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.

Bent Wind - Sussex - Vinyl Side 2

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Reaction

Black Knight - Master of Disaster

George Cook - Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley

Rockadrome - Royal American 20th Century Blues BACK

Moonstone - ST

Sweet Somethings - hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'

Siggy Magic & the Hey Ho Band - Commercials For Free (EP)

Frankie

Stephanie Taylor - "I Don't Know Where I Stand"

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

David

Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 02

Bob Bryden

Plastic Cloud - ST

Les 409 acetate label one-of-a-kind garage artifact

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - Coming Out

Joker's Memory - ST

Ablaze - Psychopath b/w Sadistic Dream

Hank Snow - Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)

Phillip Werren - Electronic Music (1968-1971)

Squires - The Sultan b/w Aurora

Natalie Pollock & John Turner

Michel & the French Canadians - Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Style 386 Year Zero
Gryfe, Barbara Evening of Roses What the World Needs Now
Bear Paws Lady of the Nite Kitche-Ogamah
Snider, Art Denise Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Rock-a-tunes Maria Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Medium The Mouse ST
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding What Child is This Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Daigle, Ted Sweet Little Sixteen Teenage Time
Clymaxe R. U. Cumming? R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues
Skarecrow Rest Assured Blues...Live at the Explorer
Joy Tears to be Cried Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Mason, Dutch Walkin' Blues Half Ain't Been Told
Riverson Winter Garden (Brian Edwards) ST
Athenians of Toronto 26 or 6 to 4 San Skoteiniazei
Skarecrow Wee Wee Baby Blues...Live at the Explorer
British North American Act I'll Find a Way In the Beginning
Mock Duck Sitting on Top of the World Test Record
Langley Schools Music Project Band On the Run Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Opposite A Dark Night Help Us Make It
Jensen Sisters Dancin' in the Autumn Breeze Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Goldfinger James Bond 007
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Chip's Groove Chip Dip
Bent Wind The Lions Sussex
Nihilist Spasm Band The Byron Bog No Record
Echoes and a Dream Thank You (Led Zeppelin) Echoes and a Dream
Dandy, Trevor When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Arcade Fire The Woodland National Anthem ST
No Exit Do You Wanna Join? ST
Medium I'll Love Everyone at Last ST
Ratherford, Michael Hard Drugs Hard Drugs
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Never Mind My Job ST (psych cover)
Scott Markle, Derek Goin' Thru the Town ST
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre whn i first came to vancouvr Sonic Horses I
Gnys, Stefan Evangeline English Oaks and Evangeline
Palmer, John The Wheel Shorelines
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Perth County Conspiracy Hindsight ST
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Wanda Unda Landa Chip Dip
Dandy, Trevor Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
VXN Which One Are You ST
EQ Bring it On Swellsville
Rodier, Roger My spirits calling Upon Velveatur
EQ Step Up Swellsville
Cargo Alisa Front Side, Back Side
Mathieson, Peter Yonge Street Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
Bear Paws Can't You See Kitche-Ogamah
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre arbutus garden apartments 6 p m Awake in th Red Desert
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre boomerang th floating oranges Sonic Horses I
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Silhouette ST
Liska Missing You Cry Out Loud
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra James Bond Theme James Bond 007
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Ron Martin Special With Mustard Invisible Roots
Braineaters Modern Man Pt 2 Planet X
Cyrus Eden Horizon First Offense (EP)
London Experimental Jazz Quartet My Dog's Tail is Longer Than Yours Invisible Roots
Brégent La mélancolie Poussière Des Regrets
Brown, Jim Bruce Clarke - Of Spiralling Why The First See Hear
Grimes Beast Infection Geidi Primes
Medium My Lady Lies Forever ST
Palmer, Jerry Celebration Day String of Hits
Bonnie Scots Jeanie McCall Laugh and Cry
Huckle Lady Goldberry Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck One Ring Jane Home Grown Stuff
Langley Schools Music Project Venus and Mars Wix - Brown Elementary School
Sweet Somethings Hold On, I'm Comin' hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Connors, Stompin' Tom Emily, the Maple Leaf Northland's Own
Lecor, Tex Je t'amène avec moi Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Uncertain Land of 1000 Dances Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
Brégent Mon frère Poussière Des Regrets
Agostini, Lucio Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Nihilist Spasm Band Dog Face Man No Record
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never
Compilation Joe Vassos - Leavin' on a Jet Plane Unselfconsciously Canadian
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Northwind ST
Griff, Ray D-Dogies Canada "My Native Land"
Connors, Stompin' Tom Streets of Toronto Northland's Own
Original Bones One More Night ST
Vogel, Vic Close to You Montreal Bandleader
Brazda Brothers Walking in the Sun ST
Medium Give Me a Peace ST
Dakus, Wes & the Club 93 Rebels Surfs U Rite Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)
Cyrus Eden You Came For Me First Offense (EP)
Fromager, David If What You Said Was True If What You Said Was True
Palmer, John Better Later Than Never Shorelines
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon Groovin ST
Braineaters Kid Stuff Planet X
Amen, The Carnivals and Cotton Candy Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus
Mantra San Francisco Morning (D'arcy Draper) ST
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone That's the Way I Like It "Coming Out"
Griff, Ray Our Country Canada "My Native Land"
Moosetracks This Place is No Place to be Happy ST
Biggy Twiggy Band Mama Won't Let You Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Jeremy Dormouse October Morning Toad
Richards, Brad Right Time for Love Right Time for Love
Blind Owl Spring Rain ST
Cargo Only My Best Friends Can Tell Front Side, Back Side

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