I just don't see the point. If we do something worth having, someone with a newfangled USB turntable will probably rip it and upload it, with the loss of quality analog->digital necessarily implies. Wouldn't it be better to preempt it with a quality full-digital release?

The digital version could be delayed from the physical product if we find it necessary to provide some incentive to buy the record.

If it's supposed to be some sort of collector item, the value isn't in the music itself anyway.

And if it's supposed to be a top secret release, that's kinda too late now that we've talked about it in public.