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
Differents, Les Je partirai ST
Five D Baby Boy Baby Boy b/w Good Time Music
Dee and the Yeomen Say Baby (Who Am I) Say Baby (Who Am I) b/w You Should Know It (picture sleeve)
Sharp Ends Vacant City Broadview Pressure Test/ Panic Button b/w Vacant City/ Can't Say No (picture sleeve) (re-issue)
Five Sounds Peanut Butter Peanut Butter b/w Miss Ann
Simple Simon & the Piemen People of Time People of Time b/w Anyhow
Chessmen (2) Don't Put Me Down ST
49th Parallel Laborer Laborer b/w You Do Things
Deja Voodoo I Better Think Cemetery
It's All Meat If Only ST
King Beezz Now Found and Lost b/w Now
Tree (Factree) See To Your Neighbour See To Your Neighbour b/w Suzie Q
Haunted Horror Show ST
Five Sounds Baby Please Don't Cry Loadin' Coal b/w Baby Please Don't Cry
Compilation The Eastern Passage - Sheherazade Sir John A.'s Leftovers: (a hot and cold companion to the Ottawa Rocks CD)
Breastfeeders, Les Funny Funiculaire Les matins de grands soirs
Hennig, Jack & the Breaking Point Group Maybe Tomorrow Maybe Tomorrow b/w Busy People
Rockatones (aka Rock-A-Tones) I'm a Man Bad Girl b/w I'm a Man
Misérables, Les Ecoute-moi ST
Gruesomes You Gotta Believe Me Cave-In!
Underworld Go Away Bound b/w Go Away
Long Time Comin' Bum-Ba Ba-Da-Da-Da (Kind Of Girl) Bum-Ba Ba-Da-Da-Da (Kind Of Girl) b/w Paper Rose
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Threads Of Fybre Mama Mama b/w Believe Me
One Way Street Listen to Me Listen To Me b/w Tears
Mants I Smell...Woman! I Smell...Woman!
Jones, Mike Group Funny Feeling Each and Every Day b/w Funny Feeling
Vindicators If I Were You ST
Gettysbyrg Address Keep Your Hands (Off My Baby) Love is a Beautiful Thing b/w Keep Your Hands (Off My Baby)
Fringe, The Flower Generation Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Gruesomes That Ain't Right Hey!
Factree Suzie Q The Factory
Reign Ghost Reaching ST
Bartholomew + Three Delila My Babe Before b/w Delila
Nocturnals Can It Be True Because You're Gone b/w Can It Be True
Breastfeeders, Les J'pourrais pas vivre avec toi Dejeuner sur l'herbe
King Beezz She Belongs to Me She Belongs to Me b/w Gloria
Ugly Ducklings No Account Woman Off the Wall
Shadracks Call Up the Man Call Up the Man b/w Midnite Blues
Glass Cage Think it Over Where Did the Sunshine Go?
Gentle Touch Visitors Parking Only Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Ultimate Image It's a Hard Life It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Gruesomes Get Outta My Hair Tyrants of Teen Trash: 13 Unlucky Hits
Gruesomes You Said Yeah Gruesomania
Worst Afraid of the Dark ST
Gentle Touch One Way Ride Visitors Parking Only b/w One Way Ride (picture sleeve)
Gruesomes Cave-in! Cave-In!
409, Les Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago
Brunswick Playboys Need You Looking In On the Brunswick Playboys
Bartholomew + Three You're Not There She's Mine b/w You're Not There
Misérables, Les Vivre avec toi ST
Fringe, The Inside Lookin' Out Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Chessmen You Lost Your Game You Lost Your Game b/w Love Didn't Die
Deja Voodoo Monsters in My Garage Got Married Big Pile Of Mud
Misérables, Les Misérablement vôtre ST
M.G. & the Escorts I Can't Go On I Can't Go On b/w The One Who Wants You
Tempests Needles & Pins That's Right - Walk on By
Mushroom Band Don't Come Down Don't Come Down b/w Nobody
Mants Countdown to Mant Attack I Smell...Woman!
Valhalla Witch Doctor Witch Doctor b/w Mister Fantasy
Sound Sett You're a Better Man Than I (Mike & Brian Hugg) 1966-1967
Gruesomes Thanks For Nothing Hey!
Guess Who If You Don't Want Me Flying on the Ground is Wrong b/w If You Don't Want Me
Deja Voodoo 48 Bucks Big Pile Of Mud
Quiet Jungle Ship of Dreams Ship of Dreams b/w Everything
Sinners, Les Marie-Jeanne Vox Populi
Breastfeeders, Les Tuer l'idole Les matins de grands soirs
Esquires It's a Dirty Shame It's a Dirty Shame b/w Devoted to You
Underworld Bound Bound b/w Go Away
Threads Of Fybre Believe Me Mama b/w Believe Me
Mood Train's Late Train's Late b/w Who Do You Love
Mandala From Toronto - '67 Give and Take b/w From Toronto - '67
Gruesomes No No No No Cave-In!
Stags You Know He Did Guess Who b/w You Know He Did
Last Words She'll Know How The Laugh's on Me b/w She'll Know How (picture sleeve)
Esquires Cry is All I Do Cry is All I Do b/w We've Got a Future
Sound Sett Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) 1966-1967
Sinners, Les Elle est revenue Sinnerisme
Vindicators I'm Gone ST
Stonefield, The Deep Shades of Blue Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Michel & the French Canadians Comfort Him Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Guess Who Baby Feeling Believe Me b/w Baby Feeling
Ugly Ducklings Girl Out of Time Thump & Twang
Northwest Company Hard to Cry Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All
Gruesomes Santa Claus Unchained (EP)
Luvin' Kind (aka The Lovin' Kynd) Missy D.M. Without Her b/w Missy D.M.
Compilation Those Naughty Boys - Heart Sir John A.'s Leftovers: (a hot and cold companion to the Ottawa Rocks CD)
Glass Cage Where Did the Sunshine Go? Where Did the Sunshine Go?
Free-For-All Show Me The Way Blue Monday b/w Show Me The Way
London, Jack & the Sparrows Take it Slow (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Eastern Passage When You Ask About Love When You Ask About Love b/w Love Is Gone
Miesha and the Spanks She Wolf Gods of Love
Worst Get That Thing ST
Miesha and the Spanks Up in the Mountains Gods of Love
Deja Voodoo Big Pile of Mud Big Pile Of Mud
Back Street Journal I’m Not With You I’m Not With You b/w Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
Paper Dream She's No Good My Mind's Eye b/w She's No Good
London, Jack & the Sparrows Glad to Be With You ST
King Beezz Gloria She Belongs to Me b/w Gloria
Deja Voodoo Beat Me to the Lunch Big Pile Of Mud

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