I personally love it, but I don't see "record stores" coming back.
Aesthetically it's great. A readable jacket with cool artwork and a warm sounding production.
Maybe a new generation of discerning listeners can turn the tide. What we have now in digital and CD formats is a major disconnect from the artist and the credits therein. People hear the music but they only seem to respond to the major artists in a personal way and then it's the glamified ones that get noticed.
The world without the 12" record is like people sitting around at the dinner table on their cell phones...no soul...no connection.