If you don't mind paying the premium that new vinyl - digitally sourced or not - costs, then go for it! I've no problem with the sound but it's a poor value proposition when the digital counterpart is cheaper and should be just as well. I get that some still have a preference for vinyl regardless and that's cool.
I'd tend to think those earlier 80's albums were still analog. Not sure about the 90's and later though. Finding out the source is not that easy either :-(
voolston - audiophile by day, music lover by night