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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Martin, Billy	Egg Roll	Strawberry Soul	03:02
Scott Markle, Derek	Could She Fly	ST	04:01
Mitchell, Joni	Wild Things Run Fast	Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)	02:16
Organization, The	Pretty City Lady	ST	03:09
Mason, Dutch	C.C. Rider	Half Ain't Been Told	04:53
King Herbert And the Knights	Ode to Billy Joe	With Jack Harden	04:15
Stonefield, The	Morning Hours	Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours	04:34
Shagnasty	Ringing in My Ear	Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers	03:26
David	Descension	ST	03:50
Walton, Dennis	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Bel Kanto, Les	A Kind of Break Down	A Kind of Break Down b/w Dors (promo)	03:05
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre	my mouths on fire	Awake in th Red Desert	04:20
Compilation	Stampeders - You Never Know Until You Try	International Master Discovery Records	01:50
Catseye	Love	Catseye	07:29
Boudreau, Walter	Boul Chaumont	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	08:26
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia	Rainbow	ST	03:32
Taylor, Stephanie	Working on a Groove Thing	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	02:50
Cook, George	Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am	Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley	02:50
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Bishop, Randy	I Sing a Soft Song	I Sing A Soft Song	03:04
David	Lovely Lady	ST	03:30
Other Half	Travellin Band	ST	03:39
Gentlemen of Horror	Rough Hike	Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)	01:20
Taylor, Stephanie	I'm Going to Make You Love Me	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	02:39
Taylor, Stephanie	Marion's Theme (Dou Riley)	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	03:01
Langley Schools Music Project	Saturday Night	Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger	03:50
Dandy, Trevor	Is There Any Love?	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:32
Huckle	Beautiful You Are	Wild Blue Yonder	04:27
Huckle	I Surrender	Wild Blue Yonder	03:33
Lecor, Tex	Ti-bicycle	Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)	02:35
Dixon, Hugh	Chopin's Nocturne	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	03:33
Ayoub, Nick Quintet	Blues for McHugh	The Montreal Scene	06:16
Wiffen, David	You'll Never Make a Dollar That Way	Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)	04:03
Graham, Sheila	The Letter	ST	02:28
Catseye	Days Gone By	Catseye	05:15
Brown, Jim	Bruce Clarke - Of Spiralling Why	The First See Hear	09:40
Plateau	My Life	My Life b/w Under the Big House	03:33
King Herbert And the Knights	Chicken Strut	With Jack Harden	03:43
Matlows	If You Were Mine	If You Were Mine // Only You	02:17
Grimes	Rosa	Geidi Primes	03:12
Scott Markle, Derek	Livin' Love	ST	03:11
Aftermath	Sunny	Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny	02:25
Canadian Beadles	Whole Lot of Shakin Going On	Three Faces North	02:28
Skarecrow	Stormy Monday Blues	Blues...Live at the Explorer	06:59
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings	Grazin' in the Grass	Chip Dip	03:41
Compilation	Shades of Blond - All Your Love	International Master Discovery Records	02:12
Dixon, Hugh	Hugh's Hangout (Dixon)	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	02:10
Grimes	Caladan	Geidi Primes	02:25
Scott Markle, Derek	A Better Way	ST	01:39
Harris, Mike	Golden Slippers	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:02
Spring Fever	She's Lookin' Good	Woodstock	02:56
Five Man Cargo	Memories	Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You	02:55
Wiffen, David	Four in the Mornin'	Live at the Bunkhouse	03:43
EQ	Come Alive (King Otto Remix)	Swellsville	04:18
Echoes and a Dream	Midnight Passion	Echoes and a Dream	04:18
Jeremy Dormouse	I Need a Friend	Toad	02:12
Mantra	Drifter (D'arcy Draper)	ST	02:43
Moosetracks	Down Young Street	ST	04:26
British North American Act	See How Free	In the Beginning	02:10
Riverson	Take Me (Rayburn Blake)	ST	02:55
High Park	Sewer Side	Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side	02:46
Rockadrome	There You Go Again	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:22
Compilation	Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:08
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	I'll Take Romance	ST	02:14
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
Vicky and the Coins	Old Fashioned Girl	ST	01:58
Christmas	Just Suppose	ST	04:29
Taylor, Stephanie	Long and Winding Road	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	03:41
Teenage Head	Tearin' Me Apart	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:41
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	One Glass for Wine	Home Grown Stuff	03:09
Dixon, Hugh	Guitar Soco	Guitar Solo (acetate)	02:14
Connors, Stompin' Tom	Sudbury Saturday Night	Northland's Own	02:31
Arcade Fire	I'm Sleeping in a Submarine	ST	02:48
College, Joe & the Rulers	Working Class Hero	It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero	02:11
Moonstone	Said Gently	ST	03:55
Blind Owl	Lingering Dreams	ST	04:38
David	Because I'm Black	ST	02:43
Rascalz	Whose The Hip Hopper	Really Livin'	04:28
Mittoo, Jackie	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon	Smokestack Lightning	ST	04:09
Original Bones	I Went Walkin'	ST	03:43
Perth County Conspiracy	Take Your Time	ST	03:21
Ardels	I'll Go Crazy	Rhythm & Blues	02:19
Organization, The	Happiness	ST	02:27
David	Take My Hand	ST	03:50
Lightfoot, Gordon	Steel Rail Blues	Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)	02:53
Moonstone	Black Blind Light	ST	04:24
Other Half	Summertime	ST	06:16
Haunted	Montreal Blues	ST	04:04
Palmer, Jerry	Gotta Learn to Twist	String of Hits	02:47
Organization, The	Back to Back	ST	02:50
Royal Family	Solitude	Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)	02:06
Trooper	Mr. Big	3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)	03:22
Langley Schools Music Project	In My Room	Wix - Brown Elementary School	02:27
Sunshyne	Eclypse & Sunny Day (Ross Barrett and Ken Spence)	The Raven (EP)	06:52
Georges Leningrad	Bad smells	Made In Taiwan	03:05
Spring	Long Long Way	Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind	03:17
Taylor, Stephanie	I Don't Know Where I Stand (Joni Mitchell)	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	03:32
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey #2	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	03:02
London, Jack & the Sparrows	It's Been One of Those Days	ST	02:27

Rarest Canadian Music

Young, Neil - After the Gold Rush (red text label)

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Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers - The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope

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Brazda Brothers - ST

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Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding - Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding

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Biggy Twiggy Band - Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change

Moosetracks - ST

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Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre - Sonic Horses I

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Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) - Year Zero

Tyrant - Hooked On You b/w Carol

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Taylor, R. Dean - My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)

Morissette, Alanis - Fate Stay With Me (picture disc)

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Expedition to Earth - Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time

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

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Bear Paws - Kitche-Ogamah

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Dixon, Hugh - Guitar Solo (acetate)

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Cargo - Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing

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Five Man Cargo - Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You

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Kozak, Joe - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

David - ST

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

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Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

Morrison, Jim - Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)

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Connors, Stompin' Tom - Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman

Stormbringer - The Curse b/w Evil Mind

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Sugluk - Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)

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New Reality - Demo Tape

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Jensen Sisters - Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze

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Hi-Fives - Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun

Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle - ST

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Reign Ghost - ST

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