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.

Bent Wind - Sussex - Vinyl Side 2

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Reaction

Black Knight - Master of Disaster

George Cook - Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley

Rockadrome - Royal American 20th Century Blues BACK

Moonstone - ST

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

Siggy Magic & the Hey Ho Band - Commercials For Free (EP)

Frankie

Stephanie Taylor - "I Don't Know Where I Stand"

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

David

Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 02

Bob Bryden

Plastic Cloud - ST

Les 409 acetate label one-of-a-kind garage artifact

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - Coming Out

Joker's Memory - ST

Ablaze - Psychopath b/w Sadistic Dream

Hank Snow - Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)

Phillip Werren - Electronic Music (1968-1971)

Squires - The Sultan b/w Aurora

Natalie Pollock & John Turner

Michel & the French Canadians - Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Wiffen, David Four in the Mornin' Live at the Bunkhouse
Riverson Clear Night (Rayburn Blake) ST
Amen, The Carnivals and Cotton Candy Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus
Spring Fever Spring Fever Woodstock
Reign Ghost Reaching ST
Baloue, Lewis Cool Night In Paris L'amour
Jeremy Dormouse what joy - what bliss Toad Rejects
Organization, The Out in the Country ST
Claman, Dolores Western Way Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Jeremy Dormouse you can't go back Toad Rejects
Palmer, Jerry Gotta Learn to Twist String of Hits
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Hit The Breaks Year Zero
Canadian Beadles Mojo Workout Three Faces North
Catseye Am I the One Catseye
Bent Wind Hate Sussex
Echoes and a Dream Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) Echoes and a Dream
Liska Rose Cry Out Loud
Terry & The Pyrates Keep On Dancin' Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone
Reaction, The The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Spring It's So Hard Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Jeremy Dormouse blackberry quadrille Toad Rejects
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 2 B.C. Centennial Song
Canadian Beadles I'm Coming Home Three Faces North
Athenians of Toronto Light My Fire San Skoteiniazei
A Joint Effort Winter Final Effort
Organization, The Change in the Weather ST
Sound Sett Oh No (The Sound Sett) 1966-1967
Twice Upon a Never Early in the Morning Twice Upon a Never
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Souls of Inspyration Pursuit ST
Cargo Talk With Us Front Side, Back Side
Other Half Summertime ST
Skarecrow I'm A Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
Sound Sett Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Fromager, David Out on the Weekend If What You Said Was True
New Creation The Status Quo Song Troubled
London, Jack & the Sparrows Give My Love to You ST
Harris, Mike By the Fireside Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Dixon, Hugh Chopin's Nocturne The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Northwest Company Get Away From it All Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Chip's Groove Chip Dip
Rodier, Roger Am I supposed to let it by again Upon Velveatur
Catseye Love Catseye
Skarecrow Ain't Gonna Pop 'Dem Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra The Spy Who Loved Me James Bond 007
Snider, Art Something Stupid - Tea for Two Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon Colourless ST
Gillan, Marty Colours Try A Little Kindness
Compilation New Brands - Ace Up His Sleeve International Master Discovery Records
Wiffen, David Climb the Stairs Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Organization, The Back to Back ST
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Gravel Road ST
Connors, Stompin' Tom May, The Millright's Daughter Northland's Own
A Joint Effort Greed for Gold Final Effort
Scott Markle, Derek Hey Hoe ST
Chessmen Mustang Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Opposite Higher and Higher Help Us Make It
Blind Owl Spring Rain ST
Pat's People We Shall Overcome Today
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang James Bond 007
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Time is of the Essence Invisible Roots
Braineaters Modern Man Planet X
Boudreau, Walter Synchronisation II Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Connors, Stompin' Tom Luke's Guitar The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Carrington, Don Trio MacArthur Park Makin' It Happen
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Agostini, Lucio Voyageur Canoe Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Bishop, Randy Childhood Song to Christopher Robin I Sing A Soft Song
Strange Movies What A Drag (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
Dandy, Trevor When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Twice Upon a Never Pussy Willows, Cat Tails Twice Upon a Never
Garden Bower Lord I’m Tired Etc. w/ Trains
Connors, Stompin' Tom Little Wawa Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman
Rascalz Just Bein' Blunt Really Livin'
Martin, Billy Moon Ride Strawberry Soul
Athenians of Toronto Opi Aniko San Skoteiniazei
Reign Ghost Solar Nice Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Mitchell, Ronney Good Luck Charm - She's Not You The Five Man Cargo
Langley Schools Music Project I Get Around Wix - Brown Elementary School
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Maritime Waltz Northland's Own
Biggy Twiggy Band I Don't Want That to Change Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Triaxe Persecution Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
Cargo Initial Mailing Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
Pat's People Michael Today
Reign Ghost Eyes Knows, So Does Ears ST
Armes, Robert Imagine a World With No Music Songs for Icarus
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Broadway Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Story Structure I Told You (Instrumental Mix) I Told You
Spring Fever Woodstock (Joni Mitchell) Woodstock
Riverson Hermit Glen (Rayburn Blake) ST
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Original Bones Friend of the Devil ST
Twice Upon a Never Go Where You Go Twice Upon a Never
Mix, The Maybe (Face To The Wall) Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Montreal East The Montreal Scene
Humble Sponge Barabbas Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
Ladykiller Ice Woman Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Blue Dye Home Grown Stuff
Langley Schools Music Project God Only Knows Wix - Brown Elementary School
New Creation Songs to Sing Troubled

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