The best thing for cleaning some records- even alleviating small 
scratches- is Vick's Vaporub. Doesn't seem to work as well if the 
recorded music is post 18th century, however...  so if it ain't 
Baroque, don't Vicks it.

>  >    > 5. If your records are chatty & natty, they need to be cleaned. Nitty
>>     > Gritty record cleaners for this for this, the one with the vacuum.
>>     > Some hifi stores will do this for a few cents.
>>     I recall ultrasonic clearners and special fluids, stuff which might
>>     stand a chance of dealing with the kind of oil rgeasy soot typical of
>>     new york city and other places where coal is(was) burned for power
>>     generation.  Physical contact is a nono with vinyl of course.
>
>Nitty Gritty good. Extensively tested, widely used, sterophile recommended

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