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Current recordings on vinyl?

Are current musical artists being recorded in analog at all? I mean, if they are directly recorded to digital, be it pcm or dsd, what is the use of remastering them for vinyl? I have a reasonable collection of old vinyl or reissued...BUT...the primary recording, i.e., master tapes, were analog. Many of these sound great, especially on vinyl.

Take for example, Patricia Barber, Diana Krall, the Mahler symphonies by various orchestras. If they were recorded digitally, they already have the limitations of digital. Vinylizing them doesn't remove that.... does it? It would make more sense to buy on SACD if available, especially if primarily recorded to DSD.
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Mapleshade did consider going to LP. They polled their customers in earlier days. I love analog sound but I advised them not to when they asked. I feel the vinyl market is too limited for the catalog they have which features not too well known artists rather than hot sellers.

Even with well known artists and great backcatalogue such as Mosaic, they seem to have limited success.

Don't get me wrong, I love my vinyl. But limited space and budget force me to limit my purchases of new vinyl.
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