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Is it necessary to clean every record?

I'm constantly buying used records, some of which are in excellent to mint condition. I put them in an ever growing stack of "to be cleaned" records, some of which are now several years old, because I have a rule not to play records that haven't been through the VPI machine. Is it really necessary to clean the ones that appear as if they've never been played? I listen to a Planar 25, Classe integrated, and Spica TC-60's. I'd appreciate your thoughts.
easy_e

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hififile
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Dear Easy E,
Sean is absolutely correct, "as usual". Clean & Play. I might add that jphilips method of nitty gritty followed by Gruv Glide has worked extremely well.

I belong to an informal group of music/hifi buffs, between us we have 25,000 records. We all use a VPI or Nitty Gritty followed by a treatment of Gruv Glide. The improvement in sound quality is noticeable.
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