$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)
Rush - Rush on Moon
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
Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruhnke, Craig | Give Me the Nighttime | True Love | 03:12 | |
| Warpig | U.X.I.B. | ST | 07:38 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | STHNLA | Motherlove | 04:44 | |
| Haunted | Untie Me | ST | 04:44 | |
| Benjamin, Conrad | Will There be Tomorrow | Saturn | 08:49 | |
| Benjamin, Conrad | Why Should I Think the Way I Do | Saturn | 04:26 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Tessier, Peter | I Still Don't Know | By Turning a Knob | 02:58 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | The Drum | Ohama aka The White Album | 02:44 | |
| Evolution Expantion | Blues Finding | Blow Up b/w Blues Finding | 03:16 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Keep Your Hand Off My Girl | Year Zero | 03:39 | |
| Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band | Passive & Blue | Commercials For Free (EP) | 00:59 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Souls of Inspyration | Eyes of Nature | ST | 03:29 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | When She Wants Good Lovin' | Guido & Co. | 02:32 | |
| D.O.A. | Disco Sucks | Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve) | 01:39 | |
| Reign Ghost | Curio Shop | ST | 03:26 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Grimes | Feyd Rautha Dark Heart | Geidi Primes | 03:41 | |
| Sidewinders | Gift to the Sun | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 06:09 | |
| Stonefield, The | Morning Hours | Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours | 04:34 | |
| Warpig | The Moth | ST | 05:12 | |
| Plague | The Face of Time | The Face of Time b/w We Were Meant to Be | 02:29 | |
| Expedition to Earth | Time Time Time | Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time | 02:55 | |
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | Little Pony | Home Grown Stuff | 02:08 | |
| EQ | Come Alive (King Otto Remix) | Swellsville | 04:18 | |
| Ardels | Heads Up | Rhythm & Blues | 02:06 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| New Creation | Countdown to Revolution! | Troubled | 07:20 | |
| Rockadrome | Inside Out, Inside In | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 03:46 | |
| Jarvis Street Revue | Mr. Oil Man | Mr. Oil Man | 12:27 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| McGhie, Wayne & the Sounds of Joy | Dirty Funk | ST | 03:45 | |
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | Walk Your Head Around | Home Grown Stuff | 04:30 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Baloue, Lewis | Summer's Moon | L'amour | 03:49 | |
| Baloue, Lewis | Bringing You a Rose | Romantic Times | 04:42 | |
| Wiffen, David | Since I Fell For You | Live at the Bunkhouse | 02:40 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Civilization Machine | ST | 08:51 | |
| Sidewinders | Time For Loving | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 04:24 | |
| Tessier, Peter | Raver's Inn | By Turning a Knob | 04:52 | |
| Riverson | Stoney Day (Brian Edwards, Lisa Eisenhardt (Lisa Hartt)) | ST | 04:28 | |
| Reign Ghost | Eyes Knows, So Does Ears | ST | 09:11 | |
| Haunted | Horror Show | ST | 05:30 | |
| Mock Duck | Introduction - Ground Hog | Test Record | 05:34 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Woman for All Seasons | ST | 04:13 | |
| Lark, Tobi (Bessie Grace Gupton) aka Bessie Watson | Time Will Pass You By | Time Will Pass You By b/w Heartbreaker (promo) | 03:08 | |
| Riverson | I'll be There (Brian Edwards) | ST | 03:15 | |
| Taylor, Stephanie | I'm Going to Make You Love Me | "I Don't Know Where I Stand" | 02:39 | |
| It's All Meat | You Don't Notice the Time You Waste | ST | 03:56 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Reflections | ST | 08:05 | |
| Medium | Two by Two | ST | 02:37 | |
| Damron, Dick | Gonna Have a Party | Gonna Have a Party b/w Rockin' Baby | 02:02 | |
| Mock Duck | Home Made Jam | Test Record | 12:04 | |
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | No one in Particular | Home Grown Stuff | 03:40 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | A Hum for Stevie Winwood | Motherlove | 00:39 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Ellison | Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola) | ST | 04:25 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Compilation | New Brands - Ace Up His Sleeve | International Master Discovery Records | 02:24 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Dixon, Hugh | What's New | The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate) | 02:52 | |
| British North American Act | Don't Run Away | In the Beginning | 02:37 | |
| Kenner, Roy and His Associates | Without My Sweet Baby | Without My Sweet Baby b/w Baby You’re What I Need | 03:08 | |
| Medium | My Lady Lies Forever | ST | 02:41 | |
| Echoes and a Dream | Yesterday's Tomorrow | Echoes and a Dream | 03:22 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Epistle to Paradise | ST | 03:35 | |
| Ardels | Georgia On My Mind | Rhythm & Blues | 03:34 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | Pot O' Gold | Home Grown Stuff | 03:22 | |
| Benjamin, Conrad | You're Just Afraid (To Give Me Your Love) | Saturn | 02:56 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| D.O.A. | Woke Up Screaming | Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve) | 02:52 | |
| EQ | Swellsville | Swellsville | 04:01 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Gentlemen of Horror | Bank | Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover) | 00:59 | |
| Vines, Norris and The Luvlines | Give In | Give In b/w Feel The Warm | 02:46 | |
| British North American Act | Baby Jane Days and Nights | In the Beginning | 02:47 | |
| 49th Parallel | She Says | She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing) | 02:01 | |
| Riverson | Can't Live Without You (Franki Hart) | ST | 03:07 | |
| Tessier, Peter | Hey Mister Engineer | By Turning a Knob | 02:38 | |
| Haunted | Out of Time | ST | 03:41 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | So Long | Guido & Co. | 02:37 | |
| Northwest Company | Get Away From it All | Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All | 02:49 | |
| Baloue, Lewis | Like To See You Again | L'amour | 04:25 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Rock 'N' Roll | Ohama aka The White Album | 04:26 | |
| Jackal | For You | Awake | 03:08 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Haunted | Shake | ST | 02:22 | |
| Wiffen, David | Four Strong Winds | Live at the Bunkhouse | 04:14 | |
| Sidewinders | A Voyage | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 01:06 | |
| Souls of Inspyration | Pursuit | ST | 02:45 | |
| Grimes | Caladan | Geidi Primes | 02:25 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | Pleasure Sweets | Motherlove | 04:29 | |
| Baloue, Lewis | As the Boats Go By | Romantic Times | 03:10 |
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