The Garage

The Garage is a high-octane collection where over 300 raw Canadian slabs of vinyl rumble and roar straight out of the crates to blow out your speakers. From fuzz-soaked 60s garage rock to frenzied proto-punk and obscurities you’ve probably never heard, this playlist celebrates the unpolished, unfiltered, and utterly addictive sounds that defined Canada’s underground rock scene. Plug in, spin it loud, and let these rare grooves take you right back into the dusty heart of the garage.

Free Thinkers - You Were Born for Me b/w She's Hurt

Toronto, Ontario

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Witness Inc. - Jezebel b/w Not You Girl (picture sleeve)

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Bartholomew + Three - She's Mine b/w You're Not There

Montréal, Québec

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Lexington Avenue - Farmer John b/w Wendy Taylor

Thunder Bay, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Sphex - Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City (picture sleeve) (re-issue)

Ontario

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Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

Chateauguy, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Johnny and the Canadians - Say Yeah! b/w A Million Tears Ago (promo)

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Misérables, Les - Pourquoi b/w Ooh Poo Pah Do

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Last Words - Op 3 Give Me Time b/w Op 4 Drive A Mini-Minor (Picture Sleeve)

Toronto, Ontario

King Bees - Little Girl b/w What's Your Name

Belleville, Ontario

Hennig, Jack & the Breaking Point Group - Maybe Tomorrow b/w Busy People

Edmonton, Alberta

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Power of Beckett - Just We Two b/w Shake Me, Wake Me

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Norman, Don & the Other Four - Low Man b/w Your Place In My Heart

Ottawa, Ontario

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Mandala - Give and Take b/w From Toronto - '67

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Night Walkers - Why? b/w If I Can Reach You

Dunnville, Ontario

Compilation - Nightmares from the Underworld Vol 02

Canada

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Shags - Smiling Fenceposts b/w Dr Feel-Good

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Ardels - Piece of Jewellery b/w Run Hully Gully Boy

Etobicoke, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Expedition to Earth - Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

49th Parallel - Laborer b/w You Do Things

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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M.G. & the Escorts - Please Don't Ever Change b/w Sorry to Hear

Pointe-Claire Montréal, Québecc, 🇨🇦

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Dee and the Yeomen - In a Minute Or Two b/w Afraid of Love

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jones, Mike Group - Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Company Store - This Land b/w Coming Home

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Paupers - For What I Am b/w Free as a Bird

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Liverpool Set - Walking the Dog b/w Oh Gee Girl

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Five Sounds - Peanut Butter b/w Miss Ann

Halifax, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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Deja Voodoo - ST (EP) (picture sleeve with castle on grey background)

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Sound Box (aka Brian Redmond &) - Warm Your Mind and Soul b/w I'm Learning

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Checkerlads - Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)

Regina, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

Deja Voodoo Monsters in My Garage second version back

Electric Roaches 1-2-5

Circle Widens

Harvey Deveau

Nocturnals - Because You're Gone b/w Can It Be True

Tom Northcott - Just Don't b/w Let Me Know

Tempests - That's Right - Walk on By

Second and longest-lasting lineup, l-r: Ed Clynton, Dave Tupper, Kenny Shields, Allen Ayers and Les Bateman (kneeling)

Witness ad

Les Breastfeeders - Les matins de grands soirs

Les Breastfeeders

The Fringe - Plastic People b/w Nancy Brown

Les 409 acetate label one-of-a-kind garage artifact

Miesha and the Spanks - Mean Face b/w Fuck Around (picture sleeve)

Topless Mongos - Hey My My/ Theme from Human Centipede b/w Rowena (picture sleeve)

Electric Roaches - 1-2-5 b/w Don't Wanna Know

Rabble - You Come on Too Strong b/w Golden Girl

Portland Street South - Baby Get Out b/w Love (I’ll Never Let You Go)

Guess Who - Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)

Michel & the French Canadians - Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)

