My wife bought me a record player a few years back purely for the purpose of listening to certain artists on vinyl, particularaly:
JOHNNY CASH, TOM WAITS and JAMES BROWN

Others I realized are much better on vinyl:
Springsteen's "Born to Run"
White Stripes' "White Blood Cells"
Black Keys' "Rubber Factory"
MJ's "Thriller"
and, my recent addition, MIA's new album sounds GREAT on record.
So there ya go.