This is a bit niche, being not only about Mr C's first album (from 1965) but specifically about the quality of vinyl pressings of same.

I've been ripping (as I believe the term is) a few LPs to my computer, and was concerned to find that when I put the needle to Martin Carthy it skipped, quite a lot, and frequently clicked and popped when it wasn't skipping. Visual inspection revealed no scratches, surface marking or even dirt. I adjusted the tracking weight, which seemed to help a bit but not really enough.

I then went down a hifi rabbithole, discovered I hadn't in fact adjusted the tracking weight but the anti-skating weight, and that to properly adjust the tracking weight I would need to find and use the "tracking pressure gauge". Which in my case I have not got.

I adjusted the tracking weight to "a bit heavier" - not very precise, but come on, we used to stick 2p pieces to the tone arm with blu-tack - and again obtained some improvement but not enough.

Was it a worn stylus? I checked by playing Prince Heathen, which... was absolutely fine. So, even though the disc isn't actually scratched or dirty, it looks as if the problem is with that copy of Martin Carthy. The grooves do look pretty tiny, as grooves go, but the album overall is actually two minute shorter than Prince Heathen, so who knows.

Long shot question (perhaps slightly less long if you've had the patience to read this far!) - has anyone else had trouble with that LP, or 60s Fontana LPs in general, skipping/clicking/etc?