Noticed your question to @slaw on the SQ of the Colvin & Earle Fantasy Records album and for my own curiosity did a comparison of my copy to digital. I purchased the album shortly after it was released so could possibly be a different pressing than what slaw just received.
I streamed the album on Amazon which has a decent 24/96 hi-res offering and compared the vinyl copy in real time switching back and forth between the two sources.
The vinyl copy sounds real nice as I have always thought and is definitely warmer than the digital version as expected. But, the highs on the digital version sounded more crisp and forward. The acoustic guitars and voices sounded somewhat more crisp but not excessive. Bass sounded similar on both versions. At least on that listening I preferred the digital version.
Also, Steve Earle recorded on even his earliest albums digitally so can't say if this album was recorded initially in analog or digital.
The report you get from slaw could be completely the opposite based on the different systems and slaw most likely has a much more technically audiophile ear than mine.
For what it's worth there you go.