$1000 Record Club
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.
Bent Wind - Sussex - Vinyl Side 2
bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2
Reaction
Rockadrome - Royal American 20th Century Blues BACK
Siggy Magic & the Hey Ho Band - Commercials For Free (EP)
Circle Widens
Stephanie Taylor - "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 02
Bob Bryden
Plastic Cloud - ST
Joker's Memory - ST
Stoltz Brothers
Phillip Werren - Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Rush - Rush on Moon
Squires - The Sultan b/w Aurora
Rick Buckthorp
The Fringe
The Fringe
Medium
No Exit - ST insert side 2
7th Temple - Under the Burning Sun
Rock and Roll Bitches Kenny MacKay at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17, 1981. photo courtesy Rose Kapp
Cargo -/ Front Side, Back Side
Cargo - Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
D.O.A. - Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Underworld - Go Away b/w Bound
Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Reaction, The | The Kid's Arrived | On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve) | 02:32 | |
| Rock and Roll Bitches | Wild West | Wild West (EP) | 02:46 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | Flying Goodbye | Ohama aka The White Album | 03:45 | |
| Medium | In Between | ST | 04:43 | |
| Ardels | Stereo Popeye | Rhythm & Blues | 02:21 | |
| Saint, Jamie Lee | Breakdown | ST (EP) | 04:22 | |
| McGhie, Wayne & the Sounds of Joy | When I Think of Home | ST | 02:49 | |
| Ruhnke, Craig | Nancy Jane | True Love | 02:10 | |
| Werren, Phillip | Dance Music II | Electronic Music (1968-1971) | 05:03 | |
| Ellison | Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola) | ST | 04:25 | |
| Echoes and a Dream | Midnight Passion | Echoes and a Dream | 04:18 | |
| Gentlemen of Horror | Rich Kids | Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover) | 01:23 | |
| EQ | Come Alive (King Otto Remix) | Swellsville | 04:18 | |
| British North American Act | If You're Looking for Honey | In the Beginning | 02:12 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Hurdy-Gurdy Man | ST | 04:38 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Year Zero | Year Zero | 01:58 | |
| Medium | New Thing | ST | 04:35 | |
| VIIth Temple | Under the Burning Sun | Under the Burning Sun | 07:05 | |
| Benjamin, Conrad | Will There be Tomorrow | Saturn | 08:49 | |
| Gentlemen of Horror | Rough Hike | Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover) | 01:20 | |
| Werren, Phillip | Dance Music I | Electronic Music (1968-1971) | 12:55 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Reign Ghost | Mother's Got Troubles | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 03:32 | |
| Media | Endless Dream | Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream | 03:19 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Dixon, Hugh | Chopin's Nocturne | The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate) | 03:33 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | Joshua Gone Barbados | Guido & Co. | 03:52 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Don't Despair | ST | 02:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Rockadrome | Thirteen Miles Down | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 02:20 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Warpig | Advance A Minor | ST | 07:26 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Mock Duck | Introduction - Ground Hog | Test Record | 05:34 | |
| Sound Sett | Dead Sea (Bruce MacGregor modified) | 1966-1967 | 02:05 | |
| Baloue, Lewis | Love Showered Me | L'amour | 04:01 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | Pleasure Sweets | Motherlove | 04:29 | |
| Media | Girl I Want You | Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream | 04:20 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck | Funny Feeling | Home Grown Stuff | 03:31 | |
| Sound Sett | Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) | 1966-1967 | 02:23 | |
| Warpig | Melody With Balls | ST | 07:14 | |
| It's All Meat | Self-confessed Lover | ST | 04:33 | |
| Baloue, Lewis | As the Boats Go By | Romantic Times | 03:10 | |
| Grimes | Beast Infection | Geidi Primes | 02:21 | |
| Jackal | How Time Has Flown | Awake | 05:56 | |
| Cargo | Alisa | Front Side, Back Side | 03:50 | |
| Cargo | Initial Mailing | Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing | 04:19 | |
| McGhie, Wayne & the Sounds of Joy | I Can See Mother Nature | ST | 03:37 | |
| Mock Duck | My Time | Test Record | 06:44 | |
| Stonemen | In the Evening | In the Evening b/w Faded Colors | 03:04 | |
| Haunted | Searching For My Baby | ST | 03:03 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Ellison | Untruth Story (Vincent Marandola) | ST | 05:58 | |
| Wiffen, David | Four in the Mornin' | Live at the Bunkhouse | 03:43 | |
| Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama) | And Without a Word | Ohama aka The White Album | 04:16 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Urine Trouble | Year Zero | 02:22 | |
| D.O.A. | Nazi Training Camp | Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve) | 01:50 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) | Hit The Breaks | Year Zero | 02:00 | |
| Baloue, Lewis | Bringing You a Rose | Romantic Times | 04:42 | |
| Riverson | Clear Night (Rayburn Blake) | ST | 03:06 | |
| D.O.A. | Royal Police | Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve) | 02:14 | |
| Rockadrome | R.A.T.C.B. Teaser | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 01:08 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Dainty General Rides | ST | 04:14 | |
| Tessier, Peter | Pastorale | By Turning a Knob | 03:34 | |
| EQ | Play The Back | Swellsville | 04:35 | |
| Sound Sett | She Ain't No Use to Me (Dave Bingham & Roger Mayne, The Ugly Ducklings) | 1966-1967 | 03:07 | |
| Rockadrome | R.A.T.C.B. Reprise | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 05:22 | |
| Reaction, The | On The Beach | On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve) | 05:58 | |
| Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band | People Who Created Me | Commercials For Free (EP) | 04:49 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Cargo | Dubious | Front Side, Back Side | 02:55 | |
| Grimes | Grisgris | Geidi Primes | 03:22 | |
| Warpig | U.X.I.B. | ST | 07:38 | |
| Benjamin, Conrad | I Didn't Love You | Saturn | 03:31 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| EQ | Bring it On | Swellsville | 04:17 | |
| Haunted | Out of Time | ST | 03:41 | |
| Baloue, Lewis | It's a New Day | Romantic Times | 04:11 | |
| Tessier, Peter | Why are Old Folks Always Left Alone? | By Turning a Knob | 03:56 | |
| New Creation | Where Are You Going? | Troubled | 03:11 | |
| Haunted | Shake | ST | 02:22 | |
| Taylor, Stephanie | Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) | "I Don't Know Where I Stand" | 02:41 | |
| Ardels | Theme | Rhythm & Blues | 03:20 | |
| Guido Smit & Co. | Running From Home | Guido & Co. | 01:59 | |
| It's All Meat | You Brought Me Back to My Senses | ST | 03:23 | |
| McGhie, Wayne & the Sounds of Joy | Cool It | ST | 02:41 | |
| British North American Act | The World Would Understand | In the Beginning | 02:33 | |
| Ellison | Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola) | ST | 04:06 | |
| Jackal | A New Day Has Arisen | Awake | 08:21 | |
| Reign Ghost | Solar Nice | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 02:33 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 |
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