Nah, keep the streaming, just bring back LPs (and music stores) in force with included CD (since they're still making LPs and CDs as of today). I'd still burn the CD to MP3 and for lossless archiving (no longer have a turntable), but I'd also once again have the packaging, which I'd happily pay a little more for.
Probably a bad idea since new music isn't so album based anyway, right? But I'd love (for example) to have the Boston, Don't Look Back and Third Stage full-sized albums again. It's too bad they didn't use my idea when CDs first started coming out, instead of killing the LP just include an additional digital plastic disc in a paper sleeve.
To me, LPs are good for one thing and one thing only - cover art. Would you rather see this:
or this:
On 2 square feet of awesomeness, or 50 square inches of...blah?
We have a local chain of independent music stores called
Bull Moose Music, and I really like going in there. In Concord NH there's one called
Pitchfork Records that's tailored more toward LPs, but you never know what you'll find when you go in. A friend and I were in there once and she found Gary Wright's "The Dream Weaver" on LP and HAD to have it. I could NOT stop laughing at his pic on the back! "Wonder Twin powers, activate! Form of - an ice synthesizer!" LOL
