Holy Grails
Welcome to the vault of legends. HOLY GRAILS is where Canada’s rarest, most sought-after, and nearly mythical records live—private press LPs, lost 45s, unreleased demos, and impossible-to-find tapes that collectors dream about. These are the records whispered about at record fairs and hunted for across decades. Whether for their scarcity, story, or sheer sonic brilliance, these recordings have earned their place in the pantheon. Handle with care—these are Canada’s sacred slabs.
bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2
Plastic Cloud - ST
Bob Bryden
Squires - The Sultan b/w Aurora
Rick Buckthorp
The Fringe
The Fringe
Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland
VXN - Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)
Underworld - Go Away b/w Bound
eLLISON (4)
Warpig - ST
Solar Eagle present day
Soothsayer
eLLISON (5)
ST
ST
Wiffen, David - Live at the Bunkhouse
Warpig
Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Star Point Tactics (EP)
A Time for Love
Warpig
Warpig
Warpig
Warpig
Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Fringe, The
Underworld
Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodier, Roger | Listen to these chords I play (Celeste) | Upon Velveatur | 03:12 | |
| Wiffen, David | Four Strong Winds | Live at the Bunkhouse | 04:14 | |
| Paradise Frame | Galaxie Flite | ST | 16:06 | |
| VXN | Putting Love Aside | ST | 04:02 | |
| Squires | Aurora | The Sultan b/w Aurora | 02:07 | |
| Brégent | Métamorphoses du vampire | Poussière Des Regrets | 05:09 | |
| Fringe, The | Inside Lookin' Out | Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo | 04:20 | |
| Mutual Understanding | Rain Rain Go Away | In Wonderland | 02:21 | |
| Ugly Ducklings | Hey Mama (Keep Your Big Mouth Shut) | Somewhere Outside (Multicoloured label) | 03:01 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Epistle to Paradise | ST | 03:35 | |
| Haunted | Horror Show | ST | 05:30 | |
| Haunted | Twist | ST | 02:34 | |
| Ugly Ducklings | Windy City (Noise at the North End) | Somewhere Outside (Multicoloured label) | 06:01 | |
| Tessier, Peter | Hey Mister Engineer | By Turning a Knob | 02:38 | |
| VXN | Putting Love Aside | Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve) | 04:02 | |
| Oster, Al | Midnight Sun Rock | Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock | 01:47 | |
| Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers | Comin' Home | The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope | 05:21 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | The Child in Me | Motherlove | 00:47 | |
| Warpig | Rock Star | ST | 04:08 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Face Behind the Sun | ST | 04:52 | |
| Reign Ghost | Solar Nice | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 02:33 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | So Many Things | ST | 02:51 | |
| Misérables, Les | Le chameau | ST | 02:11 | |
| Brégent | Le chien | Poussière Des Regrets | 01:44 | |
| Tessier, Peter | And On the Eighth Day He Said… | By Turning a Knob | 04:07 | |
| Singh, Judy | A Time for Love | A Time for Love | 04:14 | |
| Sugluk | Fall Away | Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy | 02:49 | |
| Ellison | Unchanged World (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand, Robert Cager, Christian Tremblay) | ST | 03:36 | |
| Agape | Le Troisieme Seuil | Le Troisieme Seuil | 03:05 | |
| Simply Saucer | Mole Machine | Cyborgs Revisited | 04:24 | |
| 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 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Bridge Under the Sky | ST | 04:35 | |
| McGhie, Wayne & the Sounds of Joy | Fire (She Need Water) | ST | 03:03 | |
| Warpig | Advance A Minor | ST | 07:26 | |
| McGhie, Wayne & the Sounds of Joy | When I Think of Home | ST | 02:49 | |
| November Grief | The Aftermath | To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo) | 03:09 | |
| November Grief | Recuring Nightmares | To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo) | 03:04 | |
| Brass Tacks | Truth And Rights | Star Point Tactics (EP) | 04:05 | |
| Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers | A Stranger in Your Own World | The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope | 04:33 | |
| Warpig | Tough Nuts | ST | 08:20 | |
| McGhie, Wayne & the Sounds of Joy | By The Time I Get to Phoenix | ST | 03:16 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | If You Can Want | ST | 04:29 | |
| Rodier, Roger | Let's see some happyness | Upon Velveatur | 04:56 | |
