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Vinyl reissues quality

I have purchased 10-12 rock/pop/female vocal vinyl reissues lately and the surface noise on about 30% of them is loud enough to be distracting. The surface noise isn't the occassional click and pop but ranges from a constant crackling to constant low roar almost like tape hiss. Cleaning helps some but does not solve the problem. I have LP's from my college days that are 30 years old and are quieter than the brand new 180 gram virgin vinyl reissues. Am I unlucky or are others experiencing the same?
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socoaste
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Ticks & pops I can live with But the crackling drives Me
mad. I have noticed that a higher percentage of new vinyl
is lacking in quality, I just received the latest double LP from Govt Mule & it is a huge let down, very compressed,& very noisy.

I have been meaning to try some of that mold release
cleaner If I can find some, (never tried before), maybe
that will diminish some of the noise on the new LP's
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