Holy Grails
Welcome to the vault of legends. HOLY GRAILS is where Canada’s rarest, most sought-after, and nearly mythical records live—private press LPs, lost 45s, unreleased demos, and impossible-to-find tapes that collectors dream about. These are the records whispered about at record fairs and hunted for across decades. Whether for their scarcity, story, or sheer sonic brilliance, these recordings have earned their place in the pantheon. Handle with care—these are Canada’s sacred slabs.
Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Rodier | Listen to these chords I play (Celeste) | Upon Velveatur | 03:12 | |
| VXN | Putting Love Aside | Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve) | 04:02 | |
| The Mutual Understanding | Everybody Loves My Baby | In Wonderland | 01:55 | |
| November Grief | Exit Life (With China White) | To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo) | 04:29 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | I Can See Mother Nature | ST | 03:37 | |
| Ellison | Unchanged World (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand, Robert Cager, Christian Tremblay) | ST | 03:36 | |
| VXN | Could it Be | ST | 04:06 | |
| Peter Tessier | Why are Old Folks Always Left Alone? | By Turning a Knob | 03:56 | |
| Reign Ghost | Ain't it Great | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 03:56 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Lace and Cobwebs | ST | 02:41 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | Cool It | ST | 02:41 | |
| Simply Saucer | Mole Machine | Cyborgs Revisited | 04:24 | |
| Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers | Hook and Sling | The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope | 05:46 | |
| Haunted | Untie Me | ST | 04:44 | |
| VXN | Running Out | ST | 03:42 | |
| David Wiffen | You Don't Know My Mind | Live at the Bunkhouse | 02:02 | |
| Brass Tacks | Life Or Death | Star Point Tactics (EP) | 05:23 | |
| Ellison | Satanic (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) | ST | 02:02 | |
| Reign Ghost | Breast Stroke Blues | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 04:24 | |
| Simply Saucer | Illegal Bodies | Cyborgs Revisited | 10:12 | |
| Reign Ghost | Pudsy's Parable | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 02:13 | |
| Bent Wind | Riverside | Sussex | 06:12 | |
| The Ugly Ducklings | Just in Case You Wonder | Somewhere Outside (Multicoloured label) | 02:28 | |
| Les Misérables | Vivre avec toi | ST | 02:09 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Epistle to Paradise | ST | 03:35 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Dainty General Rides | ST | 04:14 | |
| Warpig | Melody With Balls | ST | 07:14 | |
| Paradise Frame | Galaxie Flite | ST | 16:06 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Mr. Truthful Licks | ST | 02:48 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | I Shall be Released | ST | 06:32 | |
| The Mutual Understanding | Little Girl Blue | In Wonderland | 03:29 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | Woman Be Good | ST | 02:59 | |
| Sidewinders | I Like to Dance | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 04:52 | |
| Agape | Le printemps des pauvres | Le Troisieme Seuil | 04:26 | |
| Solar Eagle | Tree Of Snakes | ST (EP) | 04:28 | |
| Warpig | U.X.I.B. | ST | 07:38 | |
| David Wiffen | Four Strong Winds | Live at the Bunkhouse | 04:14 | |
| Sidewinders | Time For Loving | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 04:24 | |
| Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers | Memory Lane | The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope | 05:04 | |
| Brégent | Je t'Aime | Poussière Des Regrets | 05:49 | |
| Eddie Spencer | If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) | You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely) | 02:48 | |
| Haunted | Horror Show | ST | 05:30 | |
| Media | Endless Dream | Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream | 03:19 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | Take a Letter Maria | ST | 03:14 | |
| Reign Ghost | More Than I | Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires | 03:36 | |
| Peter Tessier | The Rain on the Brain | By Turning a Knob | 02:38 | |
| Agape | Le temps des partances | Le Troisieme Seuil | 02:57 | |
| Haunted | Searching For My Baby | ST | 03:03 | |
| Agape | Avez-vous vu passer une colombe | Le Troisieme Seuil | 04:14 | |
| Peter Tessier | Hey Mister Engineer | By Turning a Knob | 02:38 | |
| Bent Wind | Hate | Sussex | 05:22 | |
| Judy Singh | Another Woman | A Time for Love | 03:24 | |
