On a concert by Kari Bremnes some 5 years ago I bought the LP of
Svarta Björn because I was curious how it would sound compared to the very good CD. It matched the CD quite well while it was new.
3 years ago I bought a box of 6 LP albums by Evanescence. Very good 180 gram pressings but utterly spoiled by very stupid storage in hard paper sleeves. Movement of the LPs in these sleeves during transport led to lots of scratches on the surface and also lots of paper dust all over the records. I checked the customer feedback at Amazon and found out that lots of them had the same problem. I expected a replacement could easily be worse than mine or I wouldn't get one at all due to the box being a very limited edition so I just vacuumed all records carefully to get rid of the paper dust (that worked). Sound was fine then, but I swore never to buy a record without having a look at the sleeve first or knowing from customer feedback that the sleeve is fine.
The last record I bought came with the CD and was just a few € more expensive than the CD alone. The mastering was different, the LP sound is wider in sound stage but very flat in depth (wall of sound) and somewhat veiled details; the CD is cleaner, sound stage is a bit more narrow but deeper as well. I like them both.
I've decided that this would be my last new LP I bought. If I'd stumble over a used gem at a cheap price though I'd be tempted to buy it. Like when I couldn't resist to buy a Limited Edition Direct to Disc recording of
Cappriccio Italien * Cappriccio Espagnole by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops (Crystal Clear Records CCS-7003, recorded 1977) for €1.- in the trash bin of a local music store.