Ha, you obviously never worked in a pro analog studio pre-digital, though for every complaint you listed there are digital/modeled solutions now, which eliminate every PITA I listed while achieving a similar sonic outcome.I couldn't disagree more. Can you actually imagine a world where tape delay didn't have high-end loss and where BBD delays didn't crunch up at slower tempos/time rates?
Pink Floyd wouldn't sound the same. Brian Eno wouldn't sound the same. The entire history of recorded music would sound worse. I don't want to live in that world at all.
In my honest opinion, we have a recording or playback medium, and we embrace its limitations and quirks because they help to add character and emotion to the music.
What's more, everyone now has access to such technology without needing a large environment with large machine rooms, pro HVAC to keep it cool and quiet enough to record in, and a Tech to clean patch bays and edge connectors and De-Mag the tape machines etc, not to mention the power costs to keep it all going etc.
Instead, you can have the vast majority of it on a laptop in your bedroom, record your guitar DI'd and get great sounds without amps, a recording environment and mics, in some cases for just the cost of a laptop and some free software.
Gilmore and all would've loved today's recording realities if they had existed back in the day with out a doubt. That said, there's definitely something to be said for all the great artists who achieved so much in spite of the old technology, which was due to the creative and engineering talents of all involved in those sessions.