I have found that even if a reissue is done directly from the original master tape, the original lp can still sound better. The reason is that a 50-60 year old tape can degrade. A 50-60 year old record doesn’t. It will just suffer play wear if used. Which I find is mostly a little noisier but with all the fidelity intact.
Old vs. new
I have a simple(maybe?) question for you guys, I have some new versions of albums that I’ve replaced from older vintage records that I’ve had thinking they would sound better than my older ones, but they don’t, since vinyl has made a comeback , we’re the older versions engineered and mixed for vinyl and now the new recordings not mixed to favor vinyls characteristics?