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
New Creation Songs to Sing Troubled
Triaxe Chain of Superstition Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
A Joint Effort Oh! Canada Final Effort
Marty Gillan Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday Try A Little Kindness
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Country Four Blues Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Sheila Graham Gentle On My Mind ST
Hugh Dixon Guitar Soco Guitar Solo (acetate)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre th deacon bros in barbados Awake in th Red Desert
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 1) (Dick Kelder) ST
Bear Paws Can't You See Kitche-Ogamah
Barbara Gryfe Evening of Roses What the World Needs Now
John Greenwood There is Peace My Sailboat and Me
Jim Morrison Ready to Rock Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre th ride to th place uv meditaysyun Sonic Horses I
Medium Stars ST
Jackie Mittoo Mystic World Stepping Tiger
Roger Rodier Am I supposed to let it by again Upon Velveatur
Grimes Feyd Rautha Dark Heart Geidi Primes
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre fading era Sonic Horses I
New Creation The Status Quo Song Troubled
Garden Bower This Woman (live) Etc. w/ Trains
Haunted Untie Me ST
Bloodstone Toronto Toronto b/w I'm Your Man
Rockadrome Good Dream Royal American 20th Century Blues
Calgary Range Riders Curly Hair Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair
Original Bones The Verses of the Fool ST
Langley Schools Music Project Good Vibrations Wix - Brown Elementary School
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Wanda Unda Landa Chip Dip
Jeff Moore & Friends Blind Man (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
New Creation No Excuse Troubled
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Country Cooking Phil
Compilation Shades of Blond - All Your Love International Master Discovery Records
David Hey Jude ST
Dutch Mason Mannish Boy Half Ain't Been Told
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre the canada council juree prson is missing Sonic Horses I
Brad Richards Right Time for Love Right Time for Love
Moonstone Relative Hoak ST
Plastic Cloud Dainty General Rides ST
King Herbert And the Knights Sing a Simple Song With Jack Harden
Blind Owl Roads ST
Garden Bower Gord’s Dream Etc. w/ Trains
Ray Griff Garrington Canada "My Native Land"
Langley Schools Music Project God Only Knows Wix - Brown Elementary School
Ted Daigle When You Said You All Ruby b/w When You Said You All
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Time is of the Essence Invisible Roots
Ardels Theme Rhythm & Blues
Robert Armes Song for Icarus Songs for Icarus
Art Snider Edelweiss Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Spring Shine Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Jim Brown Bp Nichol - Another Day Older The First See Hear
Brazda Brothers Share With Love ST
Sound Sett I Need You (Everybody Needs Somebody) 1966-1967
Gentlemen of Horror Overhead Projector ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
David Descension ST
Golden Earrings Nothing Much My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Spring Fever Oh Baby Hold Me Woodstock
New Creation Wind Troubled
Papa Bears Medicine Show Taking My Time ST
Echoes and a Dream Thank You (Led Zeppelin) Echoes and a Dream
Huckle Gather The Children Wild Blue Yonder
David Wiffen Don't Think Twice Live at the Bunkhouse
No Exit Parliament Swindle ST
Nihilist Spasm Band The Byron Bog No Record
Riverson I'll be There (Brian Edwards) ST
Braineaters Modern Man Planet X
Bent Wind The Lions Sussex
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Let it Be The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Art Snider "Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show) Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Cat Piss Year Zero
Sweet Somethings Hold On, I'm Comin' hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Nick Ayoub Quintet Report from Cairo The Montreal Scene
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey #1 ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Keep Your Hand Off My Girl Year Zero
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Listen Here Chip Dip
Moonstone Focus ST
Barbara Gryfe Don't Give Up What the World Needs Now
Cargo Dubious Front Side, Back Side
Skeptical Eye Mama Does'n Understand The Devil's Playground
Threads Of Fybre Believe Me Mama b/w Believe Me
Lucio Agostini Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Jensen Sisters You Light Up My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Plastic Cloud Bridge Under the Sky ST
Jerry Palmer Hey, Sweet Baby String of Hits
Art Snider Lara's Theme Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Chantettes Advertisement Song Remember.....
Ronney Mitchell Will it go Round in Circles? The Five Man Cargo
Robert Armes Fallen Star Songs for Icarus
Ellison Satanic (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Medium Two by Two ST
Lewis Baloue Where Did My Love Go Away Romantic Times
Langley Schools Music Project Sweet Caroline Wix - Brown Elementary School
Tex Lecor Je t'amène avec moi Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Michel & the French Canadians Cause I Believe Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Perth County Conspiracy If You Can Want ST
Jeremy Dormouse Small Man Toad
Skeptical Eye Ghet-ti Train The Devil's Playground
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Jazz Compo No. 2 "The Beak" ST
Medium The Mouse ST

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

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