Rick Buckthorp

The Fringe

The Fringe

MG & the Escorts 1967 promo from RPM Magazine November 11, 1967

Painted Ship - Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies

Sphex - Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City (picture sleeve) (re-issue)

Haunted - 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning

King Beezz - Gloria b/w She Belongs to Me

Mood - Train's Late b/w Who Do You Love

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Northcott, Tom Just Don't Just Don't b/w Let Me Know
Gruesomes Who Dat? Cave-In!
Gruesomes My Broken Heart Will Never Mend Unless You Come Back With the Guns Tyrants of Teen Trash: 13 Unlucky Hits
Miesha and the Spanks Until You're Lovin' Me Gods of Love
Gruesomes Got Love If You Want It Unchained (EP)
Brunswick Playboys Railroad Tracks Looking In On the Brunswick Playboys
Back Street Journal Ain’t Too Proud to Beg I’m Not With You b/w Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
Sinners, Les Les disc-jockeys Sinnerismes
Jury Who Dat? Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Sinners, Les Vox Populi Vox Populi
Chessmen (2) Pretty Girl ST
Worst Little White Lies ST
Five D Dimentia Ottawa Rocks, Sir John A. Years comp
Pouvoir des Fleurs, Le Je ne sais pas pourquoi Va t'en chez toi b/w Je ne sais pas pourquoi
Guess Who One Day Clock On The Wall b/w One Day (picture sleeve)
Haunted Horror Show ST
Sound Sett I Need You (Everybody Needs Somebody) 1966-1967
Pacers I Want You Back I Want You Back b/w Windjammer
London, Jack & the Sparrows Glad to Be With You ST
Five D Things Go Better With Coke Ottawa Rocks, Sir John A. Years comp
Misty Fire Who I Am Cries of a Gambler b/w Who I Am
Sound Sett I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding & Jerry Butler) 1966-1967
Esquires It's a Dirty Shame It's a Dirty Shame b/w Devoted to You
Electric Roaches 1-2-5 (The Haunted) 1-2-5 b/w Don't Wanna Know
Sharp Ends Broadview Pressure Test Broadview Pressure Test/ Panic Button b/w Vacant City/ Can't Say No (picture sleeve) (re-issue)
Blue Canadian Band Oh-No Oh-No b/w Blue Feeling
Brunswick Playboys Need You Looking In On the Brunswick Playboys
Cardan, Le Les yeux de l'amour Jardin d'ébène b/w Les yeux de l'amour
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Song The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Compilation Don Norman & The Other Four - Mustang Sally Sir John A.'s Leftovers: (a hot and cold companion to the Ottawa Rocks CD)
Five Sounds Baby Please Don't Cry Loadin' Coal b/w Baby Please Don't Cry
Shockers Somebody Help Me Somebody Help Me b/w I Can't Make It
Plume Tout peut S'oublier Tout peut S'oublier b/w Doctor Robert
Bartholomew + Three Delila My Babe Before b/w Delila
Free Thinkers You Were Born for Me You Were Born for Me b/w She's Hurt
Sparrow Green Bottle Lover Green Bottle Lover b/w Down Goes Your Love Life (promo)
Deja Voodoo Eager Beaver Baby Cemetery
Hi-Fives Mo-Shun Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Stonemen Faded Colors In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
M.G. & the Escorts I Can't Go On I Can't Go On b/w The One Who Wants You
Gruesomes You Said Yeah Gruesomania
Compilation The Eyes of Dawn - Kaleidoscope Sir John A.'s Leftovers: (a hot and cold companion to the Ottawa Rocks CD)
Topless Mongos Theme from Human Centipede Hey My My/ Theme from Human Centipede b/w Rowena (picture sleeve)
Differents, Les Je ne veux plus ST
Five D Running 'Round in Circles Get Out of My Life Woman b/w Running 'Round in Circles
