FWIW My approach when a local 'pop up shop' provided tables covered in lots of 'tea chests' filled with 2 - 3 per item LPs was:
1) To buy a number of them. Then one by one...
2) Get out the LP and clean it.
3) Play it whilst running an ADC to make a digital capture.
4) Use Audacity to remove clicks and tidy up the capture as best as possible.
5) Put the LP away in a store.
6) From then on play the digital capture.
I did also form the habit of scanning the LP labels and sleeve to have as jpegs in the same directory as the audio files for that LP. Call the 'cover' one cover.jpeg and it tends to be picked up by the playing software. Either way:
7) Use a simple pic-file display prog to examine the sleeve front, etc, if I wish.
Job's a good-un. No more fuss.
Still doing the above with ones I've not yet played. I've also run most of my pre-CD LPs and EPs though the above process. Not only no clicks, but easier to enjoy when doing something like making dinner in the kitchen - albeit with poorer sound quality due to the acoustic, etc. Shame ELSs and a kitchen aren't a practical combo. But even with lesser speakers and a lousy acoustic, etc, better than having no music or the challenge of playing an LP when making dinner.
Enjoy the music, not the LP. 8-]
