There are very, very few people recording analog these days. In fact, I think there's like one company left making tape. Everything is recorded digitally. Therefore, it's not really even a question.

I realize. I posed the question because any claimed benefits are removed if the music is edited digitally. It has to be direct to vinyl if you are talking about quality. And even then there's still problems with the claim.

I think people are collecting vinyl because its nice to have an artifact. It's the same reason that people still read books.

It's not quite the same as books. The point of a physical book is to be able to flip quickly around the pages, as well as having a source of information/entertainment without a screen or any sort of electricity. Vinyl still has these problems, along with the added problem of needing a vinyl player.

I don't see any reason a CD couldn't do the same thing.

I know how much time, effort and resources go in to making the packaging/artwork for an album.

Release the art fully scaled digitally, then release on CD. Alternatively have a fold-out version included with the CD. I don't see the issue. You could also simply change the packaging for the CD (rather than have the standard case), video games do this.

I enjoy that. This is something that MP3's cannot replicate.

I enjoy the art on my MP3s. I'm not sure what you are talking about. It's actually how I identify what I'm listening to, since all my tags are in Japanese (to accommodate for Last.FM scrobbling).

And physical 'stuff' doesn't really interest me. It's more of a pain to switch discs/vinyls when I can simply switch it with a push of a button.