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
Sinners, Les Depuis longtemps déjà Vox Populi
Bohemians I Need You Baby I Need You Baby b/w Say It
Compilation Bob Harrington & Don Norman & The Other Four - Changes Sir John A.'s Leftovers: (a hot and cold companion to the Ottawa Rocks CD)
Sound Sett Mustang Sally (Mack Rice) 1966-1967
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Work Song That's All Right b/w Work Song (picture sleeve)
Blue Canadian Band Blue Feeling Oh-No b/w Blue Feeling
Compilation Les Demi-Douzaines (Don Norman & Other 4) - Je T'ai Cherché Sir John A.'s Leftovers: (a hot and cold companion to the Ottawa Rocks CD)
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Tempests Ruby That's Right - Walk on By
Collectors We Can Make It Wyld Canada Vol 4: Rotten to the Core comp
Portland Street South Baby Get Out Baby Get Out b/w Love (I’ll Never Let You Go)
New Wing Brown Eyed Woman Brown Eyed Woman b/w I Need Love
Sound Box (aka Brian Redmond &) I Want You I Want You b/w Boogaloo Up Bord Du Lac
Breastfeeders, Les En dansant le Yah! Les matins de grands soirs
Glass Cage When I See Her Where Did the Sunshine Go?
Sinners, Les Je rêve de toi Sinnerismes
Worst Stop Wasting My Time ST
Royal Family Sometimes Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Deja Voodoo Wormtown Cemetery
Esquires Cry is All I Do Cry is All I Do b/w We've Got a Future
It's All Meat Sunday Love ST
Painted Ship Frustration (unreleased) Wyld Canada Vol 7 comp: Mersey Side
Sinners, Les Notre étang Sinnerismes
Sharp Ends Vacant City Broadview Pressure Test/ Panic Button b/w Vacant City/ Can't Say No (picture sleeve) (re-issue)
Sparrow Hard Times With the Law Hard Times With the Law b/w Meet Me After Four
Knight, Ritchie & the Mid-Knights Homework Homework b/w Come Back - Try Me
Breastfeeders, Les Tuer l'idole Les matins de grands soirs
Gruesomes You Said Yeah Gruesomania
Norman, Don & the Other Four The Bounce The Bounce b/w All Of My Life
Gruesomes (It's) All In Your Mind Hey!
Witness Inc. Not You Girl Jezebel b/w Not You Girl (picture sleeve)
Tempests Needles & Pins That's Right - Walk on By
Northwest Company Eight Hours a Day The End is Autumn b/w Eight Hours a Day
Jury Please Forget Her Please Forget Her b/w Who Dat?
Deja Voodoo Monsters in My Garage Got Married Big Pile Of Mud
King Beezz I Can't Explain I Can't Explain b/w I Gotta Move
Ardels Piece of Jewellery Piece of Jewellery b/w Run Hully Gully Boy
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Berries Valley of Three Tears Night Winds b/w Valley of Three Tears
Miesha and the Spanks She Wolf Gods of Love
Shame Tree Junior Saw It Happen Junior Saw It Happen b/w My Little Buttercup
Checkerlads Baby Send For Me Baby Send For Me b/w Shake Yourself Down (picture sleeve)
London, Jack & the Sparrows If You Don't Want My Love ST
Breastfeeders, Les Chanson pour destinée Les matins de grands soirs
Shockers Somebody Help Me Somebody Help Me b/w I Can't Make It
Gettysbyrg Address Love is a Beautiful Thing Love is a Beautiful Thing b/w Keep Your Hands (Off My Baby)
Clayton-Thomas, David Barbie-Lee Brain Washed b/w Barbie-Lee
Bartholomew + Three She's Mine She's Mine b/w You're Not There
Haunted Horror Show ST
(Those) Rogues Wish I Could See You Again Wish I Could See You Again b/w Girl
Factree Something Called Love Kaleidoscope b/w Something Called Love
Breastfeeders, Les Tout va pour le mieux dans le pire des mondes Les matins de grands soirs
Five Sounds Baby Please Don't Cry Loadin' Coal b/w Baby Please Don't Cry
Gruesomes One Good Reason Cave-In!
49th Parallel Laborer Laborer b/w You Do Things
Guess Who If You Don't Want Me Flying on the Ground is Wrong b/w If You Don't Want Me
Ugly Ducklings Nothin' Somewhere Outside (Multicoloured label)
Raphaels Someday Someday b/w I Change My Mind
Ugly Ducklings She Ain't No Use to Me She Ain't No Use to Me b/w 10:30 Train
Ugly Ducklings Hangman Thump & Twang
Factree Kaleidoscope The Factory
Painted Ship Frustration Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Vindicators No Worries ST
Worst Telling You True ST
Heart, The Help Me Down Treat Me Bad b/w Help Me Down
Factree I'm a Man The Factory
Plume Doctor Robert Tout peut S'oublier b/w Doctor Robert
Ugly Ducklings Reality Off the Wall
Chessmen (2) Adventure ST
Breastfeeders, Les J'pourrais pas vivre avec toi Dejeuner sur l'herbe
Gruesomes Buried and Dead Unchained (EP)
Thee Deuces Hung Up on You You Gotta Try b/w Hung Up on You (picture sleeve)
Hi-Fives Mo-Shun Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Stonemen In the Evening In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Long Time Comin' Funny Part of the Season b/w Funny
Ugly Ducklings Hey Momma Keep Your Big Mouth Shut Off the Wall
Checkerlads You Just Can't Hide The Dreamer b/w You Just Can't Hide (picture sleeve)
Deja Voodoo Eager Beaver Baby Cemetery
Worst Set Me Free ST
Haunted Eight O'Clock This Morning 1-2-5 b/w Eight O'Clock This Morning
Reign Ghost Eyes Knows, So Does Ears ST
Gruesomes I'm Searching Unchained (EP)
Sinners, Les Les disc-jockeys Sinnerismes
Haunted Twist ST
Deverons You Can't Buy Me She Is My Life b/w You Can't Buy Me
Gruesomes So Far, So Bad Hey!
Ugly Ducklings Rise to Your Calling Thump & Twang
Asteks, Les Hélène Cheveux blonds et pantalons b/w Hélène
Sinners, Les Candid colour countdown Sinnerisme
Misérables, Les Tu peux partir ST
Painted Ship I Told Those Little White Lies Frustration b/w I Told Those Little White Lies
Guess Who Flying on the Ground is Wrong Flying on the Ground is Wrong b/w If You Don't Want Me
Dee and the Yeomen Broken Hearted Melody Baby It's all Worthwhile b/w Broken Hearted Melody
Compilation The Five D - Things Go Better With Coke (long version) Sir John A.'s Leftovers: (a hot and cold companion to the Ottawa Rocks CD)
Scoundrelz Poor John Heartbreak Hotel b/w Poor John
Compilation Those Naughty Boys - Gone Away Sir John A.'s Leftovers: (a hot and cold companion to the Ottawa Rocks CD)
Five D Baby Boy Baby Boy b/w Good Time Music
Threads Of Fybre Mama Mama b/w Believe Me
Witness Inc. Harlem Lady Harlem Lady b/w I Put A Spell On you (picture sleeve)

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