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	Length
Opposite	Higher and Higher	Help Us Make It	02:46
Bonnie Scots	Dundee Weaver	Laugh and Cry	01:29
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎	Country Four Blues	Country and Rock & Roll Sound	02:40
British North American Act	Just How You Feel	In the Beginning	02:43
Langley Schools Music Project	Your Sixteen	Wix - Brown Elementary School	02:21
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Wet Wash	ST	02:01
Art Snider	"Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show)	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	02:06
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	In A Bad Way (Remix)	Year Zero	03:03
EQ	Bring it On	Swellsville	04:17
Medium	In Between	ST	04:43
Haunted	Montreal Blues	ST	04:04
Barbara Gryfe	Sunrise Sunset	What the World Needs Now	02:56
Chantettes	Hush Little Baby	Remember.....	01:24
Ultimate Image	It's a Hard Life	It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn	02:54
King Beezz	She Belongs to Me	Gloria b/w She Belongs to Me	03:56
Northwest Company	Get Away From it All	Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All	02:49
Marty Gillan	Lalena	Try A Little Kindness	03:42
Walter Boudreau	Danse	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	07:20
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Mike Harris	Norwegian Waltz	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:42
Ablaze	Sadistic Dream	Psychopath	05:28
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Diamonds Are Forever	James Bond 007	02:54
David Fromager	Out on the Weekend	If What You Said Was True	03:26
Chantettes	This Land is Your Land	Remember.....	02:22
A Joint Effort	Battle of New Orleans	Final Effort	01:52
Stefan Gnys	Another Time Another Place	English Oaks and Evangeline	03:31
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	Free to be Free	ST (psych cover)	03:05
Cargo	Rural Route One	Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing	02:18
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	Dreams in Fall	ST	01:03
Jeff Moore & Friends	Both Sides (Jeff Moore)	The Youngest Son	02:52
Mystique	Wake Up Screamin'	Black Rider	05:18
Cargo	Say Goodbye	Front Side, Back Side	02:53
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Good Morning Blues	ST	04:37
Rockadrome	Ain't It a Shame	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:14
Joker's Memory	A Jokers Memory Part One	ST	08:29
Walter Boudreau	Boul Chaumont	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	08:26
Marty Gillan	One Act Play (Howie Vickers (The Collectors))	Try A Little Kindness	03:47
David Wiffen	Abilene	Live at the Bunkhouse	01:50
The Reaction	The Kid's Arrived	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	02:32
Hugh Dixon	Saints Go Marching Inn	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	03:51
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Speak Of The Devil	Year Zero	00:36
Jensen Sisters	You Light Up My Life	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:12
Joni Mitchell	You Dream Flat Tires	Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)	02:52
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:25
Athenians of Toronto	Light My Fire	San Skoteiniazei	03:21
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	Silent Night	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	03:17
The Mix	Break Up Shake Up	Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:25
King Beezz	Gloria	Gloria b/w She Belongs to Me	02:52
New Reality	Yesterday a Child Was Born	Demo Tape	04:09
Riverson	Between the Lines (Brian Edwards)	ST	04:10
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Baroque	ST	02:50
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
No Exit	They'll Never Know	ST	02:26
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited	Symphony #1 In A, B, C, D, etc.	The Optic Earful	11:09
Skarecrow	Stormy Monday Blues	Blues...Live at the Explorer	06:59
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
Matlows	If You Were Mine	If You Were Mine // Only You	02:17
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Sound Sett	Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels)	1966-1967	02:47
Skarecrow	I Got to Have It	Blues...Live at the Explorer	02:48
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	whn u cum into me	Sonic Horses I	06:40
Bonnie Scots	Lonely Prison Cell	Laugh and Cry	02:36
Chantettes	There But For Fortune	Remember.....	02:58
Souls of Inspyration	Seasons of Change	ST	05:22
Cyrus Eden	You Came For Me	First Offense (EP)	02:53
Black Knight	Born To Rock	Master of Disaster (EP)	03:30
Derek Scott Markle	Southern Lady	ST	02:24
Haunted	Horror Show	ST	05:30
November Grief	Infanticide	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	02:45
Derek Scott Markle	I Don't Know For Certain	ST	01:56
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Original Bones	Song for Pierre Laporte	ST	03:53
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Blind Owl	Lingering Dreams	ST	04:38
Liska	Rose	Cry Out Loud	02:38
Ray Griff	The Last of the Winfield Amateurs	Canada "My Native Land"	03:35
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Two and	The Montreal Scene	04:05
Pat's People	Richman's Spiritual	Today	02:37
Huckle	Ocean	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	03:42
Reign Ghost	Curio Shop	ST	03:26
Intersystems	Lately	Number One	18:16
Moosetracks	Lest We Forget	ST	03:50
John Greenwood	The Princess	My Sailboat and Me	04:12
Mantra	Stay (D'arcy Draper)	ST	02:58
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als	I'm Happy	Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy	02:07
Don Carrington Trio	If I Were a Carpenter	Makin' It Happen	04:15
Shades of Blond	All Your Love	All Your Love	02:12
Ardels	Georgia On My Mind	Rhythm & Blues	03:34
Legacy	Gimme My Drugs	Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs	02:45
Vic Vogel	Close to You	Montreal Bandleader	02:41
Strange Movies	What A Drag	(I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag	02:45
New Day	Gotta Spread Some Love Around	They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around	04:09
Canadian Beadles	I Lost Your Love Last Night	Three Faces North	01:54
Ray Griff	Calgary, Alberta	Canada "My Native Land"	03:15
Jeremy Dormouse	Suzanne	Toad	04:52
Mantra	Hopscotch (Part 2) (Dick Kelder)	ST	00:32
Ronnie Fray & The Playboys	Mean Mama Blues	Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture	02:21
Sweet Somethings	Do You Wanna Dance	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:11

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Haggath - Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

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Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

Jimmy Apostle & the Willows - I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

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Ellison - ST

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Perth County Conspiracy - ST

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Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

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Something Evil - Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

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Kings - Switchin'

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Spring - Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind

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Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

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Joker's Memory - ST

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

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Bent Wind - Sussex

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

The Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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Jim Brown - The First See Hear

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Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra - James Bond 007

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - "Coming Out"

The Chessmen - Mustang b/w Meadowlands

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London Experimental Jazz Quartet - Invisible Roots

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Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record

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Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

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D.N.A. - Because I Love You b/w Seashell

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