Canada’s 50 most coveted collector LPs — the rarest in the nation. From ultra-rare private press obscurities and regional psychedelic masterpieces to progressive rock landmarks, outsider folk statements, jazz-funk essentials, and proto-metal classics, these albums represent the highest tier of Canadian record collecting and define the international market for rare Canadian vinyl.
Featured in this collection are Blue Max – Limited Edition, bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) – Motherlove, Rockadrome – Royal American 20th Century Blues, Other Half – ST, Riverson – ST, Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers – The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope, Brazda Brothers – ST, Jeremy Dormouse – Toad, New Creation – Troubled, British North American Act – In the Beginning, Intersystems – Number One, Sidewinders – Flatfoot Hustlin', Plume Latraverse – Triniterre-La Sainte-Trinite, Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy – ST, 49th Parallel – ST, Mantra – ST, Roger Rodier – Upon Velveatur, Cargo – Simple Things, Original Bones – ST, Cargo – Front Side, Back Side, Papa Bears Medicine Show – ST, Reign Ghost – ST, Spring Fever – Woodstock, Christmas – Heritage, Jackal – Awake, Warpig – ST, It's All Meat – ST, Peter Tessier – By Turning a Knob, Blind Ravage – ST, Rush – ST, Perth County Conspiracy – ST, Mock Duck – Test Record, Trevor Dandy – Don't Cry Little Tree, Jeff Moore & Friends – The Youngest Son, Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck – Home Grown Stuff, Ellison – ST, Reign Ghost – Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires, Bent Wind – Sussex, Medium – ST, Jarvis Street Revue – Mr. Oil Man, Moonstone – ST, David Wiffen – Live at the Bunkhouse, Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre – Awake in th Red Desert, Haunted – ST, Huckle – Wild Blue Yonder, Intersystems – Free Psychadelic Poster Inside, Christmas – ST, Souls of Inspyration – ST, Plastic Cloud – ST, and Beverly Glenn-Copeland – ST.
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverson | Can't Live Without You (Franki Hart) | ST | 03:07 | |
| Christmas | Rise Up | Heritage | 03:12 | |
| Bent Wind | Mystify | Sussex | 03:13 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | If You Can Want | ST | 04:29 | |
| Intersystems | Orange Juice & Velvet Underwear | Number One | 19:41 | |
| Ellison | Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola) | ST | 04:06 | |
| Medium | New Thing | ST | 04:35 | |
| Christmas | Sorry I Bore You Victoria | ST | 02:58 | |
| Bent Wind | Sacred Cows | Sussex | 04:09 | |
| Reign Ghost | Black Ode | ST | 03:29 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | M.L.’s Dream | Motherlove | 01:06 | |
| Tessier, Peter | Someday | By Turning a Knob | 03:36 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Other Half | Evil Ways | ST | 04:30 | |
| Other Half | Travellin Band | ST | 03:39 | |
| Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers | Memory Lane | The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope | 05:04 | |
| 49th Parallel | Lazerander Filchy | ST | 03:01 | |
| Christmas | Zephyr Song | Heritage | 13:20 | |
| Riverson | Empty Sky (Brian Edwards - Rayburn Blake) | ST | 04:31 | |
| Blind Ravage | Loser | ST | 02:40 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Other Half | Don't Think Twice | ST | 03:27 | |
| Reign Ghost | Mother's Got Troubles | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 03:32 | |
| Cargo | Pachyderm (In Your Head) | Simple Things | 07:06 | |
| Huckle | I Surrender | Wild Blue Yonder | 03:33 | |
| Warpig | Tough Nuts | ST | 08:20 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Reign Ghost | The Gum Wrapper Song | ST | 01:51 | |
| Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) | Le picnic sur le métropolitain ( (Sous-titres allemands) | Triniterre-La Sainte-Trinite | 02:44 | |
| Moonstone | Finas Birthday Song | ST | 00:51 | |
| Huckle | Rolling River | Wild Blue Yonder | 04:41 | |
| 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 | |
| Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers | Hell Bent | The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope | 03:31 | |
| 49th Parallel | Get Away | ST | 02:33 | |
| Cargo | Alisa | Front Side, Back Side | 03:50 | |
| Rodier, Roger | Just fine | Upon Velveatur | 03:59 | |
| Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers | What Does it Take | The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope | 02:55 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Civilization Machine | ST | 08:51 | |
| Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) | U.J.O.S.Q. | Triniterre-La Sainte-Trinite | 02:14 | |
| Blue Max | The New One | Limited Edition | 05:09 | |
| Moonstone | Hope You Come See | ST | 03:03 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Northwind | ST | 03:21 | |
| It's All Meat | If Only | ST | 04:21 | |
| McGhie, Wayne & the Sounds of Joy | Dirty Funk | ST | 03:45 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Epistle to Paradise | ST | 03:35 | |
| Spring Fever | She's Lookin' Good | Woodstock | 02:56 | |
| Bent Wind | The Lions | Sussex | 05:28 | |
| Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre | awake in the red desert | Awake in th Red Desert | 03:37 | |
| It's All Meat | Make Some Use of Your Friends | ST | 03:37 | |
| Mantra | Depend on Somebody (D'arcy Draper) | ST | 03:35 | |
| Dandy, Trevor | Lord I Come to Thee | Don't Cry Little Tree | 03:45 | |
| Bent Wind | Goin' to the City | Sussex | 02:51 | |
| Rockadrome | Ain't It a Shame | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 03:14 | |
| Blind Ravage | Tousaw | ST | 03:43 | |
| New Creation | No Excuse | Troubled | 04:43 | |
| Brazda Brothers | Calm River | ST | 02:38 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Woman for All Seasons | ST | 04:13 | |
| Rush | What You're Doing | ST | 04:24 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Reign Ghost | Breast Stroke Blues | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 04:24 | |
| Rodier, Roger | My spirits calling | Upon Velveatur | 05:05 | |
| New Creation | All is Well | Troubled | 03:20 | |
| Mantra | Dick's Song (Dick Kelder) | ST | 03:51 | |
| 49th Parallel | The People | ST | 02:49 | |
| Rockadrome | Very Strange | Royal American 20th Century Blues | 03:14 | |
| Huckle | Wild Blue Yonder | Wild Blue Yonder | 04:14 | |
| It's All Meat | You Brought Me Back to My Senses | ST | 03:23 | |
| Spring Fever | Oh Baby Hold Me | Woodstock | 02:31 | |
| Cargo | The Old Woman | Simple Things | 02:07 | |
| Warpig | Rock Star | ST | 04:08 | |
| Rush | Before and After | ST | 05:37 | |
| Jarvis Street Revue | Heidi-Ho (Let Her Go) | Mr. Oil Man | 03:29 | |
| Rush | Need Some Love | ST | 02:21 | |
| Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) | À même la vie - Poème - Accroché | Triniterre-La Sainte-Trinite | 08:47 | |
| Dandy, Trevor | Is There Any Love? | Don't Cry Little Tree | 04:32 | |
| Rodier, Roger | Let's see some happyness | Upon Velveatur | 04:56 | |
| Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre | now, according to paragraph C | Awake in th Red Desert | 02:31 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| McGhie, Wayne & the Sounds of Joy | Going In Circles | ST | 03:48 | |
| Sidewinders | Can't You Feel the Fire | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 04:55 | |
| Plastic Cloud | You Don't Care | ST | 10:35 | |
| Jackal | In the Heavens | Awake | 04:02 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | The Incest Song | Motherlove | 02:21 | |
| New Creation | Eternity Ahead | Troubled | 02:49 | |
| Reign Ghost | Eyes Knows, So Does Ears | ST | 09:11 | |
| Moonstone | Said Gently | ST | 03:55 | |
| Brazda Brothers | Civilization | ST | 02:56 | |
| Haunted | 1-2-5 | ST | 02:30 | |
| Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) | Chez dieu | Triniterre-La Sainte-Trinite | 03:25 | |
| Latraverse, Plume (Michel Proulx) | Si un jour je reviens sur terre | Triniterre-La Sainte-Trinite | 03:05 | |
| Cargo | Talk With Us | Front Side, Back Side | 07:45 | |
| Reign Ghost | Long Day Journey #1 | ST | 03:09 | |
| Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre | she's a very good cook | Awake in th Red Desert | 02:17 | |
| Jackal | Awake | Awake | 07:57 | |
| Mantra | Stay (D'arcy Draper) | ST | 02:58 | |
| Jackal | Lost in the World | Awake | 02:26 | |
| Glenn-Copeland, Beverly | Untitled (Make the Answer "Yes") | ST | 04:31 | |
| Dandy, Trevor | Sometimes | Don't Cry Little Tree | 04:33 | |
| Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre | an ode to d a levy | Awake in th Red Desert | 01:25 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 |
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