Most Holy Grail Blue Notes have been reissued on vinyl but I have yet to hear one as good as an orginal - it usually is not even close. Here is a partial list of originals that I consider to be holy grails:
1514 Jimmy Smith Vol 2 the Champ
1518 Horace Silver & Jazz Messengers
1521-22 Art Blakey Night at Birdland 1&2
1527 Magnificent Thad Jones
1577 John Coltrane Blue Train
1581 Sonny Rollins - Night at the Village Vanguard
1595 Cannonball Adderly- Somethin' Else
4011 Jimmy Smith the Sermon
4017 Horace Silver Blowin' the Blues Away
4031 Hank Mobley Soul Station
4058 Hank Mobley Roll Call
4106 Jackie McLean Let Freedom Ring
4117 Jimmy Smith Back at the Chicken Shack
4163 Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch
4175 Herbie Hancock Empyrean Isles
4185 Horace Silver Song for My Father
4195 Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage
