I used to be a avid collector, and I also had the White Album in my collection. Crazy maybe, but at that time I bought everything my fave bands (including the Beatles) published. As it happened, I later was in a bad relationship, and the b&%§h ripped off my entire vinyl collection.
Something else, mentioned briefly in one of the comments about covers: as a art lover, vinyl albums are the best - and my fave was the inside image on Steppenwolf "For Ladies Only" - looking at the album while listening to the music doubled my pleasure. You just don't get that with a CD.