| Brégent | Je t'Aime | Poussière Des Regrets | 05:49 | |
| Agape | Le printemps des pauvres | Le Troisieme Seuil | 04:26 | |
| Sidewinders | Time For Loving | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 04:24 | |
| Reign Ghost | Long Day Journey #2 | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 03:02 | |
| Solar Eagle | See | ST (EP) | 03:36 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Hindsight | ST | 03:39 | |
| Warpig | The Moth | ST | 05:12 | |
| Ellison | Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola) | ST | 04:25 | |
| Agape | Vous etes pas tannes de crever | Le Troisieme Seuil | 03:19 | |
| Haunted | A Message to Pretty | ST | 03:07 | |
| Misérables, Les | Misérablement vôtre | ST | 02:39 | |
| Brégent | Mon frère | Poussière Des Regrets | 02:30 | |
| Simply Saucer | Instant Pleasure | Cyborgs Revisited | 01:42 | |
| Singh, Judy | Song Under the Sun | A Time for Love | 04:57 | |
| Singh, Judy | Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon | A Time for Love | 03:09 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Take Your Time | ST | 03:21 | |
| Ellison | Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola) | ST | 04:06 | |
| Haunted | 1-2-5 | ST | 02:30 | |
| Agape | Avez-vous vu passer une colombe | Le Troisieme Seuil | 04:14 | |
| McGhie, Wayne & the Sounds of Joy | Woman Be Good | ST | 02:59 | |
| VXN | Not Only in Love | ST | 03:54 | |
| Simply Saucer | Bullet Proof Nothing | Cyborgs Revisited | 02:59 | |
| Misérables, Les | A quoi ca sert | ST | 01:58 | |
| Underworld | Go Away | Bound b/w Go Away | 02:49 | |
| Tessier, Peter | I'll Never Know | By Turning a Knob | 01:41 | |
| Ugly Ducklings | I Aint Gonna Eat My Heart Out Anymore | Somewhere Outside (Multicoloured label) | 03:02 | |
| Rodier, Roger | The Key | Upon Velveatur | 04:01 | |
| Simply Saucer | Nazi Apocalypse | Cyborgs Revisited | 03:09 | |
| Mutual Understanding | Little Girl Blue | In Wonderland | 03:29 | |
| Christmas | Sorry I Bore You Victoria | ST | 02:58 | |
| Reign Ghost | Breast Stroke Blues | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 04:24 | |
| Rodier, Roger | While my castles burning | Upon Velveatur | 04:19 | |
| Ugly Ducklings | 10:30 Train | Somewhere Outside (Multicoloured label) | 02:32 | |
| Misérables, Les | Trop fort | ST | 02:34 | |
| VXN | Which One Are You | ST | 03:11 | |
| Ellison | Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) | ST | 05:22 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Civilization Machine | ST | 08:51 | |
| Sidewinders | Flat Foot Hustlin' | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 06:16 | |
| Singh, Judy | Their Hearts Were Full of Spring | A Time for Love | 02:36 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Shadows of Your Mind | ST | 04:18 | |
| Kozak, Joe | Hillbilly Rock | Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me | 01:48 | |
| VXN | No More | Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve) | 03:49 | |
| Haunted | Out of Time | ST | 03:41 | |
| McGhie, Wayne & the Sounds of Joy | Dirty Funk | ST | 03:45 | |
| Mutual Understanding | When The World Was Young | In Wonderland | 03:49 | |
| Fringe, The | Flower Generation | Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo | 02:25 | |
| Brégent | Epitaphe villon | Poussière Des Regrets | 03:21 | |
| Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers | Hell Bent | The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope | 03:31 | |
| McGhie, Wayne & the Sounds of Joy | Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye | ST | 03:45 | |
| Wiffen, David | Courtin' in the Kitchen | Live at the Bunkhouse | 02:55 | |
| Singh, Judy | Up And Down | A Time for Love | 03:38 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | Historical Implications of Turnips | Motherlove | 00:24 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | I Shall be Released | ST | 06:32 | |
| Wiffen, David | Slice of Life | Live at the Bunkhouse | 01:50 | |
| Media | Girl I Want You | Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream | 04:20 | |
| Richardson, Ron | Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) | Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) | 07:36 | |
| Singh, Judy | Samba Del Sol | A Time for Love | 03:08 |
Hmmmm - Plastic Cloud seems to be missing! Anyway, my vote is for the Ducks (garage), Warpig (metal), and for acid folk, Roger Rodier's "Upon Velveatur" hands down. Don't agree with including Mutual Understanding here though - Laurie Bower, Ben McPeek??? Yuck. Cool cover, though - vk