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Needle just gets stuck in a particular spot of the record ! What is going on?

Never experienced anything like that. I just bought this Japanese record, and though there are many hairlines it plays almost perfectly except for this spot. If you look at it while it's happenning the stylus moves back and forth endlessly and the same phrase keeps repeating forever without any noticeable distortion. I cannot see anything suspicious under a very strong light. The record is very clean, I cleaned it twice on a machine with Audio Intelligent three step system.
So what the hell is this? Groove wall damage? This is a Japanese record from seventies, I have a number of them from that time. That vinyl is excellent.
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You have not mentioned what kind of RCM you are using but may I suggest taking your brush and going the opposite direction with the cleaning fluid and the rinse.

If you have access to a Spin Clean record cleaner, this is one of those times that they work very well. I use an eye dropper to apply the company specified amount of fluid over the entire surface of both pads. By applying the fluid at the top and bottom of the pads, and the remainder through out the centre of the pads, the lead in portion of the record gets much cleaner. I then go 30 spins in each direction. 15 right, 15 left, 15 right, and 15 left.It's the reversal of the brushes that really gets the gunk out of the grooves.

I have a vacuum RCM, but I still use the Spin Clean first to knock the bark off'em.
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