| Roger Rodier | You don't know what it's like | Upon Velveatur | 04:11 | |
| Simply Saucer | Here Come the Cyborgs (excerpt) (live) | Cyborgs Revisited | 06:45 | |
| David Wiffen | Blue | Live at the Bunkhouse | 03:42 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | A Hum for Stevie Winwood | Motherlove | 00:39 | |
| The Mutual Understanding | You Fascinate Me | In Wonderland | 03:12 | |
| David Wiffen | Don't Think Twice | Live at the Bunkhouse | 02:49 | |
| Sugluk | Little Boy | Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy | 03:43 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye | ST | 03:45 | |
| Al Oster | Next Boat | Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock | 02:46 | |
| Warpig | The Moth | ST | 05:12 | |
| Joe Kozak | Hillbilly Rock | Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me | 01:48 | |
| David Wiffen | Since I Fell For You | Live at the Bunkhouse | 02:40 | |
| Les Misérables | Elle me dit | ST | 04:03 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Civilization Machine | ST | 08:51 | |
| 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 | |
| November Grief | T.W.O.D. | To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo) | 00:43 | |
| Judy Singh | Song Under the Sun | A Time for Love | 04:57 | |
| Bent Wind | Look at Love | Sussex | 04:01 | |
| Les Misérables | A quoi ca sert | ST | 01:58 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Bridge Under the Sky | ST | 04:35 | |
| Christmas | Just Suppose | ST | 04:29 | |
| Roger Rodier | My spirits calling | Upon Velveatur | 05:05 | |
| Peter Tessier | And On the Eighth Day He Said… | By Turning a Knob | 04:07 | |
| Peter Tessier | A Little More Rain | By Turning a Knob | 01:01 | |
| Simply Saucer | Electro-Rock | Cyborgs Revisited | 04:12 | |
| Judy Singh | Everybody Gets to Go to the Moon | A Time for Love | 03:09 | |
| Christmas | Sorry I Bore You Victoria | ST | 02:58 | |
| Plastic Cloud | Shadows of Your Mind | ST | 04:18 | |
| Bent Wind | Touch of Red | Sussex | 03:13 | |
| Solar Eagle | Lost Season | ST (EP) | 05:59 | |
| Haunted | Montreal Blues | ST | 04:04 | |
| Roger Rodier | While my castles burning | Upon Velveatur | 04:19 | |
| Sidewinders | Can't You Feel the Fire | Flatfoot Hustlin' | 04:55 | |
| Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers | Hell Bent | The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope | 03:31 | |
| The Ugly Ducklings | I Aint Gonna Eat My Heart Out Anymore | Somewhere Outside (Multicoloured label) | 03:02 | |
| The Ugly Ducklings | That's Just the Thought hat I Had in My Mind | Somewhere Outside (Multicoloured label) | 02:42 | |
| Perth County Conspiracy | Hurdy-Gurdy Man | ST | 04:38 | |
| Christmas | Oasis | ST | 06:10 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | By The Time I Get to Phoenix | ST | 03:16 | |
| Brass Tacks | Rush of the Planet | Star Point Tactics (EP) | 05:21 | |
| Les Misérables | Rhythm & Blues | ST | 02:14 | |
| Underworld | Bound | Bound b/w Go Away | 03:15 | |
| Ellison | Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola) | ST | 04:25 | |
| Roger Rodier | Am I supposed to let it by again | Upon Velveatur | 04:08 | |
| Ellison | Freedom (Vincent Marandola) | ST | 03:17 | |
| Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy | Dirty Funk | ST | 03:45 | |
| Agape | Vous etes pas tannes de crever | Le Troisieme Seuil | 03:19 | |
| bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) | Bill Bissett’s Lullaby | Motherlove | 00:59 |
Sussex
Mutual Understanding
In Wonderland
REIGN GHOST 002
REIGN GHOST 003
REIGN GHOST 004
Reign Ghost
Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Bob Bryden
Lynda Squires
Lynda Squires
Reign Ghost feat Lynda Squire VINYL SIDE 02
Reign Ghost feat Lynda Squire VINYL SIDE 01
Reign Ghost - Reighn Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires BACK
ST
Sidewinders-Flatfoot Hustlin LABEL 02
Sidewinders-Flatfoot Hustlin LABEL 01
Sidewinders-Flatfoot Hustlin BACK
Bent Wind - Sussex - Vinyl Side 2
Bent Wind - Sussex - Vinyl Side 1
Bent Wind - Sussex - Jacket BACK
Bound b/w Go Away
Underworld
Roger Rodier-Upon Velveatur LABEL 02
Roger Rodier-Upon Velveatur LABEL 01
Roger Rodier - Upon Velveatur booklet insert
Roger Rodier - Upon Velveatur
Upon Velveatur
Rodier, Roger
Next Boat b/w Midnight Sun Rock
Hmmmm - Plastic Cloud seems to be missing! Anyway, my vote is for the Ducks (garage), Warpig (metal), and for acid folk, Roger Rodier's "Upon Velveatur" hands down. Don't agree with including Mutual Understanding here though - Laurie Bower, Ben McPeek??? Yuck. Cool cover, though - vk