Flipping record causing series of loud pops

@musicfan2349.  

+1

@jefgerard Try to ignore the folks feeding their own egos, it is ashamed bullying doesn’t stop when you get out of school. 

 Static electricity with the vinyl record and the cartridge as you flip it? I have owned tube phono stages for decades an have never had any pops. Does it seem controllable with flipping... or does it just happen if it sits there? I assume the table is grounded.