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
Stephanie Taylor Suzanne (Leonard Cohen) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Trevor Dandy Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Ronney Mitchell Will it go Round in Circles? The Five Man Cargo
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Madonna ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) State Of The Art Year Zero
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre gold minrs Sonic Horses I
Ray Griff Garrington Canada "My Native Land"
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Chantettes There But For Fortune Remember.....
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Souls of Inspyration Eyes of Nature ST
Pat's People Take Our Bread Today
Original Bones Rollin' Over ST
Moosetracks Happily Day Is Done ST
Blind Owl The Old Man ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Comin' Home The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Barbara Gryfe People (Lovers) Such As What the World Needs Now
EQ Play The Back Swellsville
Chantettes Hush Little Baby Remember.....
Spring Fever Mama, What About Your Daughter Woodstock
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre heart flash us Sonic Horses I
Ardels Linda Lou Rhythm & Blues
Mystique Black Rider Black Rider
Ellison Freedom (Vincent Marandola) ST
Huckle Get Down Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Stompin' Tom Connors Movin' On To Rouyn Movin' On To Rouyn b/w Carolyne
Ardels Theme Rhythm & Blues
Chantettes Come and Go With Me Remember.....
Canadian Beadles Mojo Workout Three Faces North
King Herbert And the Knights Let It Be With Jack Harden
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Reign Ghost Breadbox Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Willie Dunn Ballad of a Metis Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Something Evil Die Children Die Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Groovin ST
Ardels Heads Up Rhythm & Blues
Sheila Graham The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart ST
Shagnasty Ringing in My Ear Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Jack London & the Sparrows Give My Love to Sally ST
Reign Ghost Standing Room Only, Mr. Mars ST
EQ Funky Oasis Swellsville
Sound Sett Oh No (The Sound Sett) 1966-1967
Hugh Dixon Guitar Soco Guitar Solo (acetate)
Pat's People Dona Dona Today
The Shouter's In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
Alanis Morissette Fate Stay With Me Fate Stay With Me (picture disc)
Rascalz How the Story Goes Really Livin'
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre mountain lake Sonic Horses I
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
King Herbert And the Knights Lucille With Jack Harden
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Go Tell it On the Mountain Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Don Carrington Trio Make Me Smile Makin' It Happen
Ardels I'll Go Crazy Rhythm & Blues
Opposite One Night Help Us Make It
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Two ST
Derek Scott Markle Could She Fly ST
Cargo Alisa Front Side, Back Side
No Exit Decisions ST
Robert Armes Imagine a World With No Music Songs for Icarus
Langley Schools Music Project God Only Knows Wix - Brown Elementary School
Robert Armes Slipping Away Songs for Icarus
Chessmen Mustang Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Mantra Dick's Song (Dick Kelder) ST
Athenians of Toronto Everybody's Everything San Skoteiniazei
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Chip's Groove Chip Dip
Lucio Agostini Canadians at Work Once Upon a Hundred Years
Calgary Range Riders Rocky Mountain Rhythm Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair
Brégent Epitaphe villon Poussière Des Regrets
Nerve Odd Fellows - Mr. Handshake (1982) (unreleased) Penchant b/w Preludes
The Stonefield Deep Shades of Blue Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Bonnie Scots Jeanie McCall Laugh and Cry
The Organization I Believe in Music ST
Burgundy Ex-Lovin' Man Lady Blue b/w Ex-Lovin' Man
Thornton Rogers J. The Blues Out in the West b/w The Blues
Garden Bower This Woman (live) Etc. w/ Trains
Trevor Dandy Is There Any Love? Don't Cry Little Tree
London Experimental Jazz Quartet The Sound of Next Year's Echo Invisible Roots
Barbara Gryfe Evening of Roses What the World Needs Now
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Derek Scott Markle Could it Be ST
Sweet Somethings Do You Wanna Dance hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Jeremy Dormouse you can't go back Toad Rejects
Vicky and the Coins Five Foot Two ST
Mantra Beatrices (D'arcy Draper) ST
Tex Lecor Je t'amène avec moi Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Skarecrow Wine Wine Wine Blues...Live at the Explorer
Cargo Child of the Playroom Front Side, Back Side
Arcade Fire The Woodland National Anthem ST
David Wiffen You'll Never Make a Dollar That Way Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Jackie Mittoo Harder than the Rest Stepping Tiger
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Casino Royale James Bond 007
Braineaters Wrong World Planet X
Huckle I Surrender Wild Blue Yonder
Ray Griff Curley Canada "My Native Land"
Stompin' Tom Connors Carolyne Movin' On To Rouyn b/w Carolyne
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone That's the Way I Like It "Coming Out"
Skeptical Eye Concealed Truth The Devil's Playground
Papa Bears Medicine Show Baroque ST

Strawberry Soul

I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

ST

Compilation

ST

GUESS289-color

Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

45-Something Evil-Die Children Die VINYL 02

45-Something Evil-Die Children Die VINYL 01

45-Something Evil-The Great Winnipeg Riot BACK

Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

Something Evil

Heat

45-Heat - Brighouse bw Rocking Chair VINYL 02

Switchin'

Diodes' Paul Robinson @ Black Swan, Ottawa March 1978 courtesy Cameron Muir

Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind

David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

1987-05-24_Sacrifice + Ablaze + Faulkwolf_Bathurst Theatre (Toronto)_orange original flyer reduced

ST

ST

Glenn-Copeland, Beverly

Sussex

Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

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