$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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockadrome | Royal American Twentieth Century Blues | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 04:51 | |
| Trevor Dandy | Is There Any Love? | Don't Cry Little Tree | 04:32 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Warpig | Rock Star | ST | 04:08 | |
| Sound Sett | I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart) | 1966-1967 | 02:31 | |
| Lewis Baloue | We Danced All Night | Romantic Times | 03:35 | |
| Peter Tessier | The Rain on the Brain | By Turning a Knob | 02:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Power of Beckett | Back to Me | Lost Soul in Disillusion b/w Back to Me | 02:37 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | Richard Cory | Guido & Co. | 01:53 | |
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | Someone Think | Home Grown Stuff | 03:51 | |
| Clymaxe | R. U. Cumming? | R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues | 02:40 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Tobi Lark (Bessie Grace Gupton) aka Bessie Watson | Sweep it Out in the Shed | Challenge My Love b/w Sweep it Out in the Shed | 02:53 | |
| Echoes and a Dream | Life is a Love Song | Echoes and a Dream | 03:54 | |
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | Blue Dye | Home Grown Stuff | 02:39 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| David Wiffen | You Don't Know My Mind | Live at the Bunkhouse | 02:02 | |
| 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 | |
| 49th Parallel | She Says | She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing) | 02:01 | |
| Medium | The Mouse | ST | 05:06 | |
| 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 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | Buddy, Can You Spare A Dime | Guido & Co. | 02:31 | |
| Haunted | Shake | ST | 02:22 | |
| Ellison | Untruth Story (Vincent Marandola) | ST | 05:58 | |
| Compilation | Jim Wheeler and the Spokes - Secret Spy | International Master Discovery Records | 02:59 | |
| Norris Vines and The Luvlines | Give In | Give In b/w Feel The Warm | 02:46 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| EQ | Late 4 The Studio | Swellsville | 03:44 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Sound Sett | Dead Sea (Bruce MacGregor modified) | 1966-1967 | 02:05 | |
| Echoes and a Dream | Yesterday's Tomorrow | Echoes and a Dream | 03:22 | |
| Painted Ship | And She Said Yes | Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes | 02:35 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | Cool It | ST | 02:41 | |
| Fear | Ace | Wildwoodin' b/w Ace | 02:27 | |
| Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys | Broadway Boogie | Country and Rock & Roll Sound | 02:36 | |
| Peter Tessier | I'll Never Know | By Turning a Knob | 01:41 | |
| Conrad Benjamin | You're Just Afraid (To Give Me Your Love) | Saturn | 02:56 | |
| Langley Schools Music Project | Riannon | Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger | 03:52 | |
| Jamie Saint Lee | Woman of Mystery | ST (EP) | 03:00 | |
| Grimes | Caladan | Geidi Primes | 02:25 | |
| Mary Saxton | Take My Heart | Sad Eyes b/w Take My Heart | 02:04 | |
| Stephanie Taylor | I Don't Know Where I Stand (Joni Mitchell) | "I Don't Know Where I Stand" | 03:32 | |
| EQ | Bring it On | Swellsville | 04:17 | |
| Peter Tessier | I Cannot Know | By Turning a Knob | 03:20 | |
| The Reaction | On The Beach | On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve) | 05:58 | |
| Haunted | Twist | ST | 02:34 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Urine Trouble | Year Zero | 02:22 | |
| Warpig | The Moth | ST | 05:12 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Style 386 | Year Zero | 02:17 | |
| New Creation | The Status Quo Song | Troubled | 03:41 | |
| Jarvis Street Revue | Mr. Oil Man | Mr. Oil Man | 12:27 | |
| Beverly Glenn-Copeland | Good Morning Blues | ST | 04:37 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Jarvis Street Revue | Heidi-Ho (Let Her Go) | Mr. Oil Man | 03:29 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Twitch | Spunk | Mess'n With The Bull (Gets The Horn) b/w Spunk | 03:27 | |
| Riverson | Clear Night (Rayburn Blake) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys | Riverside Waltz | Country and Rock & Roll Sound | 03:20 | |
| David Wiffen | Mule Skinner Blues | Live at the Bunkhouse | 02:16 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Midnight Angels | I'm Sufferin' | I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve) | 01:58 | |
| Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band | Commercials for Free | Commercials For Free (EP) | 01:52 | |
| Stephanie Taylor | I'm Going to Make You Love Me | "I Don't Know Where I Stand" | 02:39 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Shadows of Your Mind | ST | 04:18 | |
| Sound Sett | Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) | 1966-1967 | 04:07 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | I Shall be Released | ST | 06:32 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | A Mic In A Fist | Year Zero | 02:14 | |
| Lewis Baloue | Let's Fall in Love Tonight | L'amour | 03:41 | |
| Medium | Melon | ST | 01:46 | |
| Souls of Inspyration | Eyes of Nature | ST | 03:29 | |
| Warpig | Tough Nuts | ST | 08:20 | |
| Cargo | Alisa | Front Side, Back Side | 03:50 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Lewis Baloue | Where Did My Love Go Away | Romantic Times | 04:05 | |
| Sound Sett | Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) | 1966-1967 | 02:23 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | Bill Bissett’s Lullaby | Motherlove | 00:59 | |
| Reign Ghost | The Gum Wrapper Song | ST | 01:51 | |
| Reign Ghost | Reaching | ST | 09:12 | |
| Rock and Roll Bitches | Someone Could Lose an Eye | Wild West (EP) | 02:24 | |
| Rockadrome | R.A.T.C.B. Teaser | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 01:08 | |
| The Fringe | Executive Dream | Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo | 03:04 | |
| Riverson | Eleanor Rigby (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) | ST | 04:14 | |
| Sidewinders | Gift to the Sun | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 06:09 | |
| Mock Duck | Home Made Jam | Test Record | 12:04 | |
| Rockadrome | Very Strange | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 03:14 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Jarvis Street Revue | Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song) | Mr. Oil Man | 04:44 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Peter Tessier | Hey Mister Engineer | By Turning a Knob | 02:38 | |
| Dick Damron | Rockin' Baby | Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby | 01:26 | |
| Lewis Baloue | Things Just Happen That Way | L'amour | 04:21 | |
| Triton Warrior | Sealed In a Grave | Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train | 04:36 | |
| Jarvis Street Revue | 300 South | Mr. Oil Man | 02:40 | |
| Gentlemen of Horror | God Knows you by Name | Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover) | 01:26 | |
| Mushroom Band | Don't Come Down | Don't Come Down b/w Nobody | 02:40 |
Without My Sweet Baby b/w Baby You’re What I Need
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)
Reign Ghost
Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Bob Bryden
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