Can a scratched record...

Playing a LP wet was common among audiophiles 50 years ago. It was a trick we picked up from radio stations, and has the effect of reducing surface noise. It probably also limits HF signal, which was not a problem for AM radio. Its effect is for steady-state noise, and it won't do anything for a scatch.

Albertporter...I note your comment about CDs that skip, and am puzzled. I have never (no never) encountered a CD that wouldn't play, except for one or two that were visibly defective when new. Also, I never clean CDs. I suspect that repeated cleaning may be doing damage. I never touch the silver surface of the disk, always store them in their cases, and there really is no way for them to get dirty. Some players handle read errors better than others. Maybe I have been lucky to have good ones.

I have an LP(my only one), that's out-of-print and the best track has the scratch. I have a copy of the track, but it's on an old cassette of dubious quality. Anyone out there with a laser T.T. that an make CD copy for me? I'll pay for your trouble.

Eldartford, I had two ECM (Jazz) recordings that failed to play on ANY CD player, not mine not anyone in my group. I cleaned them only after they failed to play.

The typical problem was music played fine and then at one particular spot, it repeated the same tone over and over until forced to stop. The error was at EXACTLY the same minute and second every time and the CD appeared flawless visually.

I have also had one Columbia that skipped and a few classical titles on Harmonia Mundi that were defective.

Perhaps you are lucky or perhaps you have not owned as many CD's as I have. When I was really into digital and determined to make the format work, I had over 3500 of them.

No, never, no way and that's the beauty of LPs! Handling them keeps you on edge which makes the music better until such time as you get anxious because you know the mad dash to the tt is near to save that high priced stylus and irreplaceable record. Wouldn't have it any other way!