@atomicpoet >Vinyl rips should only be used if tape is not an option
Sure! I think that's what happened.
Checked the album you mentioned. No CD. I don't imagine whoever is doing this job going to the market and buying records to make it sound better. Feels more like a quick (outsourced) bureaucratic job made by some guy working with whatever they got in the big corp vaults, reference after reference. Maybe they even think this is good because youngsters can go and say "Ohhh, vinyl :blobaww:" 🤷♂️