$1000 Record Club
Welcome to the $1000 Record Club—an exclusive list of Canadian records that have either surpassed or are approaching the USD $1,000 mark in collector value. These are the rarest of the rare: private pressings, limited runs, and cult classics that have become holy grails for vinyl hunters worldwide. With only around a hundred entries, this club isn't about hype—it's about scarcity, story, and serious demand. Handle with care—these slabs are gold.
Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys | Tribute to Pretty Maidens Prayer | Country and Rock & Roll Sound | 02:51 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | I Know My Baby | Guido & Co. | 02:29 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | I Tie My Shoes | Ohama aka The White Album | 05:58 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Hurdy-Gurdy Man | ST | 04:38 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Feelings Feel | Ohama aka The White Album | 02:57 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| The Fringe | Executive Dream | Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo | 03:04 | |
| The Fringe | I Don't Want To Live | Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo | 03:52 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Dainty General Rides | ST | 04:14 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | So Many Things | ST | 02:51 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime | Guido & Co. | 02:31 | |
| Norris Vines and The Luvlines | Feel The Warm | Give In b/w Feel The Warm | 03:33 | |
| Grimes | Caladan | Geidi Primes | 02:25 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Warpig | Sunflight | ST | 04:28 | |
| Rush | Need Some Love | ST | 02:21 | |
| Jamie Saint Lee | Warchild | ST (EP) | 04:57 | |
| Tobi Lark (Bessie Grace Gupton) aka Bessie Watson | Time Will Pass You By | Time Will Pass You By b/w Heartbreaker (promo) | 03:08 | |
| Media | Girl I Want You | Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream | 04:20 | |
| Al Oster | Next Boat | Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock | 02:46 | |
| EQ | Hostile | Swellsville | 04:15 | |
| Cargo | Initial Mailing | Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing | 04:19 | |
| Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band | Passive & Blue | Commercials For Free (EP) | 00:59 | |
| Ellison | Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) | ST | 05:22 | |
| Haunted | Montreal Blues | ST | 04:04 | |
| Jamie Saint Lee | Breakdown | ST (EP) | 04:22 | |
| David Wiffen | Four Strong Winds | Live at the Bunkhouse | 04:14 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | Come To My Bedside | Guido & Co. | 02:28 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Craig Ruhnke | Keep the Flame | True Love | 03:01 | |
| Ellison | Unchanged World (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand, Robert Cager, Christian Tremblay) | ST | 03:36 | |
| Rockadrome | Live and Love Child | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 01:38 | |
| VIIth Temple | See the Light | Under the Burning Sun | 05:45 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Midnite News Finale | Ohama aka The White Album | 05:46 | |
| Cargo | Rural Route One | Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing | 02:18 | |
| Sound Sett | She Ain't No Use to Me (Dave Bingham & Roger Mayne, The Ugly Ducklings) | 1966-1967 | 03:07 | |
| Mock Duck | Introduction - Ground Hog | Test Record | 05:34 | |
| Medium | My Lady Lies Forever | ST | 02:41 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | A Hum for Stevie Winwood | Motherlove | 00:39 | |
| Grimes | Beast Infection | Geidi Primes | 02:21 | |
| Stonemen | Faded Colors | In the Evening b/w Faded Colors | 02:50 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Echoes and a Dream | Just Trying to Be | Echoes and a Dream | 01:45 | |
| Rockadrome | Good Dream | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 03:38 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Medium | In Between | ST | 04:43 | |
| Sound Sett | I Need You (Everybody Needs Somebody) | 1966-1967 | 02:53 | |
| Gentlemen of Horror | Rough Hike | Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover) | 01:20 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Beverly Glenn-Copeland | Song From Beads | ST | 02:17 | |
| Souls of Inspyration | Dil Kusha (Heart's Happiness) | ST | 06:44 | |
| Craig Ruhnke | Two Hearts | True Love | 03:12 | |
| Mary Saxton | Take My Heart | Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart | 02:04 | |
| British North American Act | Baby Jane Days and Nights | In the Beginning | 02:47 | |
| Souls of Inspyration | Of Lambs & Wolves | ST | 06:11 | |
| Cargo | Child of the Playroom | Front Side, Back Side | 03:17 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Shadows of Your Mind | ST | 04:18 | |
| Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys | Roads to New York | Country and Rock & Roll Sound | 03:22 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | The Bassment Show | Year Zero | 03:44 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Art's a Happy Man | ST | 03:13 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Trevor Dandy | When I Prayed Last Night | Don't Cry Little Tree | 02:58 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Ellison | Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola) | ST | 04:25 | |
| David Wiffen | Four in the Mornin' | Live at the Bunkhouse | 03:43 | |
| Lewis Baloue | Don't Stop It Now | Romantic Times | 05:10 | |
| Norris Vines and The Luvlines | Give In | Give In b/w Feel The Warm | 02:46 | |
| Rock and Roll Bitches | Welders Song | Wild West (EP) | 02:34 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | The Drum | Ohama aka The White Album | 02:44 | |
| Lewis Baloue | We Danced All Night | Romantic Times | 03:35 | |
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | Times are Changing | Home Grown Stuff | 02:39 | |
| Bent Wind | Riverside | Sussex | 06:12 | |
| Sidewinders | I Like Your Stuff | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 04:49 | |
| Bent Wind | Mystify | Sussex | 03:13 | |
| Compilation | Jim Wheeler and the Spokes - Secret Spy | International Master Discovery Records | 02:59 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| New Creation | Where Are You Going? | Troubled | 03:11 | |
| It's All Meat | Make Some Use of Your Friends | ST | 03:37 | |
| Jamie Saint Lee | Woman of Mystery | ST (EP) | 03:00 | |
| Hugh Dixon | Delilah | The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate) | 03:10 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Garry Garnette | Have You Heard the News | Have You Heard the News b/w Sick and Tired | 02:24 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada | Motherlove | 05:34 | |
| New Creation | Yet Still Time | Troubled | 03:25 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Sometimes I Fear | Ohama aka The White Album | 04:25 | |
| Ardels | Night Time is the Right Time | Rhythm & Blues | 02:58 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Trevor Dandy | Lord I Come to Thee | Don't Cry Little Tree | 03:45 | |
| Peter Tessier | Try With Your Heart | By Turning a Knob | 03:56 | |
| Mock Duck | My Time | Test Record | 06:44 | |
| Ardels | Unchain My Heart | Rhythm & Blues | 02:50 | |
| Rogues | I Can't Hold Out Much Longer | I Can't Hold Out Much Longer b/w I'll Make It Up To You | 02:28 | |
| Hugh Dixon | Yellow Bird | The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate) | 03:13 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Hit The Breaks | Year Zero | 02:00 | |
| Northwest Company | Hard to Cry | Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All | 02:24 | |
| Rush | In the Mood | ST | 03:37 | |
| Stephanie Taylor | Softly as I Leave You | "I Don't Know Where I Stand" | 02:52 | |
| Ardels | Theme | Rhythm & Blues | 03:20 |
Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends
Without My Sweet Baby b/w Baby You’re What I Need
Motherlove
Troubled
ST
Compilation
ST
GUESS289-color
Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool
1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer
1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+
1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+
ST
ST
Rush - Rush on Moon label
Rush - Rush on Moon
ST
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly
Sussex
Awake
Jackal
Damron, Dick
Lark, Tobi (Bessie Grace Gupton) aka Bessie Watson
ST
REIGN GHOST 002
REIGN GHOST 003
REIGN GHOST 004
Reign Ghost
Reign Ghost - ST (2)
Reign Ghost - ST (1)
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