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.
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British North American Act | Baby Jane Days and Nights | In the Beginning | 02:47 | |
| Medium | In Between | ST | 04:43 | |
| Grimes | Feyd Rautha Dark Heart | Geidi Primes | 03:41 | |
| Rush | Working Man | ST | 07:10 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Lace and Cobwebs | ST | 02:41 | |
| Langley Schools Music Project | Help Me, Rhonda | Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger | 02:14 | |
| Compilation | Jim Wheeler and the Spokes - Secret Spy | International Master Discovery Records | 02:59 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Rush | Before and After | ST | 05:37 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Ardels | Dream Lover | Rhythm & Blues | 03:06 | |
| Sound Sett | Mustang Sally (Mack Rice) | 1966-1967 | 03:05 | |
| Langley Schools Music Project | Space Oddity | Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger | 05:26 | |
| Jarvis Street Revue | Heidi-Ho (Let Her Go) | Mr. Oil Man | 03:29 | |
| Craig Ruhnke | Give Me the Nighttime | True Love | 03:12 | |
| Reign Ghost | Curio Shop | ST | 03:26 | |
| Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys | Truck Drivers Boogie | Country and Rock & Roll Sound | 03:07 | |
| Craig Ruhnke | Keep the Flame | True Love | 03:01 | |
| Riverson | Eleanor Rigby (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) | ST | 04:14 | |
| EQ | Come Alive (King Otto Remix) | Swellsville | 04:18 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | A Mic In A Fist | Year Zero | 02:14 | |
| Sound Sett | You're a Better Man Than I (Mike & Brian Hugg) | 1966-1967 | 03:24 | |
| David Wiffen | Since I Fell For You | Live at the Bunkhouse | 02:40 | |
| Reign Ghost | Travels of Blue Paradox | ST | 05:00 | |
| Echoes and a Dream | Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) | Echoes and a Dream | 04:31 | |
| Sound Sett | I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding & Jerry Butler) | 1966-1967 | 03:15 | |
| Lewis Baloue | Summer's Moon | L'amour | 03:49 | |
| Bent Wind | Mystify | Sussex | 03:13 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Urine Trouble | Year Zero | 02:22 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Sidewinders | A Voyage | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 01:06 | |
| Riverson | Take Me (Rayburn Blake) | ST | 02:55 | |
| Circle Widens | Weird Understanding | See About Dreamin' b/w Weird Understanding | 02:43 | |
| British North American Act | Joe Cool | In the Beginning | 02:27 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | Black Mountain Blues | Guido & Co. | 02:21 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Medium | I'll Love Everyone at Last | ST | 02:53 | |
| (Those) Rogues | Girl | Wish I Could See You Again b/w Girl | 02:49 | |
| EQ | Swellsville | Swellsville | 04:01 | |
| Ardels | Unchain My Heart | Rhythm & Blues | 02:50 | |
| 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 | |
| Beverly Glenn-Copeland | Song From Beads | ST | 02:17 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Peter Tessier | I'll Never Know | By Turning a Knob | 01:41 | |
| Reign Ghost | The Gum Wrapper Song | ST | 01:51 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| The Fringe | Executive Dream | Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo | 03:04 | |
| Rockadrome | R.A.T.C.B. Reprise | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 05:22 | |
| Jarvis Street Revue | 300 South | Mr. Oil Man | 02:40 | |
| New Creation | The Status Quo Song | Troubled | 03:41 | |
| Craig Ruhnke | Ooh Baby | True Love | 03:22 | |
| Stephanie Taylor | Suzanne (Leonard Cohen) | "I Don't Know Where I Stand" | 03:06 | |
| Subhumans | Oh Canaduh | Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh | 02:10 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | Cool It | ST | 02:41 | |
| Souls of Inspyration | Stranger | ST | 03:02 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | The Call | Ohama aka The White Album | 05:37 | |
| United Empire Loyalists | Afraid of the Dark | No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark | 01:59 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | Pleasure Sweets | Motherlove | 04:29 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | Take a Letter Maria | ST | 03:14 | |
| Grimes | Avi | Geidi Primes | 02:35 | |
| Rush | Here Again | ST | 07:35 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Mushin No Shin | Midnite News | 05:35 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Haunted | Untie Me | ST | 04:44 | |
| Jamie Saint Lee | Breakdown | ST (EP) | 04:22 | |
| EQ | Bring it On | Swellsville | 04:17 | |
| Trevor Dandy | When I Prayed Last Night | Don't Cry Little Tree | 02:58 | |
| Peter Tessier | And On the Eighth Day He Said… | By Turning a Knob | 04:07 | |
| Warpig | Rock Star | ST | 04:08 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Let Them Eat Static | Midnite News | 04:37 | |
| Power of Beckett | Lost Soul in Disillusion | Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me | 02:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Jarvis Street Revue | Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song) | Mr. Oil Man | 04:44 | |
| British North American Act | Don't Run Away | In the Beginning | 02:37 | |
| Reign Ghost | Eyes Knows, So Does Ears | ST | 09:11 | |
| Riverson | Winter Garden (Brian Edwards) | ST | 03:19 | |
| Tobi Lark (Bessie Grace Gupton) aka Bessie Watson | Heartbreaker | Time Will Pass You By b/w Heartbreaker (promo) | 02:42 | |
| Cargo | Initial Mailing | Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing | 04:19 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | Courting Blues | Guido & Co. | 02:55 | |
| Beverly Glenn-Copeland | Northwind | ST | 03:21 | |
| Haunted | Shake | ST | 02:22 | |
| Beverly Glenn-Copeland | Durocher | ST | 04:36 | |
| David Wiffen | Times are Getting' Hard | Live at the Bunkhouse | 03:11 | |
| Rockadrome | Very Strange | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 03:14 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | You Know The Science | Year Zero | 03:39 | |
| Lewis Baloue | Let's Fall in Love Tonight | L'amour | 03:41 | |
| Clymaxe | R. U. Cumming? | R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues | 02:40 | |
| Souls of Inspyration | Of Lambs & Wolves | ST | 06:11 | |
| Beverly Glenn-Copeland | Good Morning Blues | ST | 04:37 | |
| Mushroom Band | Don't Come Down | Don't Come Down b/w Nobody | 02:40 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | Running From Home | Guido & Co. | 01:59 | |
| Sound Sett | Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen) | 1966-1967 | 04:00 | |
| Sound Sett | Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) | 1966-1967 | 02:23 | |
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | One Glass for Wine | Home Grown Stuff | 03:09 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Drugs | Ohama aka The White Album | 04:36 | |
| Christmas | Oasis | ST | 06:10 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | State Of The Art | Year Zero | 01:28 |
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