I was an early adoptor of CD. My first player was the first player , the Sony CDP 101. For the first few months there were hardly any good pop/ rock CDs. Mostly classical, which I am not into.
I put together a decent size CD collection then foolishly gave away most of my LPs. A few years later I got back into vinyl. I was buying great NOS LPs from a guy my Dad knew, I still have about 25 or so I bought from him and never opened. I bought new and used and ended up with several hundred.
About 15 years ago I sold my table , but fortunately kept my records. My kids apparently tried using my table and broke a $500 cartridge.
Then in 21 I got back into vinyl. Lucky to have a couple of hundred records to get back in and hit the ground running
I recently traded up and have a table that rivals or betters my digital front end with a great recording.