@cleeds Could be a lot of things and one of the things it could be is problems with vinyl formulations another could be a shortfall in the manufacturing. With the huge majority of records lasting and sounding well for ages the few that don't wouldn't make me jump to setup as the first cause. I could be wrong. Mostly thanks for commenting, you are the first in 10 years on numerous forums to do so. No even a "no all good here" response.
The meaning of “Remastered”
A lot of music I already have is being re-released and “remastered”. Some of those contain new tunes or printed material and I might buy (again) just to have that. Otherwise, what’s the value of a new master? I remember direct to disc vinyl was said to be limited to 10,000 copies because the “master” from which copies were pressed, wore out. Tape masters would have physically limited lifespans, too. But in the age of digital music, what is a remaster? I suppose a new release could have been “re-mixed” or “re-normalized”, so there may be real sonic differences which may or may not be an improvement. Does the use of the term mean there is some actual audible voodoo by an engineer rather than just procreation of an existing audio file?