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
Mock Duck Sitting on Top of the World Test Record
Robert Armes Woman in Toronto Songs for Icarus
Strange Movies (I Can) Feel It Coming (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
Brégent Dieu est nègre Poussière Des Regrets
Hugh Dixon Saints Go Marching Inn The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Garden Bower O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela Etc. w/ Trains
Moonstone Focus ST
Black Knight Aaraigathor (Metal Anthem) Master of Disaster (EP)
Chantettes Jamaica Farewell Remember.....
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
Marty Gillan If You Go Away Try A Little Kindness
Perth County Conspiracy Take Your Time ST
Billy Martin Prayer Meetin' Strawberry Soul
David Fromager My Woman Left Me If What You Said Was True
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre and th green wind Awake in th Red Desert
King Herbert And the Knights Sissy Strut With Jack Harden
Christmas Just Suppose ST
Billy Martin Watermelon Man Strawberry Soul
New Creation Wind Troubled
David Fromager If What You Said Was True If What You Said Was True
EQ Hostile Swellsville
Emtidi Tr„ume Saat
Barbara Gryfe What the World Needs Now What the World Needs Now
New Reality Lost Never Found Demo Tape
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Blind Owl Open Your Window ST
Skarecrow Ain't Gonna Pop 'Dem Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Haunted 1-2-5 ST
A Joint Effort My Man Final Effort
Langley Schools Music Project Band On the Run Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
A Joint Effort Champagne Junction Final Effort
David Little Boys ST
Robert Armes Bobcaygeon Songs for Icarus
Dutch Mason Mannish Boy Half Ain't Been Told
David Wiffen Since I Fell For You Live at the Bunkhouse
Cargo Alisa Front Side, Back Side
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Jim Brown Bruce Clarke - Of Spiralling Why The First See Hear
A Joint Effort Tequilla Sunrise Final Effort
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers You Got the Green Light The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck One Glass for Wine Home Grown Stuff
Dutch Mason C.C. Rider Half Ain't Been Told
Rockadrome Ain't It a Shame Royal American 20th Century Blues
Reign Ghost More Than I Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Summertime Chip Dip
Twice Upon a Never Pussy Willows, Cat Tails Twice Upon a Never
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground
Peter Mathieson Heaven Help the Fool Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
Mike Harris By the Fireside Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
David Never Been In Love ST
Roger Rodier Just fine Upon Velveatur
Canadian Beadles Fool of the Year Three Faces North
Langley Schools Music Project Saturday Night Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Rascalz How the Story Goes Really Livin'
Glenn Dixon As Our Days Fly By Reflections
Trevor Dandy Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
Perth County Conspiracy Welcome Surprise ST
Biggy Twiggy Band I Don't Want That to Change Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Pat's People We Shall Overcome Today
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Souls of Inspyration Sun Shines in the Winter ST
Mike Harris Rippling Water Jig Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Robert Armes Lying Close Together Songs for Icarus
Lucio Agostini Skiing in Québec Once Upon a Hundred Years
Rascalz Perfect Check Up Really Livin'
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Saddle Lake Guitar Rhythm Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Wanda Unda Landa Chip Dip
Randy Bishop Lillipads I Sing A Soft Song
Rock-a-tunes You're Some Kind of Nice Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Vicky and the Coins When the Saints Go Marching In ST
Lord Ryur Heroes After Heroes Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Cargo Black Window Front Side, Back Side
Grimes Shadout Mapes Geidi Primes
Stormbringer The Curse The Curse b/w Evil Mind
Dolores Claman Western Way Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Randy Bishop Felicitas I Sing A Soft Song
Nick Ayoub Quintet Blues for McHugh The Montreal Scene
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Destroy the Nihilistic Picnic Invisible Roots
Stompin' Tom Connors Carolyne Northland's Own
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Cryin' All Alone Chip Dip
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook and Sling The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Hi-Fives Mo-Shun Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Michael Ratherford Hard Drugs (Version) Hard Drugs
Huckle Wild Night Wild Blue Yonder
Intersystems Orange Juice & Velvet Underwear Number One
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Chantettes Advertisement Song Remember.....
Bear Paws House of the Rising Sun Kitche-Ogamah
Mike Harris Patty the Coon Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook & Sling Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Jerry Palmer Oh, Lucky Me String of Hits
Blind Owl Song To the Wind ST
A Joint Effort Battle of New Orleans Final Effort
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Riverson Eleanor Rigby (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) ST
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Oil in the Ground "Coming Out"

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

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