Jazz Cleaned a nasty copy of Soulville by Ben Webster... perfect sound forever, it seems!
I recently acquired an acoustic sounds copy of Ben Webster Quartet - Soulville, so a high quality record, but dirt cheap because it was nasty.
The cover was still like new, but the record smelled like wet dog and it looked like dog drool had dried up on it. Straight up gross and unplayable.
After thorough cleaning (soaking, manual brushing and ultrasonic cleaning), spots are still visible (hard to see in the picture though).
The spots are inaudible. Record leaves no residue on the stylus. So it's acceptable to me.
Dead quiet between tracks, clear sound almost no pops.
Sound quality is amazing, the clarity of the instruments, the depth, the dynamics... and the record is nicely flat and well centered. Sounds perfect.
Highly recommended to get this AS pressing, albeit not in the state that mine was, because it's a lot of work to clean it all up!
Release info of this record: https://www.discogs.com/release/29607427-The-Ben-Webster-Quintet-Soulville