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
Rascalz Buggin' to the Boogie Really Livin'
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Don't Despair (Jazz Version) ST
Marty Gillan Home from the Forest Try A Little Kindness
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Edible Wallpaper Invisible Roots
Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels Surfs U Rite Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)
Skarecrow Ain't Gonna Pop 'Dem Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Lewis Baloue Even Rainbows Turn Blue L'amour
Brazda Brothers Share With Love ST
Christmas Sorry I Bore You Victoria ST
Jeff Moore & Friends Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Jim Brown Wayne Carr - Timbral Changes The First See Hear
Humble Sponge Barabbas Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
Plastic Cloud Shadows of Your Mind ST
Heat Rocking Chair Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook & Sling Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Mike Harris Rippling Water Jig Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
No Exit Parliament Swindle ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Emtidi Love Time Rain Saat
Lucio Agostini Introduction Once Upon a Hundred Years
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle You Are Too Beautiful ST
Skarecrow My Coffee's Gettin' Cold Blues...Live at the Explorer
Lucio Agostini Skiing in Québec Once Upon a Hundred Years
Hugh Dixon Hot Pants (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Vic Vogel Close to You Montreal Bandleader
Pat's People What Have They Done to the Rain Today
Jim Brown Bp Nichol - Another Day Older The First See Hear
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Matlows Only You If You Were Mine // Only You
Bear Paws House of the Rising Sun Kitche-Ogamah
Ronney Mitchell Fools Rush in The Five Man Cargo
New Reality Here He Goes Demo Tape
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Dreams in Fall ST
Stonemen Faded Colors In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
EQ Late 4 The Studio Swellsville
Haunted A Message to Pretty ST
Ray Griff The Last of the Winfield Amateurs Canada "My Native Land"
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Moon Raker James Bond 007
Chantettes Donna Remember.....
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Saddle Lake Guitar Rhythm Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Jeremy Dormouse Just to Hear the Bells Toad
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Comin' Home Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Billy Martin Prayer Meetin' Strawberry Soul
Jeff Moore & Friends Blind Man (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
Spring Fever She Moves Me Woodstock
Perth County Conspiracy If You Can Want ST
No Exit They'll Never Know ST
Arcade Fire Old Flame ST
New Creation Wind Troubled
Cargo Dubious Front Side, Back Side
Jeremy Dormouse Young Face Toad
Biggy Twiggy Band I Don't Want That to Change Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Lewis Baloue Cool Night In Paris L'amour
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band People Who Created Me Commercials For Free (EP)
Stormbringer Evil Mind The Curse b/w Evil Mind
Jim Brown Lloyd Burritt - The Hollow Men The First See Hear
Cargo Initial Mailing Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
Shagnasty Ringing in My Ear Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
EQ Swellsville Swellsville
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre yu sing Awake in th Red Desert
Les 409 Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Gerry Fiander So Long, Goodbye So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)
Perth County Conspiracy Hurdy-Gurdy Man ST
Jeremy Dormouse Believe Me Toad
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als Beach Rat Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Walter Boudreau Imagination Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Stompin' Connors Tom The Maritime Waltz Northland's Own
Ardels Georgia On My Mind Rhythm & Blues
Lewis Baloue Bringing You a Rose Romantic Times
Barbara Gryfe Evening of Roses What the World Needs Now
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 2) (Dick Kelder) ST
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Something Evil The Great Winnipeg Riot Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot
Terry & The Pyrates Keep On Dancin' Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone
Dutch Mason Ain't Nobody's Business Half Ain't Been Told
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Durocher ST
King Beezz She Belongs to Me Gloria b/w She Belongs to Me
The Organization 60 Years Ago ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra For Your Eyes Only James Bond 007
Spring Fever Oh Baby Hold Me Woodstock
Emtidi Walkin' In The Park Saat
Vicky and the Coins Cotton Fields ST
Original Bones Steamboat Whistle Blues ST
Mystique Beyond the Four Winds Black Rider
Walter Boudreau Passion Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Les 409 They Say They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
Reign Ghost Black Ode ST
No Exit Bureaucracy ST
Ronney Mitchell I've Got to be Me The Five Man Cargo
Don And Adrian Lord When I’m Down River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down
Burgundy Ex-Lovin' Man Lady Blue b/w Ex-Lovin' Man
Grimes Zoal, Face Dancer Geidi Primes
Braineaters Kid Stuff Planet X
George Cook Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Souls of Inspyration Eyes of Nature ST
Jarvis Street Revue 20 Years Mr. Oil Man
Nihilist Spasm Band When in London Sleep at the York Hotel No Record

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

ST

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

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