Okay, I'll put forth my argument for 'old' artwork, as people are calling it. I'm a big fan of Pink Floyd, the covers of their albums are iconic and directly linked to the Floyd 'brand', as it were. Every single Floyd fan on earth would go nuts if EMI/Harvest suddenly got some artist to design new, modern, cartoony sleevs for the albums. And rightly so. The artwork is part of the branding.
Personally, I'm not that bothered what's on the cover, but my argument, as outlined above, is why some people do. I do prefer original artwork/promo materials. If it's an 80's film it should have 80's artwork. It was made in the 80's, not 2012. And it's original artwork was part of the 'branding'. Once you change that, you're actually trying to rewrite history.
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