Bartholomew + Three You're Not There She's Mine b/w You're Not There
Differents, Les Toute les filles Toute les filles b/w Soyons differents
M.G. & the Escorts It’s Too Late A Someday Fool b/w It’s Too Late
Tree (Factree) Suzie Q See To Your Neighbour b/w Suzie Q
Last Words The Laugh's on Me The Laugh's on Me b/w She'll Know How (picture sleeve)
Power of Beckett Shake Me Wake Me Just We Two b/w Shake Me, Wake Me
Worst The DT’s ST
Haunted Mona (I Need You Baby) Mona (I Need You Baby) b/w I'm Just Gonna Blow My Little Mind to Bits
Action Winsom's Melody Winsom's Melody b/w Hang On Sloopy
Chandells One Track Mind One Track Mind b/w Tired of Waiting
Luke & the Apostles You Make Me High You Make Me High b/w Not Far Off
Sound Sett Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
King Bees Little Girl Little Girl b/w What's Your Name
Those Naughty Boys Baby Baby b/w Heart
Reign Ghost Curio Shop ST
Sparrow Hard Times With the Law Hard Times With the Law b/w Meet Me After Four
Sinners, Les L'hymne à Zoé Sinnerisme
Heart, The Treat Me Bad Treat Me Bad b/w Help Me Down
Ultimate Image It's a Hard Life It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Compilation Les Demi-Douzaines (Don Norman & Other 4) - Le Bounce Sir John A.'s Leftovers: (a hot and cold companion to the Ottawa Rocks CD)
409, Les Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
Tempests That's All That's Right - Walk on By
Mood Who Do You Love Train's Late b/w Who Do You Love
Deverons She's Your Lover Blue Is The Night b/w She's Your Lover
Deja Voodoo Cemetery Cemetery
Sinners, Les Cleopatra Sinnerisme
Strange Movies What A Drag (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
Tempests Beans That's Right - Walk on By
Deja Voodoo Crocodile Tears Cemetery
Dee and the Yeomen Say Baby (Who Am I) Say Baby (Who Am I) b/w You Should Know It (picture sleeve)
Stratones, Les Petite soeur Petite soeur b/w Laisse-moi petite fille
Haunted I'm Just Gonna Blow My Little Mind to Bits Mona (I Need You Baby) b/w I'm Just Gonna Blow My Little Mind to Bits
Compilation Those Naughty Boys - Baby Sir John A.'s Leftovers: (a hot and cold companion to the Ottawa Rocks CD)
Strange Movies (I Can) Feel It Coming (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
A Passing Fancy People in Me People in Me b/w Spread Out
Reign Ghost Standing Room Only, Mr. Mars ST
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Quid She Lover Lover b/w She
Sinners, Les Versailles 1667 Sinnerismes
Mynah Birds It's My Time It's My Time b/w Go On And Cry
Breastfeeders, Les Le monde tourne autour de toi Dans la gueule des jours
Tarry, Michael (Michael McDermott) A Dime's Worth Neighbours at the Zoo b/w A Dime's Worth
Miesha and the Spanks Up in the Mountains Gods of Love
Ugly Ducklings All Drugged Out Off the Wall
Tarry, Michael (Michael McDermott) Neighbours at the Zoo Neighbours at the Zoo b/w A Dime's Worth
Mood Train's Late Train's Late b/w Who Do You Love
Zamboni Drivers Drained of Blood - Drained of Blood Skating Ghost b/w Drained of Blood
Serf, Les Mademoiselle ye-ye Le temps ne les attend pas b/w Mademoiselle ye-ye
Differents, Les La solitude ST
Haunted A Message to Pretty ST
Quiet Jungle Too Much in Love Too Much in Love b/w Make Up Your Mind
Stampeders You Never Know Until You Try Wyld Canada Vol 6 comp: My Delight
Witness Inc. Harlem Lady Harlem Lady b/w I Put A Spell On you (picture sleeve)
Adanac Reply What Would It Be Like? What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One

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