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
Vic Vogel Shadow of Your Smile and Yesterday Montreal Bandleader
Lucio Agostini Pan Am Young and Old Once Upon a Hundred Years
Marty Gillan Sweet Caroline Try A Little Kindness
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Cat Piss Year Zero
Rascalz Whose The Hip Hopper Really Livin'
Art Snider Silly Jilly Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Cyrus Eden Horizon First Offense (EP)
R. Taylor Dean My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
Hugh Dixon Hugh's Hangout (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Ellison Satanic (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Style 386 Year Zero
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Jim Brown Lloyd Burritt - The Hollow Men The First See Hear
Hank Noble & His Red River Valley Boys I`ll Spend My Life Loving You Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You
Catseye I Met a Girl Out in the Country Catseye
Phillip Werren Dance Music II Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Ted Daigle Ruby Ruby b/w When You Said You All
New Day Gotta Spread Some Love Around They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around
Billy Martin One More Time Strawberry Soul
Barbara Gryfe Colours of the Rainbow What the World Needs Now
Sunshyne Eclypse & Sunny Day (Ross Barrett and Ken Spence) The Raven (EP)
Adanac Reply The Other One What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Barry Ennis Mountain of Ice Mountain of Ice b/w School Days
Gargoyle Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You ST
Rascalz Gal Business Really Livin'
Jim Brown Wayne Carr - Timbral Changes The First See Hear
Rascalz Quest for Rhyme Really Livin'
Roger Rodier Just fine Upon Velveatur
Derek Scott Markle Daddy's 100 Proof ST
Huckle Beyonder Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Vicky and the Coins B Jam Boogie ST
Langley Schools Music Project Venus and Mars Wix - Brown Elementary School
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Other Half In Passing ST
Stephanie Taylor Softly as I Leave You "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding My Favourite Things Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
The Stonefield Deep Shades of Blue Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Dr. No James Bond 007
David Wiffen Climb the Stairs Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Echoes and a Dream Midnight Passion Echoes and a Dream
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Edible Wallpaper Invisible Roots
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Stompin' Tom Connors Little Wawa Northland's Own
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Sunshine "Coming Out"
Lucio Agostini Canadians on the Go-Go Once Upon a Hundred Years
Sheila Graham Son of a Preacher Man ST
Barbara Gryfe I'll Never Fall in Love Again What the World Needs Now
Sweet Somethings He's My Soul Baby hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Art Snider Lara's Theme Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Sedum Shadows Thinking Away Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Derek Scott Markle Could She Fly ST
September (1) Blue Lady Blue Lady b/w Celebration
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Spring Fever Spring Fever Woodstock
Chantettes Gay Hawaiian Melody Remember.....
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook and Sling The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Hop The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Billy Martin Funky Feelin' Strawberry Soul
David Wiffen Mule Skinner Blues Live at the Bunkhouse
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
John Greenwood The Princess My Sailboat and Me
Grimes Shadout Mapes Geidi Primes
Michael-Jon Rosenberg The High ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook & Sling Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Robert Armes Song for Icarus Songs for Icarus
Sheila Graham Stormy ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Here Is Year Zero
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
David Because I'm Black ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra James Bond Theme James Bond 007
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
Huckle Gather The Children Wild Blue Yonder
Vic Vogel Quiet Nights Montreal Bandleader
Hugh Dixon What's New The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
King Herbert And the Knights Ooga Boogaloo With Jack Harden
Braineaters Modern Man Pt 2 Planet X
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Reign Ghost Solar Nice Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
November Grief Intro To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Jimmy Apostle & the Willows I Love Ya Honey I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love
Aftermath Do You Believe In Magic? Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Cryin' All Alone Chip Dip
Pat's People Richman's Spiritual Today
Legacy Gimme My Drugs Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
Original Bones Rollin' Over ST
Jim Brown Ross Barrett & Jim Brown - Tree Person The First See Hear
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
No Exit Downtown Weekend ST
Robert Armes Lying Close Together Songs for Icarus
Michel & the French Canadians Cause I Believe Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Barbara Gryfe Who Am I What the World Needs Now
Vicky and the Coins Bill Bailey ST
Intersystems Lately Number One
Lewis Baloue My Whole Life L'amour
Ladykiller Ice Woman Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

Vancouver, British Columbia → Toronto → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

Harlem, New York, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Jimmy Apostle & the Willows - I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

FEATURED

Ellison - ST

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Perth County Conspiracy - ST

Stratford, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

FEATURED

Something Evil - Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Kings - Switchin'

Vancouver, British Columbia; Oakville, Ontario

FEATURED

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Barrie, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joker's Memory - ST

Ottawa, Ontario

FEATURED

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Bent Wind - Sussex

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jim Brown - The First See Hear

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra - James Bond 007

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - ST

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - "Coming Out"

Philadelphia, USA → Florida, USA → Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Chessmen - Mustang b/w Meadowlands

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

London Experimental Jazz Quartet - Invisible Roots

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

D.N.A. - Because I Love You b/w Seashell

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - International Master Discovery Records

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Shades of Blond - All Your Love

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

Rehearsal 1985-09

Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Haggath

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09 tape

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09_tape track list_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_03

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape track list_02

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape

Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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

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