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
Stephanie Taylor Windmills of Your Mind "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal East The Montreal Scene
Joy Tears to be Cried Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre an ode to d a levy Awake in th Red Desert
Fabulous PJ's Proud Mary What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Ardels Night Time is the Right Time Rhythm & Blues
John Greenwood My Sailboat and Me My Sailboat and Me
EQ Freestyle Swellsville
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre is yr car 2 soft 4 th road Awake in th Red Desert
Tyrant Hooked On You Hooked On You b/w Carol
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
New Creation The Status Quo Song Troubled
Don Carrington Trio MacArthur Park Makin' It Happen
Ray Griff Calgary, Alberta Canada "My Native Land"
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Silver Bells Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
A Joint Effort Tequilla Sunrise Final Effort
Grimes Venus In Fleurs Geidi Primes
Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels Surfs U Rite Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)
Riverson Take Me (Rayburn Blake) ST
Les Bel Kanto A Kind of Break Down A Kind of Break Down b/w Dors (promo)
A Joint Effort Winter Final Effort
David House of the Rising Sun ST
Don And Adrian Lord When I’m Down River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down
Jerry Palmer Sweet Lorene String of Hits
David Fromager Innocent Times If What You Said Was True
John Greenwood Blessed My Sailboat and Me
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Country Four Blues Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Souls of Inspyration Dil Kusha (Heart's Happiness) ST
Art Snider Edelweiss Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Stompin' Tom Connors Luke's Guitar The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Stompin' Tom Connors My Swisha Miss Northland's Own
Skeptical Eye Tortured From Inside The Devil's Playground
Stompin' Tom Connors Movin' On to Rouyn Northland's Own
Spring Fever Spring Fever Woodstock
Dolores Claman Happy Whistler Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Sound Sett Oh No (The Sound Sett) 1966-1967
Roger Rodier Just fine Upon Velveatur
Spade Nielsen Fuddle Duddle Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
John Palmer Better Later Than Never Shorelines
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre she's a very good cook Awake in th Red Desert
Marty Gillan She's a Woman (Terry Frewer) Try A Little Kindness
Compilation Joe Vassos - Leavin' on a Jet Plane Unselfconsciously Canadian
Langley Schools Music Project The Long and Winding Road Wix - Brown Elementary School
The Fringe Flower Generation Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Pepper Tree Carry On Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Skarecrow Bring It On Home to Me Blues...Live at the Explorer
Bear Paws Season of the Wind Kitche-Ogamah
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
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet #2 Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre heart flash us Sonic Horses I
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Hay Gee "Coming Out"
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers What'd I Say Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say
Jeff Moore & Friends Is It You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Tooth Decay Commercials For Free (EP)
Bent Wind Goin' to the City Sussex
Randy Bishop Lillipads I Sing A Soft Song
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Brazda Brothers Civilization ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook and Sling The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
The Amen Peter Zeus Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus
Huckle I Surrender Wild Blue Yonder
Roger Rodier Let's see some happyness Upon Velveatur
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Moonstone Cointreau ST
Catseye Rhythms of an Empty Room Catseye
Don Carrington Trio Higher Makin' It Happen
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Speak Of The Devil Year Zero
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Who You Frontin' For (Remix) Year Zero
Other Half In Passing ST
Cargo I Found a Way Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Blue Dye Home Grown Stuff
Ted Daigle No One Else Teenage Time
EQ Serious Swellsville
Ardels Linda Lou Rhythm & Blues
Twice Upon a Never Go Where You Go Twice Upon a Never
VXN Illusion of the Heart ST
King Herbert And the Knights Lucille With Jack Harden
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Derek Scott Markle A Better Way ST
Trooper 3 Dressed Up as a 9 3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)
Barbara Gryfe I'll Never Fall in Love Again What the World Needs Now
Mantra Beatrices (D'arcy Draper) ST
Mike Harris Patty the Coon Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Ardels Dream Lover Rhythm & Blues
Jeremy Dormouse fly around my pretty little miss Toad Rejects
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Papa Bears Medicine Show Wait and See ST
Twice Upon a Never California Dreamin' Twice Upon a Never
Ronney Mitchell Sandy The Five Man Cargo
EQ Hostile Swellsville
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
Skeptical Eye My Life Is The Devil's Playground
Stompin' Tom Connors The Peterborough Postman Northland's Own
Ladykiller Still Madly in Love Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Fred Latremouille Mashed Potato Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Langley Schools Music Project In My Room Wix - Brown Elementary School
Jerry Palmer Gotta Learn to Twist String of Hits
Papa Bears Medicine Show Soul Kitchen ST

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Compilation

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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

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Glenn-Copeland, Beverly

Sussex

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

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