Anybody else encountering tremendous static electric charges building between the record and platter? I'm finding it happening, more frequently with new records, on occasion. I have to pry up the record, the attraction is so great, and the sparks that jump are not doing my system any good. Why is the platter not grounded? Maybe there is there an issue of aluminum always having a non-conductive oxide surface? Do I have find a carbon fiber mat and rig a grounding brush on it's edge?

I have an original Prime with the stainless-steel Delrin record clamp. I now have an E.A.T. Jo No. 5 cartridge. The cartridge runs into the clamp on the lead-out groove and keeps skipping back. This can't be good for my cartridge, my speakers or my nerves. What can I do short of having the clamp machined?