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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bent Wind | Goin' to the City | Sussex | 02:51 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Mushin No Shin | Midnite News | 05:35 | |
| Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys | Sunrise Waltz | Country and Rock & Roll Sound | 04:03 | |
| Assailant | Eyes Of Fire | Eyes Of Fire b/w Armour And Steel (picture sleeve) | 03:08 | |
| Al Oster | Midnight Sun Rock | Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock | 01:47 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Peter Tessier | The Rain on the Brain | By Turning a Knob | 02:38 | |
| Grimes | Zoal, Face Dancer | Geidi Primes | 02:36 | |
| D.O.A. | Royal Police | Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve) | 02:14 | |
| Sound Sett | Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen) | 1966-1967 | 04:00 | |
| Sidewinders | Can't You Feel the Fire | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 04:55 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | Take It Slow And Easy | Guido & Co. | 02:05 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Urine Trouble | Year Zero | 02:22 | |
| Dick Damron | Rockin' Baby | Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby | 01:26 | |
| Jackal | At the Station | Awake | 05:45 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Rockadrome | Royal American Twentieth Century Blues | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 04:51 | |
| British North American Act | If You're Looking for Honey | In the Beginning | 02:12 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | Cool It | ST | 02:41 | |
| Rockadrome | R.A.T.C.B. Teaser | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 01:08 | |
| United Empire Loyalists | No, No, No | No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark | 02:49 | |
| The Haunted | A Message to Pretty | ST | 03:07 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | I Can See Mother Nature | ST | 03:37 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime | Guido & Co. | 02:31 | |
| Jarvis Street Revue | Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song) | Mr. Oil Man | 04:44 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| The Chessmen | Mustang | Mustang b/w Meadowlands | 02:43 | |
| British North American Act | Joe Cool | In the Beginning | 02:27 | |
| It's All Meat | You Don't Notice the Time You Waste | ST | 03:56 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Midnite News II | Midnite News | 03:30 | |
| 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 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Roy Kenner and His Associates | Baby You’re What I Need | Without My Sweet Baby b/w Baby You’re What I Need | 03:52 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Woman for All Seasons | ST | 04:13 | |
| Assailant | Armour And Steel | Eyes Of Fire b/w Armour And Steel (picture sleeve) | 02:45 | |
| Ellison | Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola) | ST | 04:25 | |
| Reign Ghost | Pudsy's Parable | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 02:13 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | Blues Run The Game | Guido & Co. | 02:19 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | A Mic In A Fist | Year Zero | 02:14 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Let Them Eat Static | Midnite News | 04:37 | |
| Riverson | Winter Garden (Brian Edwards) | ST | 03:19 | |
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | No one in Particular | Home Grown Stuff | 03:40 | |
| Reign Ghost | Long Day Journey #1 | ST | 03:09 | |
| EQ | Play The Back | Swellsville | 04:35 | |
| Compilation | Stampeders - You Never Know Until You Try | International Master Discovery Records | 01:50 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | By The Time I Get to Phoenix | ST | 03:16 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Hugh Dixon | What's New | The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate) | 02:52 | |
| Trevor Dandy | Have You Ever Wondered? | Don't Cry Little Tree | 04:12 | |
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | Times are Changing | Home Grown Stuff | 02:39 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Grimes | Avi | Geidi Primes | 02:35 | |
| Beverly Glenn-Copeland | Durocher | ST | 04:36 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys | Tribute to Pretty Maidens Prayer | Country and Rock & Roll Sound | 02:51 | |
| Cargo | Initial Mailing | Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing | 04:19 | |
| British North American Act | Just How You Feel | In the Beginning | 02:43 | |
| David Wiffen | Four Strong Winds | Live at the Bunkhouse | 04:14 | |
| Sound Sett | Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) | 1966-1967 | 02:47 | |
| Craig Ruhnke | Nancy Jane | True Love | 02:10 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Bent Wind | Hate | Sussex | 05:22 | |
| Compilation | Jim Wheeler and the Spokes - Secret Spy | International Master Discovery Records | 02:59 | |
| Trevor Dandy | It's a Long Journey | Don't Cry Little Tree | 03:56 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Art's a Happy Man | ST | 03:13 | |
| Reign Ghost | Eyes Knows, So Does Ears | ST | 09:11 | |
| Medium | I'll Love Everyone at Last | ST | 02:53 | |
| Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band | People Who Created Me | Commercials For Free (EP) | 04:49 | |
| EQ | Serious | Swellsville | 02:03 | |
| British North American Act | Baby Jane Days and Nights | In the Beginning | 02:47 | |
| Bent Wind | Mystify | Sussex | 03:13 | |
| Evolution Expantion | Blues Finding | Blow Up b/w Blues Finding | 03:16 | |
| Jarvis Street Revue | 300 South | Mr. Oil Man | 02:40 | |
| Painted Ship | And She Said Yes | Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes | 02:35 | |
| New Creation | Where Are You Going? | Troubled | 03:11 | |
| Plague | We Were Meant to Be | The Face of Time b/w We Were Meant to Be | 02:04 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Conrad Benjamin | Saturn | Saturn | 04:33 | |
| Hugh Dixon | Silly Bo Dilly (Dixon) | The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate) | 02:52 | |
| Jackal | Awake | Awake | 07:57 | |
| Expedition to Earth | Time Time Time | Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time | 02:55 | |
| Power of Beckett | Lost Soul in Disillusion | Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me | 02:03 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | The Incest Song | Motherlove | 02:21 | |
| New Creation | All is Well | Troubled | 03:20 | |
| Riverson | Medallion Castle (Brian Edwards) | ST | 04:27 | |
| Cargo | Only My Best Friends Can Tell | Front Side, Back Side | 02:05 | |
| Souls of Inspyration | Sun Shines in the Winter | ST | 03:12 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | Woman Be Good | ST | 02:59 | |
| Beverly Glenn-Copeland | Northwind | ST | 03:21 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Midnite News III | Midnite News | 04:25 | |
| Evolution Expantion | Blow Up | Blow Up b/w Blues Finding | 02:39 | |
| New Creation | No Excuse | Troubled | 04:43 |
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