Ar ethe current LP's available for $25 or so as goos as the old ones.

Your question is still ambiguous.

Or likely, I'm not interpreting the question correctly. Are these "$1500 to $2500 newly issued LP's" an alternative to the same album which is priced less? 

I'm not on top of current new release pricing but took a peek at Music Direct's pricing. Depending on who it is/genre, that can be standard pricing for regular pressings. 

I don't see multiple  LP choices of a current artist-Diana Krall to Lady Gaga? There are some artists with $13.99 LP's-Lana Del Rey. But other LP;s are more.

These were just random popular picks. 

If  you are purchasing new recent artist releases, you're forced to buy to buy one of those new "Oversized black CeeDee's" for whatever price they are.

Anything new is digitally recorded, so what's the point? Hear it on a nice setup, call it a day. As far as reissues, 98% are disappointing. Unless it is true unobtanium, I punt.

Thankfully, I don't listen to much past 1980, so there is UNLIMITED amount of  LP's in dusty bins for cheap. One of my neighborhood stores has a 3 for $10 section. Those  60/70's Classic Rock LP's that most have forgotten are just waiting to be played again.

Latest acquisitions- Cream-Fresh Cream-mono!, Buffalo Springfield-Again, Springsteen-Darkness(finally found a clean copy) These according to discogs are all 1st press.