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
Reign Ghost Reaching ST
Souls of Inspyration Seasons of Change ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre arbutus garden apartments 6 p m Awake in th Red Desert
Original Bones Sit Down ST
Robert Armes Woman in Toronto Songs for Icarus
Original Bones Friend of the Devil ST
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
Dolores Claman Wilderness West Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Lewis Baloue Romance For Two L'amour
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Scarlet Ribbons Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Stephanie Taylor Suzanne (Leonard Cohen) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Haunted Horror Show ST
Robert Armes Fallen Star Songs for Icarus
John Greenwood Every Time I Think of You I Smile My Sailboat and Me
Dutch Mason Tighten Up On It Half Ain't Been Told
Spring Fever A Long Time Coming Woodstock
Ray Griff Curley Canada "My Native Land"
Haunted Untie Me ST
Willie Dunn Protest Song Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Sound Sett I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding & Jerry Butler) 1966-1967
Matlows Only You If You Were Mine // Only You
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Ellison Untruth Story (Vincent Marandola) ST
Stephanie Taylor Marion's Theme (Dou Riley) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Do You Agree With Me ST (psych cover)
Chantettes Donna Remember.....
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Season of the Witch ST
Gentlemen of Horror Rough Hike Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Diamonds Are Forever James Bond 007
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Jim Brown Wayne Carr - Timbral Changes The First See Hear
Intersystems Orange Juice & Velvet Underwear Number One
Compilation Jim Wheeler and the Spokes - Secret Spy International Master Discovery Records
Blind Owl Lingering Dreams ST
Fred Latremouille Mashed Potato Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Mock Duck Sitting on Top of the World Test Record
Michael-Jon Rosenberg The High ST
Liska Dagger of the Soul Cry Out Loud
EQ Help a Bruva Out Swellsville
Arcade Fire I'm Sleeping in a Submarine ST
Sedum Shadows Thinking Away Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Mystique Black Rider Black Rider
Skarecrow Wine Wine Wine Blues...Live at the Explorer
David Fromager Concrete City Life If What You Said Was True
Don Carrington Trio If I Were a Carpenter Makin' It Happen
Jim Brown Roy Cooper - Prelude to 1984 The First See Hear
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Dreams in Fall ST
Canadian Beadles Fool of the Year Three Faces North
Liska Missing You Cry Out Loud
Lucio Agostini Dundurn Castle Once Upon a Hundred Years
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Funny Feeling Home Grown Stuff
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Breaking Others Hearts Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Chantettes Sail Away Remember.....
Skarecrow Mule Skinner Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
David Wiffen Slice of Life Live at the Bunkhouse
Ray Griff That Old Montana Moon Canada "My Native Land"
Mantra Stay (D'arcy Draper) ST
EQ Let it be Known Swellsville
Moosetracks Happily Day Is Done ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Tribute to Pretty Maidens Prayer Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Haunted Twist ST
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Vicky and the Coins In Old Shanty Town ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook and Sling The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Trevor Dandy Lord I Come to Thee Don't Cry Little Tree
John Palmer Return Shorelines
A Joint Effort Battle of New Orleans Final Effort
Jeremy Dormouse fly around my pretty little miss Toad Rejects
Stephanie Taylor Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Edible Wallpaper Invisible Roots
Twice Upon a Never Obladi Oblada Twice Upon a Never
Sheila Graham The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart ST
Pat's People Take Our Bread Today
Jeff Moore & Friends Both Sides (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Let it Be The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Medium Two by Two ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Truck Drivers Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Compilation Stampeders - You Never Know Until You Try International Master Discovery Records
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck One Ring Jane Home Grown Stuff
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Teaser Royal American 20th Century Blues
Rock-a-tunes You're Some Kind of Nice Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
John Greenwood The Princess My Sailboat and Me
Lucio Agostini Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Robert Armes Slipping Away Songs for Icarus
Spring Fever She's Lookin' Good Woodstock
Jeremy Dormouse Just to Hear the Bells Toad
Ronney Mitchell It's Your Thing The Five Man Cargo
Original Bones The Verses of the Fool ST
Vicky and the Coins Bill Bailey ST
Bent Wind Hate Sussex
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Realize ST (psych cover)
Mantra Tomorrow Without You (D'arcy Draper) ST
Grimes Feyd Rautha Dark Heart Geidi Primes
Nina Dunn Stay and Dance If You Want My Love (Do It) b/w Stay and Dance
Other Half Don't Think Twice ST
Trevor Dandy It's a Long Journey Don't Cry Little Tree

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