$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.
Bent Wind - Sussex - Vinyl Side 2
bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2
Reaction
Rockadrome - Royal American 20th Century Blues BACK
Siggy Magic & the Hey Ho Band - Commercials For Free (EP)
Circle Widens
Stephanie Taylor - "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 02
Bob Bryden
Plastic Cloud - ST
Joker's Memory - ST
Stoltz Brothers
Phillip Werren - Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Squires - The Sultan b/w Aurora
Rick Buckthorp
The Fringe
The Fringe
Medium
No Exit - ST insert side 2
7th Temple - Under the Burning Sun
Rock and Roll Bitches Kenny MacKay at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17, 1981. photo courtesy Rose Kapp
Cargo -/ Front Side, Back Side
Cargo - Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
D.O.A. - Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Underworld - Go Away b/w Bound
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Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | Elevated Platform | Home Grown Stuff | 02:35 | |
| Platinum Blonde | No Regrets | Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets | 03:22 | |
| It's All Meat | If Only | ST | 04:21 | |
| Power of Beckett | Lost Soul in Disillusion | Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me | 02:03 | |
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | Walk Your Head Around | Home Grown Stuff | 04:30 | |
| Riverson | Take Me (Rayburn Blake) | ST | 02:55 | |
| Stephanie Taylor | Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) | "I Don't Know Where I Stand" | 02:41 | |
| Ardels | Lonely Hours | Rhythm & Blues | 03:13 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Hurdy-Gurdy Man | ST | 04:38 | |
| Trevor Dandy | Lord I Come to Thee | Don't Cry Little Tree | 03:45 | |
| Lewis Baloue | Bon Voyage | Romantic Times | 04:25 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Trevor Dandy | Don’t Cry Little Tree | Don't Cry Little Tree | 03:10 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Keep Your Hand Off My Girl | Year Zero | 03:39 | |
| Ardels | Linda Lou | Rhythm & Blues | 02:23 | |
| Trevor Dandy | When I Prayed Last Night | Don't Cry Little Tree | 02:58 | |
| Echoes and a Dream | Midnight Passion | Echoes and a Dream | 04:18 | |
| Craig Ruhnke | It’s Been Such a Long Time | True Love | 03:30 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| 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 | |
| Ellison | Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola) | ST | 04:25 | |
| Lewis Baloue | Cool Night In Paris | L'amour | 03:15 | |
| Medium | The Mouse | ST | 05:06 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys | Truck Drivers Boogie | Country and Rock & Roll Sound | 03:07 | |
| Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band | Commercials for Free | Commercials For Free (EP) | 01:52 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Peter Tessier | Try With Your Heart | By Turning a Knob | 03:56 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| British North American Act | Baby Jane Days and Nights | In the Beginning | 02:47 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Hit The Breaks | Year Zero | 02:00 | |
| Reign Ghost | Enola Gay | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 08:26 | |
| Stephanie Taylor | I Don't Know Where I Stand (Joni Mitchell) | "I Don't Know Where I Stand" | 03:32 | |
| Echoes and a Dream | Yesterday's Tomorrow | Echoes and a Dream | 03:22 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Warpig | Tough Nuts | ST | 08:20 | |
| Roy Kenner and His Associates | Without My Sweet Baby | Without My Sweet Baby b/w Baby You’re What I Need | 03:08 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | April Come She Will | Guido & Co. | 01:49 | |
| Threads Of Fybre | Mama | Mama b/w Believe Me | 02:46 | |
| Ardels | Theme | Rhythm & Blues | 03:20 | |
| Langley Schools Music Project | Riannon | Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger | 03:52 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | The Drum | Ohama aka The White Album | 02:44 | |
| Peter Tessier | Hey Mister Engineer | By Turning a Knob | 02:38 | |
| Craig Ruhnke | Keep the Flame | True Love | 03:01 | |
| Conrad Benjamin | You're Just Afraid (To Give Me Your Love) | Saturn | 02:56 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Midnite News Finale | Ohama aka The White Album | 05:46 | |
| Compilation | Jim Wheeler and the Spokes - Secret Spy | International Master Discovery Records | 02:59 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | Courting Blues | Guido & Co. | 02:55 | |
| Lewis Baloue | Like To See You Again | L'amour | 04:25 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Over Mountains | Ohama aka The White Album | 03:14 | |
| Hugh Dixon | Saints Go Marching Inn | The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate) | 03:51 | |
| Rush | In the Mood | ST | 03:37 | |
| Beverly Glenn-Copeland | Interval | ST | 04:41 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Stephanie Taylor | Working on a Groove Thing | "I Don't Know Where I Stand" | 02:50 | |
| Grimes | Avi | Geidi Primes | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| VIIth Temple | See the Light | Under the Burning Sun | 05:45 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys | Riverside Waltz | Country and Rock & Roll Sound | 03:20 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | The Call | Ohama aka The White Album | 05:37 | |
| British North American Act | I'll Find a Way | In the Beginning | 02:05 | |
| Medium | I'll Love Everyone at Last | ST | 02:53 | |
| 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 | |
| Craig Ruhnke | True Love | True Love | 02:16 | |
| Craig Ruhnke | Somebody To Love | True Love | 02:37 | |
| Bent Wind | Look at Love | Sussex | 04:01 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | Fire (She Need Water) | ST | 03:03 | |
| Warpig | Advance A Minor | ST | 07:26 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Style 386 | Year Zero | 02:17 | |
| Al Oster | Midnight Sun Rock | Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock | 01:47 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Let Them Eat Static | Midnite News | 04:37 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Rock and Roll Bitches | Wild West | Wild West (EP) | 02:46 | |
| Bent Wind | Hate | Sussex | 05:22 | |
| Grimes | Caladan | Geidi Primes | 02:25 | |
| Triton Warrior | Satan's Train | Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train | 04:08 | |
| Sound Sett | Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) | 1966-1967 | 04:07 | |
| Media | Girl I Want You | Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream | 04:20 | |
| Reign Ghost | Black Ode | ST | 03:29 | |
| Sound Sett | I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart) | 1966-1967 | 02:31 | |
| Craig Ruhnke | Ooh Baby | True Love | 03:22 | |
| Randy Bishop | Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning | I Sing A Soft Song | 13:40 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys | Breaking Others Hearts | Country and Rock & Roll Sound | 02:12 | |
| Beverly Glenn-Copeland | Northwind | ST | 03:21 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime | Guido & Co. | 02:31 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Hugh Dixon | Silly Bo Dilly (Dixon) | The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate) | 02:52 | |
| Echoes and a Dream | Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) | Echoes and a Dream | 04:31 | |
| United Empire Loyalists | Afraid of the Dark | No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark | 01:59 | |
| Reign Ghost | Breast Stroke Blues | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 04:24 | |
| British North American Act | If You're Looking for Honey | In the Beginning | 02:12 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Year Zero | Year Zero | 01:58 | |
| Lewis Baloue | Love Showered Me | L'amour | 04:01 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Shadows of Your Mind | ST | 04:18 | |
| Haunted | Shake | ST | 02:22 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 |
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