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
One Way Street Tears in My Eyes I See the Light b/w Tears in My Eyes
Valhalla Witch Doctor Witch Doctor b/w Mister Fantasy
Eastern Passage I Could Make You Fall In Love I Could Make You Fall In Love b/w I Feel So Fine
Compilation The Eyes of Dawn - Kaleidoscope Sir John A.'s Leftovers: (a hot and cold companion to the Ottawa Rocks CD)
Deja Voodoo Stuff and Things Big Pile Of Mud
Canadian Squires Uh-Uh-Uh Uh-Uh-Uh b/w Leave Me Alone
Sharp Ends Vacant City Broadview Pressure Test/ Panic Button b/w Vacant City/ Can't Say No (picture sleeve) (re-issue)
Jones, Mike Group Each and Every Day Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Martin Martin Silly Poor Soul Press Right Here b/w Silly Poor Soul
Skaliwags 365 Days a Year Turn Him Down b/w 365 Days A Year (gold label)
Montgomery Marilyn Avenue Never Again b/w Marilyn Avenue
Gruesomes Cry in the Night Tyrants of Teen Trash: 13 Unlucky Hits
Ugly Ducklings Reality Off the Wall
Deja Voodoo How Can I Miss You Cemetery
Reign Ghost Reaching ST
Breastfeeders, Les Tu n'es pas mon chien Les matins de grands soirs
Clay and the Funseekers (Clay Naslund) Jailhouse Rock People of Action b/w Jailhouse Rock
Sinners, Les Kid sentiment Vox Populi
Sound Sett Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) 1966-1967
Northwest Company The End is Autumn The End is Autumn b/w Eight Hours a Day
J.B. and the Playboys Poor Anne Poor Anne b/w My Love
Thee Deuces Hung Up on You You Gotta Try b/w Hung Up on You (picture sleeve)
Vindicators If I Were You ST
King Beezz I Gotta Move I Can't Explain b/w I Gotta Move
Gruesomes Je Cherche Gruesomania
Vindicators No Worries ST
Pouvoir des Fleurs, Le Je ne sais pas pourquoi Va t'en chez toi b/w Je ne sais pas pourquoi
Reign Ghost Curio Shop ST
Those Naughty Boys Somebody Told My Girl Tell Me Why b/w Somebody Told My Girl
Golden Earrings Nothing Much My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Song The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Electric Roaches 1-2-5 (The Haunted) 1-2-5 b/w Don't Wanna Know
Clayton-Thomas, David Brain Washed Brain Washed b/w Barbie-Lee
Sinners, Les Candid colour countdown Sinnerisme
Power of Beckett Just We Two Just We Two b/w Shake Me, Wake Me
Deja Voodoo Call Link Wray Big Pile Of Mud
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Haunted Untie Me ST
Deja Voodoo Monsters in My Garage Got Married Big Pile Of Mud
Our Generation Run Down Every Street I'm a Man b/w Run Down Every Street
Mants I Smell...Woman! I Smell...Woman!
As Sheriff His Father's Good Machine His Father's Good Machine b/w Six Ways to the Ace
Deja Voodoo 48 Bucks Big Pile Of Mud
Five D Baby Boy Baby Boy b/w Good Time Music
Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind Just In Case You're Wondering b/w That's Just the Thought I Had in My Mind (mis-print)
Ferrari's of Canada (All I Ever Want is) Girls (All I Ever Want is) Girls b/w Please Tell Her
Five Sounds Loadin' Cool Loadin' Coal b/w Baby Please Don't Cry
Lyme I'm Only Dreaming I'm Only Dreaming b/w Measles
Chandells Tired of Waiting One Track Mind b/w Tired of Waiting
Brunswick Playboys That's The Way I Feel Looking In On the Brunswick Playboys
Rockatones (aka Rock-A-Tones) Bad Girl Bad Girl b/w I'm a Man
Scoundrelz Heartbreak Hotel Heartbreak Hotel b/w Poor John
Sound Sett Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) 1966-1967
Miesha and the Spanks Sweetheart Gods of Love
Checkerlads The Dreamer The Dreamer b/w You Just Can't Hide (picture sleeve)
Power of Beckett Shake Me Wake Me Just We Two b/w Shake Me, Wake Me
Reign Ghost Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy ST
Gruesomes Way Down Below Gruesomania
Tvees Shes no Good ST
Mynah Birds Go On And Cry It's My Time b/w Go On And Cry
Summers, Chris Wine And Women Wine And Women b/w To Hearts That Are Young
Deverons She Is My Life She Is My Life b/w You Can't Buy Me
Tempests Ruby That's Right - Walk on By
King Beezz Wine is Fine Sean's Song b/w Wine is Fine
Worst The DT’s ST
Rising Sons She's Just Like Me Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore b/w She's Just Like Me (picture sleeve)
Grass Company Once a Child Once a Days b/w Once a Child
Deja Voodoo My Girlfriend Big Pile Of Mud
Shockers I Can't Make It Somebody Help Me b/w I Can't Make It
Quid She Lover Lover b/w She
Worst Can’t Stand This Love ST
Breastfeeders, Les Viens avec moi Les matins de grands soirs
Luke & the Apostles Not Far Off You Make Me High b/w Not Far Off
Lexington Avenue The Bird Collector The Bird Collector b/w Flowing Kind of Feeling
Jaybees Do You Think I'm in Love I'm a Loner b/w Do You Think I'm in Love (picture sleeve)
Jury Not Guilty Until You Do b/w Not Guilty
Montgomery Never Again Never Again b/w Marilyn Avenue
Ugly Ducklings That's Just the Thought hat I Had in My Mind Somewhere Outside (Multicoloured label)
Sinners, Les L.S.D ha! ha! Sinnerismes
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Homework Homework b/w Come Back - Try Me
Stratones, Les Petite soeur Petite soeur b/w Laisse-moi petite fille
Breastfeeders, Les Funny Funiculaire Les matins de grands soirs
Ugly Ducklings Hangman (V2) Thump & Twang
Gruesomes Come And See Me (I'm Your Man) Cave-In!
Haunted 1-2-5 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
One Way Street Tears Listen To Me b/w Tears
King Beezz Sean's Song Sean's Song b/w Wine is Fine
Deja Voodoo Gonna Kill Somebody Big Pile Of Mud
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Berries Valley of Three Tears Night Winds b/w Valley of Three Tears
Berries Night Winds Night Winds b/w Valley of Three Tears
Norman, Don & the Other Four Nothing to Do, No Place to Go Ottawa Rocks, Sir John A. Years comp
Ultimate Image It's a Hard Life It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
(Those) Rogues Wish I Could See You Again Wish I Could See You Again b/w Girl
Fringe, The Token For My Mind Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Skaliwags Turn Him Down Turn Him Down b/w 365 Days A Year (gold label)
Haunted Searching For My Baby ST
Ugly Ducklings Yesterday's Child Off the Wall
Worst I Don’t Want You ST
Wiggy Symphony The Chosen Life Four Days From Monday b/w The Chosen Life

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