I have to live with the ticks and pops@bondmanp it might interest you to know that many ticks and pops heard on LPs are not the fault of the LP but instead the phono preamp!
If the preamp is unstable, it will make a tick or pop that is otherwise inaudible become quite audible. This is due to a ringing (damped oscillation) that can occur on the amplifying devices (usually transistors) at their inputs. The ringing extends the time of the tick or pop, making them audible.
I've seen this graphically demonstrated- where the same LP, played with the only difference being the phono preamp, made the difference between a perfectly quiet LP and one that you would consider trying to return to the store. That's pretty dramatic.
I don't employ any filtering or processing and am very used to listening to entire LP sides without any audible ticks or pops. This of course is not a cure for an LP that is damaged, but if you routinely experience a lot of ticks and pops as part of the surface noise of the LP you might want to consider what I've written here.