Hi litespeed -
Vinyl is a rabbit hole. There are hardware, software, and storage considerations. Vinyl takes up space. Vinyl begets more vinyl. Just like tube rolling, there will be cartridge swapping. You will upgrade at some point.
If you grew up with vinyl, did you like the experience of going to record stores and going through the stacks? I get the same thrills today that I did 55 years ago when I go to (or can actually find) a record store. Consider for a second, did you acquire many CDs along the way? Odds are you will do the same with vinyl.
None of this is a bad thing, btw. You just need to determine if vinyl is going to be worth going down the rabbit hole. And how do you accomplish this without breaking the bank?
At a bare minimum, you will need a TT and a cartridge and a preamp and some cables. Wherever your starting point is, you need to have good enough equipment to see if this will be an audio extension that you wish to pursue.
Problem with coming on this site is that you are chatting up vinyl converts and we all have our stories and preferences.
I suggested the 1500 C because for $1200 ($1400 if you swap out the cartridge) you can be on your way in literally minutes and you have something that you can live with for at least a few years. I am sure that a similar Rega or Marantz or Pro-ject will get you there too, though it may cost you several hundred more. You will always be able to sell it, if it doesn't work for you.
If you have old records or used record shops in your area, you will need something to clean your records. That goes a long way to removing the record noise that you don't get with CDs.
That is the least that you are going to get away with.
Go beyond this entry level, but solid approach and I think you will wind up in $5K territory in no time. It is not very hard to spend $2K on a TT, $1K on a cartridge, $1K on a pre-amp, $1K on accessories.
Best of luck,
Rich