In a time where most people listen to MP3s in an awfull compression (not to say that you can't make an MP3 sound good, but the usual compression rates in which you get the things are criminal), and the sample rate to which the industry still holds itself is that of the 50 minutes CD, it is quite understandable that purists would find appeal in the good old analogue, because, like with photographs, that's still the best quality you can technically get.
The problem here comes in at several points, however: Analogue is difficult to work with during production, and if you record digitally, you lose the main advantage. This can still be circumvented to any relevant degree, as recording software nowadays can record at insane sampling rates, but oftentimes still sticks to the outdated 16 bit/44kHz, because that's what you'll get on the CD, and because dittering down from a higher sampling rate can be tricky at times and sometimes needs post-editing.
If you want your sound in true analogue, you'll have to find someone who'll record you in analogue, and the equipement for that is very much unaffordable nowadays compared to what you need for a solid digital setup.
And then there's the degradation... I'm quite glad we don't have that anymore.
But still, if there's any trend that might convince people to compress their MP3s sensibly (we don't need to put a hundred albums on one Gig anymore, after all, we have lots and lots of space. No reason for a song not to take up a megabyte per minute at the very least), I consider that a good thing.