Do I 'Hafta' clean a brand new audiophile LP?

I'll echo the other responses, clean it! What? You think these things are clean when they come out of the presses? I even go so far as to put new albums into a new sleeve after I have cleaned them. Just take a look at a new record with mold release compound stuck to it and you'll see why.

Enjoy the Roy tunes!

Not only 'hafta' but 'sposda'

"sounds like someone has a case of the 'sposdas'"

don't be held back from grade school promotion, clean every record before every playing

'gotta'

Read my tale of woe about the filthy new records I just got from Speakers Corner on a nearby thread. Just do it.

No, ya don't HAFTA, but if ya don't, ya SHOULDA
Use the Record Reseach Deep Cleaner, best I've seen to remove that crap.