Bird "Mr Analog" 72 here to weigh in.................
Yes, "New" vinyl is being reissued on old classic recordings and in the case of new releases is being released new on vinyl along with the digital mediums.
The Good:
High grade reissues of analog done on heavy vinyl and mastered carefully analog all the way and quality pressed. OK, simple enough.
The Bad on old reissues:
There is a risk here of two things. One is the cardinal sin for analog freaks. That is a remix done somehow where digital technology was used. The second part of this is remixes in general are often worse than the original, and the original sound is lost. It is redone to suit what someone thinks is what people in 2015 want to hear (aka punchy aka compression, and then lots of bass, with a resulting mid range loss).
The myth on new releases on vinyl (usually):
It is smoke and mirrors gimmicktry at it's best here. Releases issued on vinyl to please the newfound record people (young generation) who like the sound, the graphics, the big format, etc of vinyl...... But the problem often is: Music performed (analog) is recorded and mixed digitally. Then it is reformatted analog and pressed on vinyl. You have an A to D to A thing happening. Once you go through a digital process, you lose it (the ambience and sound of analog). Vintage records are pure A to A (don't play them through a techy home theater deal, vintage gear required pure analog again).
Side note (good news) there is a cult resurgence of recording music analog again. There are bands carting around old 16 track Studer consoles on the road
My fun in vinyl is hard to find scores, great condition ones (they are out there) and "the hunt"...... multi hundreds here and adding.... storage becomes a secondary subject
Vinyl and Reel to Reel Forever here man......................