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
Jerry Palmer Celebration Day String of Hits
The Organization Crocadile Rock ST
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Chip's Groove Chip Dip
Brazda Brothers Blooming Flowers ST
Chantettes Donna Remember.....
Jack London & the Sparrows If You Don't Want My Love ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra From Russia With Love James Bond 007
King Herbert And the Knights Sing a Simple Song With Jack Harden
Blind Owl Nova Scotia Morning ST
Sheila Graham By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Intermission Poetry Home Grown Stuff
Opposite Oh Mamy Blue Help Us Make It
Ray Griff Mama, This One's for You Canada "My Native Land"
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Blues in Your Room ST (psych cover)
Reign Ghost Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy ST
New Day They're Callin' Me Back Home They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around
Robert Armes Epilogue Songs for Icarus
Threads Of Fybre Mama Mama b/w Believe Me
Spring Fever She Moves Me Woodstock
Jeremy Dormouse Just to Hear the Bells Toad
Jensen Sisters You Walked Into My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Echoes and a Dream Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) Echoes and a Dream
Nick Ayoub Quintet Two and The Montreal Scene
Opposite Land of 1000 Dances Help Us Make It
Barbara Gryfe Sunrise Sunset What the World Needs Now
Biggy Twiggy Band I Don't Want That to Change Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Ted Daigle It May be Silly Teenage Time
Georges Leningrad Main name est Eva Braun Made In Taiwan
Reign Ghost Travels of Blue Paradox ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Let's Make Up Your Mind (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
Pat's People Dona Dona Today
Catseye Hedgegate Catseye
Nina Dunn Stay and Dance If You Want My Love (Do It) b/w Stay and Dance
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Teenage Time
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Live and Let Die James Bond 007
Art Snider Sweet Caroline Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Stompin' Tom Connors The Northern Gentleman Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman
Story Structure I Told You (Extended Mix) I Told You
Souls of Inspyration Eyes of Nature ST
Rockadrome Good Dream Royal American 20th Century Blues
Dolores Claman Western Panorama Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Rainbow ST
Sheila Graham The Letter ST
Skeptical Eye Mama Does'n Understand The Devil's Playground
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Humble Sponge Barabbas Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
King Herbert And the Knights Lucille With Jack Harden
Randy Bishop Wonderful Angel I Sing A Soft Song
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Elevated Platform Home Grown Stuff
Cyrus Eden Wasteland First Offense (EP)
Dutch Mason Tighten Up On It Half Ain't Been Told
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 3) (Dick Kelder) ST
Barbara Gryfe Jerusalem of Gold What the World Needs Now
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) A Mic In A Fist Year Zero
Jensen Sisters Do What Makes You Happy Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Spring Shine Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
David Wiffen Four in the Mornin' Live at the Bunkhouse
Five Man Cargo Memories Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You
Barbara Gryfe One Child What the World Needs Now
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Reprise Royal American 20th Century Blues
Derek Scott Markle House Song ST
Stefan Gnys The Pleasant Land of Counterpane English Oaks and Evangeline
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Jimmy Apostle & the Willows I Love Ya Honey I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love
Bent Wind Riverside Sussex
Other Half 100 lbs. Clay ST
Sedum Shadows Anatomy of a Shadow Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Moonstone Murk ST
Mike Harris Norwegian Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Spade Nielsen What's Happening Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
Ronney Mitchell Time Alone Will Tell The Five Man Cargo
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra You Only Live Twice James Bond 007
Vicky and the Coins In Old Shanty Town ST
Robert Armes Put Your Cards on the Table Songs for Icarus
Arcade Fire My Heart is an Apple ST
Walter Boudreau Danse Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Pat's People What Have They Done to the Rain Today
Stormbringer Evil Mind The Curse b/w Evil Mind
Reign Ghost Standing Room Only, Mr. Mars ST
Marty Gillan I Ain't Done Yet (Theme from the T.V. Series "The Manipulators") (Bobby Hales) Try A Little Kindness
New Creation The Status Quo Song Troubled
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Air I Breathe "Coming Out"
Skarecrow Stormy Monday Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Jarvis Street Revue Mr. Oil Man Mr. Oil Man
Don And Adrian Lord When I’m Down River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down
Lucio Agostini Voyageur Canoe Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Sound Sett Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen) 1966-1967
Papa Bears Medicine Show Taking My Time ST
Story Structure I Told You (Instrumental Mix) I Told You
Georges Leningrad lollipon lady Made In Taiwan
Ronney Mitchell Good Luck Charm - She's Not You The Five Man Cargo
Robert Armes Song for Icarus Songs for Icarus
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face Unselfconsciously Canadian
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Vicky and the Coins Girl From Ipanema ST
Mock Duck Introduction - Ground Hog Test Record
Lord Ryur Pact With The Sinner Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Riverson Between the Lines (Brian Edwards) ST

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

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

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