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Any fix for a locked groove?

Hi
I recently did a large lp to cd transfer (about 150 LPs) and 5 of my records had a locked groove.Of course,most of them had a locked groove on side 2 towards the end what made it even more frustrating.I put down some notes to remember the damaged tracks in hope somebody on this forum has a remedy how to fix it.All records were produced in the 90s and were extensively cleaned on VPI machine before the transfer.Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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guinness
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I assume a 'locked groove' means the stylus kept repeating the same groove on every rotation.

Some causes:
1) A warped record causing the tonearm to skip back into the same groove on every rotation. Might be fixed by slightly increasing stylus tracking force.

2) Particulate in the groove. Identify the physical position where the stylus skips and then inspect with a magnifying glass. Sometimes the particulate can be carefully removed.

3) Bubbles in the vinyl due to a bad pressing. Try increasing the tracking force.

Hope this helps,

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