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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mock Duck | My Time | Test Record | 06:44 | |
| Rockadrome | There You Go Again | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 03:22 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | My Time | Midnite News | 05:15 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Sidewinders | A Voyage | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 01:06 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | The Drum | Ohama aka The White Album | 02:44 | |
| Peter Tessier | And On the Eighth Day He Said… | By Turning a Knob | 04:07 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | A Hum for Stevie Winwood | Motherlove | 00:39 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Stephanie Taylor | Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) | "I Don't Know Where I Stand" | 02:41 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Peter Tessier | Someday | By Turning a Knob | 03:36 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | Cool It | ST | 02:41 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | Dada Lama | Motherlove | 03:06 | |
| Cargo | Only My Best Friends Can Tell | Front Side, Back Side | 02:05 | |
| Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys | Sunrise Waltz | Country and Rock & Roll Sound | 04:03 | |
| Chessmen | Meadowlands | Mustang b/w Meadowlands | 02:33 | |
| Sidewinders | Can't You Feel the Fire | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 04:55 | |
| Hugh Dixon | What's New | The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate) | 02:52 | |
| EQ | Hostile | Swellsville | 04:15 | |
| Sound Sett | Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) | 1966-1967 | 04:07 | |
| United Empire Loyalists | No, No, No | No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark | 02:49 | |
| Rockadrome | Very Strange | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 03:14 | |
| Souls of Inspyration | Pursuit | ST | 02:45 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Feelings Feel | Ohama aka The White Album | 02:57 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | Funny Feeling | Home Grown Stuff | 03:31 | |
| Grimes | Zoal, Face Dancer | Geidi Primes | 02:36 | |
| It's All Meat | If Only | ST | 04:21 | |
| Phillip Werren | Dance Music I | Electronic Music (1968-1971) | 12:55 | |
| British North American Act | Corduroy Coat | In the Beginning | 02:11 | |
| D.O.A. | Nazi Training Camp | Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve) | 01:50 | |
| Jackal | At the Station | Awake | 05:45 | |
| Rock and Roll Bitches | Welders Song | Wild West (EP) | 02:34 | |
| Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys | Breaking Others Hearts | Country and Rock & Roll Sound | 02:12 | |
| Ardels | Alley Oop | Rhythm & Blues | 02:30 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| It's All Meat | Make Some Use of Your Friends | ST | 03:37 | |
| 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 | |
| Compilation | Jim Wheeler and the Spokes - Secret Spy | International Master Discovery Records | 02:59 | |
| Craig Ruhnke | Two Hearts | True Love | 03:12 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Midnite News Finale | Ohama aka The White Album | 05:46 | |
| David Wiffen | Courtin' in the Kitchen | Live at the Bunkhouse | 02:55 | |
| Riverson | I'll be There (Brian Edwards) | ST | 03:15 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Midnite News | Midnite News | 03:15 | |
| Ardels | Stereo Popeye | Rhythm & Blues | 02:21 | |
| Gentlemen of Horror | Overhead Projector | Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover) | 02:41 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Trevor Dandy | Sometimes | Don't Cry Little Tree | 04:33 | |
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Warpig | The Moth | ST | 05:12 | |
| David Wiffen | Four Strong Winds | Live at the Bunkhouse | 04:14 | |
| Ardels | Night Time is the Right Time | Rhythm & Blues | 02:58 | |
| Lewis Baloue | So Be in Love With Me | Romantic Times | 03:33 | |
| Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers | Mr. Fortune | Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool | 02:43 | |
| Riverson | Clear Night (Rayburn Blake) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Triton Warrior | Sealed In a Grave | Sealed In a Grave b/w Satan's Train | 04:36 | |
| Rock and Roll Bitches | Someone Could Lose an Eye | Wild West (EP) | 02:24 | |
| British North American Act | All the World is In Your Eyes | In the Beginning | 02:13 | |
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | One Ring Jane | Home Grown Stuff | 04:15 | |
| Cargo | Child of the Playroom | Front Side, Back Side | 03:17 | |
| Riverson | Eleanor Rigby (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) | ST | 04:14 | |
| Platinum Blonde | No Regrets | Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets | 03:22 | |
| Peter Tessier | Bottle of Time | By Turning a Knob | 03:27 | |
| Ardels | Heads Up | Rhythm & Blues | 02:06 | |
| Reign Ghost | Travels of Blue Paradox | ST | 05:00 | |
| It's All Meat | Sunday Love | ST | 09:10 | |
| Cargo | Dubious | Front Side, Back Side | 02:55 | |
| 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 | |
| EQ | Late 4 The Studio | Swellsville | 03:44 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Midnite News II | Midnite News | 03:30 | |
| Painted Ship | And She Said Yes | Audience Reflections (From Polyana's Dreamworld) b/w And She Said Yes | 02:35 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Speak Of The Devil | Year Zero | 00:36 | |
| Echoes and a Dream | Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) | Echoes and a Dream | 04:31 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Beverly Glenn-Copeland | Reflections | ST | 08:05 | |
| Ellison | Unchanged World (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand, Robert Cager, Christian Tremblay) | ST | 03:36 | |
| Tiaras | Surprise! | Foolish Girl b/w Surprise! | 02:25 | |
| Haunted | Twist | ST | 02:34 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Stephanie Taylor | I'm Going to Make You Love Me | "I Don't Know Where I Stand" | 02:39 | |
| Lewis Baloue | I Thought The World Of You | L'amour | 02:34 | |
| Clymaxe | R. U. Cumming? | R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues | 02:40 | |
| Craig Ruhnke | Somebody To Love | True Love | 02:37 | |
| Peter Tessier | I Cannot Know | By Turning a Knob | 03:20 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Year Zero | Year Zero | 01:58 | |
| Sound Sett | You're a Better Man Than I (Mike & Brian Hugg) | 1966-1967 | 03:24 | |
| EQ | Freestyle | Swellsville | 04:33 | |
| Christmas | Sorry I Bore You Victoria | ST | 02:58 | |
| Rock and Roll Bitches | Broad Daylight | Wild West (EP) | 01:27 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | Pleasure Sweets | Motherlove | 04:29 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | TV | Ohama aka The White Album | 04:33 | |
| Chessmen | Mustang | Mustang b/w Meadowlands | 02:43 | |
| Midnight Angels | I'm Sufferin' | I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve) | 01:58 |
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