If you've got a skip, see if you can identify about where on the record it is, and find it. Many of them are caused by a piece of loose vinyl or dirt that is lodged hard enough that a cleaner won't take it off. If you can spot it, you may be able to remove the partical by hand, carefully. If it works, this can remove the skip, but will often leave a popping sound at the point where the skip used to be. If it doesn't work, the LP is indeed toast, and shouldn't be played with a cartridge you want to use for a long time.
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