True Analog LPs versus Digital Recordings


Greetings Audiogon Music Lovers,
Is there any good way of knowing when an LP is released if it has actually been recorded in analog versus if it is just a digital recording slapped on vinyl? I keep buying music of current artists and not finding that same sound of the analog recordings of the past.

Thank you in advance for any and all feedback.

Cheers,
Love It Loud
loveitloud
Do the vinyl recordings have anything similar to the ADD, AAD, DDD that CDs do in the covers? I only have CDs and SACDs so I'm just taking a guess. If the do, you'd be looking for AAA I would think.
I suspect that almost everything today is recorded digital. My friend works for very large recording studio where they got rid of expensive analog tape recorders more than 10 years ago. Analog tapes require constant maintenance because of layer to layer copying. They had to rewind all tapes at least once a year. With tens of thousands of tapes it required whole department to do it. I cannot tell (other than tape hiss) if recording was originally digital or analog but my ears are perhaps less than perfect.

CD players have provision for de-emphasis of analog recordings - function almost never used since not needed with digital recordings (no tape hiss).
Unless the recording is specifically labeled as all analog you should assume at least one digital stage in production.
I don't know how you'd find that out without contacting the label and inquiring in-depth. Tacet has a few all-analog recordings. I own all of theirs.