tooth instead of being round at the tip. This shape goes down into the groove where the record has never been played before. All the wear is on the top part of the groove.

Stringreen, thanx!

The first part of your answer makes sense - Why didn't you other guys think of that ;^) but, yourr last sentence...There isn't any wear on this particular album in question because it's new. But, that's not really relevant to your theory right?

Wait, on second thought, that doesn't make sense now. So, the stylus now reaches the bottom of the groove. Why is there noise?

Pawlowski6132, since you say you are new to vinyl I can only assume you have not yet developed an ear for what to expect and what the various (many) types of noise are associated with vinyl. Some types of noise are more tolerable than others.

Basically, I categorize vinyl noise into 1) correlated and 2) uncorrelated noise. Correlated noise is noise that is in some type of correlated pattern with the music. For example a scratch or pop from grunge across the grooves will occur once per revolution and is thus correlated. This type of noise is much more objectionable because, unlike random uncorrelated noise, your brain has a hard time filtering it out. It interferes with the pace or beat of the music. Correlated noise is usually a defect or dirt in the record. Another example is the static sound on instrument volume or frequency peaks. This is either grunge or groove damage. I have found that only repeated cleaning will reveal which. All you can do is try to clean this out.
Uncorrelated noise may also be dirt or other substance (such as mold release) distributed more or less evenly through the record but it may also be part of the original recording (tape hiss) or some other production issue (poor pressing etc.) Be careful when comparing to CD on uncorrelated noise. Are you sure that the hiss you hear is not just original recording tape hiss which has been edited out of the CD (to the detriment of the music since other frequencies would have also been removed)? Uncorrelated noise is, in any case, less objectionable. To prove this to yourself, just imagine that the random clicks or hiss you hear are the random pitter patter of rain on the window of your listening room. All of a sudden the music is crystal clear. As another case in point, the next time you are at a live music event, listen to how much uncorrelated noise is going on around you that your brain completely filters out (that guy three rows back that keeps coughing etc.)
Finally, some observations on jazz LP's - buy the best quality ones from the 50's and early 60's. While I have many newer pressings and Fantasy's as well, they are hit or miss as you have learned. They just don't press 'em like they used to.