I spent about 10+ years of my life working in the home & car audio field. 1988-2000ish.
By the mid 90's vinyl was litteraly condemned by the general public. I believe the big sell against the sound of vinyl was most people were just amazed when there was no pop & crackle between songs & you could jump to the next track in an instant. But this quality was mostly perception because it was so clean in comparison, but it sure wasn't better. Many huge advantages to CD's at the time, Im just talking about sound quality.
I had a party in 1995+/- where this topic came up. I had an LP (I forget the band) & the same album on CD. I cued them both up, & made people tell me what sounded better. I purposely made sure the sample was mid song so the added vinyl noise was buried. The LP was overwhelmingly picked over the CD. Everyone was amazed except me.
Granted the Digital to analog converters were still a little weak in the early 90's but a pure analog sound was/is still better IMO.
So, back to the topic; some the new LP's are digital going to analog? I can't help but think those albums are going to suffer big time. I don't know much about it as I have been out of the field for a long time, but it seems the process will defeat the advantage of vinyl in the first place..... Or, is it purely for the retro look & feel?