Rarest Canadian Music

Rarest Canadian Music

Welcome to the deep end of the archive—an unparalleled collection of Canada’s most elusive, obscure, and impossible-to-find recordings. Private press LPs, vanished 45s, cassette-only gems, and forgotten studio experiments—all rescued from the brink of silence. Spanning every genre and region, RAREST CANADIAN MUSIC shines a light on the voices, visions, and vinyl that slipped through the cracks of mainstream history. Unearthed, digitized, and preserved—this is Canada’s hidden soundtrack.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Jeremy Dormouse birds of joy Toad Rejects
John Palmer The Wheel Shorelines
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Randy Bishop I Sing a Soft Song I Sing A Soft Song
Lewis Baloue It's a New Day Romantic Times
Les 409 Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
Ablaze Sadistic Dream Psychopath
Jimmy Apostle & the Willows I Love Ya Honey I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love
Sacrifice Beyond Death The Exorcism
Robert Armes Fallen Star Songs for Icarus
Dutch Mason Baby Please Don't Go Half Ain't Been Told
New Reality Moments of Silence Demo Tape
A Joint Effort My Man Final Effort
VXN The Magic’s in Your Hands ST
John Palmer Such a Long Long Time Shorelines
Stompin' Tom Connors May, The Millright's Daughter Northland's Own
The Other Half Thoughts ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn i first came to vancouvr Sonic Horses I
Ray Griff Garrington Canada "My Native Land"
The Other Half Summertime ST
Vic Vogel Shadow of Your Smile and Yesterday Montreal Bandleader
Bonnie Scots Lizzie Lindsay Laugh and Cry
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding What Child is This Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Boys Brigade Cut Up Live Off-The-Floor Demo
No Exit Do You Wanna Join? ST
Reign Ghost Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy ST
Mike Harris By the Fireside Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Elevated Platform Home Grown Stuff
London Experimental Jazz Quartet The Sound of Next Year's Echo Invisible Roots
Jackie Mittoo Special Mission Stepping Tiger
Brégent Epitaphe villon Poussière Des Regrets
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Times are Changing Home Grown Stuff
The Other Half Stormy Monday Blues ST
Cargo Once a Proud Man Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Chantettes Harry Was a Communist Remember.....
Joni Mitchell Be Cool Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Moonstone Hope You Come See ST
Huckle Good Morning Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Hugh Dixon Green Green Grass of Home (vocals: Pat Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Johnny Teah & The Jubilee Mountain Boys Sad Whistle Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre the canada council juree prson is missing Sonic Horses I
Robert Armes Sun Song Songs for Icarus
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Rated "X" "Coming Out"
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre my mouths on fire Awake in th Red Desert
David Lovely Lady ST
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Teenage Time
Bent Wind Goin' to the City Sussex
Brégent Mon frère Poussière Des Regrets
New Creation All is Well Troubled
The Mix Break Up Shake Up Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
The Organization Crocadile Rock ST
Pat's People Richman's Spiritual Today
Plastic Cloud Epistle to Paradise ST
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face Unselfconsciously Canadian
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Who You Frontin' For (Remix) Year Zero
Rock-a-tunes Maria Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
British North American Act I'll Find a Way In the Beginning
Gentlemen of Horror Overhead Projector Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Stephanie Taylor Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Heat Rocking Chair Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair
Alexander Brott & Donald McGill Canada: Case History (Earle Birney) - Erosion (E.J. Pratt) - Children of Martha (Gilean Douglas) - Quiet (Marjorie Pickthall) - Paul Bunyan (A Legend of his return to St. Eustache) (Arthur S. Bourinot Sept for Seven: Seven Brief Movements Combining the Arts of Music and Poetry - A Setting of Five Canadian Poems, Introduced by Musical Prelude and concluded with a Postlude
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part One ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre heard ya tellin Awake in th Red Desert
David Fromager Catch Him If You Can If What You Said Was True
Ellison Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola) ST
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone That's the Way I Like It "Coming Out"
Sacrifice 1985-07-30_Sacrifice_Urbinati, Rico_CKLN FM Arg Rock interview Interviews 1985 + First Live Show
John Greenwood Jig My Sailboat and Me
Vicky and the Coins When the Saints Go Marching In ST
David Wiffen You'll Never Make a Dollar That Way Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Cyrus Eden You Came For Me First Offense (EP)
Mystique Beyond the Four Winds Black Rider
Caribou Quebec te veux ST
Vicky and the Coins Bill Bailey ST
Grimes Caladan Geidi Primes
Brazda Brothers Lonely Time ST
Jeff Moore & Friends Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Caribou Libre ST
David Alvin J. Ashtray ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Let it Be The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Jeremy Dormouse Baby Blue Toad
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Robert Armes Woman in Toronto Songs for Icarus
Phillip Werren Dance Music II Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Jack London & the Sparrows Sparrows and Daisies ST
New Reality Yesterday a Child Was Born Demo Tape
Echoes and a Dream Yesterday's Tomorrow Echoes and a Dream
May Run Up Where Dreams Begin Days Into Years
Blind Owl Song To the Wind ST
Stephanie Taylor Long and Winding Road "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Stephanie Taylor Suzanne (Leonard Cohen) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Brégent Le chien Poussière Des Regrets
Spade Nielsen What's Happening Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
Jeff Moore & Friends Flying So High (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son

Shakey Ground b/w Feelings

45-Hi Octane Band - Shakey Ground VINYL 02

Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

45-Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path VINYL 02

ST

ST

Minutes From Downtown '82

Minutes From Downtown

CASSETTE - Minutes From Downtown - ST DEMO FRONT

Wheeeee! Demo

Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

ST

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Christmas

Christmas

Christmas

Christmas

Christmas

Christmas

ST

Christmas

Christmas-ST (Paragon) LABEL 02

Christmas-ST (Paragon) LABEL 01

Comments

Robert Williston

ok. thanks. I'll get those posted in the next little while....RW

Anonymous

oops - correct title of the Rockadrome album is "Royal American 20th Century Blues" - vk

Anonymous

I'd like to nominate: the first Cargo album (Front Side Back Side), bil bisset & mandan massacre (Awake in th Red Desert), the first two Intersystems albums, Jeff Moore & Friends (The Youngest Son), the second Reign Ghost album (featuring Lynda Squires), and Rockadrome (20th Century Royal American Blues) - vk