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
The Organization	Out in the Country	ST	02:57
Bear Paws	House of the Rising Sun	Kitche-Ogamah	04:54
Ardels	Georgia On My Mind	Rhythm & Blues	03:34
Sweet Somethings	Summertime	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:16
David Fromager	Radio Madness	If What You Said Was True	02:28
The Nerve	Preludes	Penchant b/w Preludes	05:28
Brégent	Dans ma maison	Poussière Des Regrets	07:09
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Song From Beads	ST	02:17
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Black Knight	Metal Screams	Master of Disaster (EP)	04:28
Lewis Baloue	Let's Fall in Love Tonight	L'amour	03:41
The Other Half	Don't Think Twice	ST	03:27
The Other Half	Warm Summer's Night	ST	03:03
Moosetracks	Airplane Over the Rockies	ST	01:21
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Ronney Mitchell	Will it go Round in Circles?	The Five Man Cargo	03:26
Don And Adrian	River Run You Down	River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down	04:27
Brazda Brothers	Your Kingdom	ST	04:06
Roger Rodier	Let's see some happyness	Upon Velveatur	04:56
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	Elevated Platform	Home Grown Stuff	02:35
Hugh Dixon	Hugh's Hangout (Dixon)	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	02:10
Platinum Blonde	No Regrets	Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets	03:22
Bonnie Scots	The Billy and the Sally	Laugh and Cry	01:36
Robert Armes	Slipping Away	Songs for Icarus	03:32
John Greenwood	Every Time I Think of You I Smile	My Sailboat and Me	02:40
Neil Young	My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)	My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)	03:46
Dutch Mason	Baby Please Don't Go	Half Ain't Been Told	02:58
Sacrifice	Decapitation	The Exorcism	01:39
Ardels	Alley Oop	Rhythm & Blues	02:30
Stompin' Tom Connors	Emily, the Maple Leaf	Northland's Own	02:42
Robert Armes	Woman in Toronto	Songs for Icarus	04:27
Pepper Tree	Man of Gold	Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)	03:06
Moonstone	Black Blind Light	ST	04:24
David Wiffen	Driving Wheel	Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)	06:19
Bear Paws	Devil Is On the Run	Kitche-Ogamah	03:39
Lucio Agostini	Dundurn Castle	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:08
Athenians of Toronto	26 or 6 to 4	San Skoteiniazei	03:05
Opposite	Le Telephone	Help Us Make It	02:32
Opposite	Don't Say I Love You	Help Us Make It	03:02
Brazda Brothers	My Little Girl	ST	02:54
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Diamonds Are Forever	James Bond 007	02:54
David	Because I'm Black	ST	02:43
Canadian Beadles	Fool of the Year	Three Faces North	02:39
Les 409	Born in Chicago	They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)	02:48
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Let it Be	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	04:08
New Creation	New Creation	Troubled	02:01
Reign Ghost	Mother's Got Troubles	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	03:32
Lewis Baloue	Even Rainbows Turn Blue	L'amour	03:33
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Mantra	Drifter (D'arcy Draper)	ST	02:43
Skeptical Eye	Ghet-ti Train	The Devil's Playground	04:50
Souls of Inspyration	Of Lambs & Wolves	ST	06:11
Skarecrow	I Got to Have It	Blues...Live at the Explorer	02:48
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	she's a very good cook	Awake in th Red Desert	02:17
Langley Schools Music Project	Your Sixteen	Wix - Brown Elementary School	02:21
Randy Bishop	(A World of) Black And Brown	I Sing A Soft Song	02:57
Billy Martin	One More Time	Strawberry Soul	02:32
Brad Richards	Right Time for Love	Right Time for Love	04:07
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Rock and Soul	Chip Dip	03:57
Joni Mitchell	Wild Things Run Fast	Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)	02:16
Jeremy Dormouse	Who Do You Love	Toad	03:22
Dutch Mason	Lights Are On But Nobody's Home	Half Ain't Been Told	05:41
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	One Glass for Wine	Home Grown Stuff	03:09
Alexander Brott & Donald McGill	Canada: Case History (Earle Birney) - Erosion (E.J. Pratt) - Children of Martha (Gilean Douglas) - Quiet (Marjorie Pickthall) - Paul Bunyan (A Legend of his return to St. Eustache) (Arthur S. Bourinot	Sept for Seven: Seven Brief Movements Combining the Arts of Music and Poetry - A Setting of Five Canadian Poems, Introduced by Musical Prelude and concluded with a Postlude	14:29
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Gordon Lightfoot	Movin'	Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)	02:30
Langley Schools Music Project	Good Vibrations	Wix - Brown Elementary School	04:02
The Organization	Crocadile Rock	ST	03:45
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Here Is	Year Zero	01:08
No Exit	When Will They Learn?	ST	01:28
Sound Sett	Mustang Sally (Mack Rice)	1966-1967	03:05
Twice Upon a Never	Last Thing On My Mind	Twice Upon a Never	02:31
Compilation	Joe Vassos - New World	Unselfconsciously Canadian	02:31
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	Never Mind My Job	ST (psych cover)	02:20
Compilation	Myrna Lawrence - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face	Unselfconsciously Canadian	02:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	Strike Out Every Name	ST (psych cover)	04:04
Sweet Somethings	Young World	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:25
Pat's People	Get To-Gether	Today	03:04
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band	People Who Created Me	Commercials For Free (EP)	04:49
Sheila Graham	Straight Life	ST	02:32
New Creation	Songs to Sing	Troubled	01:48
Barbara Gryfe	What the World Needs Now	What the World Needs Now	02:32
Mike Harris	Andy's Favorite Jig	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:02
New Creation	Sodom and Gomorrah	Troubled	02:49
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	Realize	ST (psych cover)	03:47
Ardels	Dream Lover	Rhythm & Blues	03:06
King Herbert And the Knights	Sing a Simple Song	With Jack Harden	04:48
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Bent Wind	Touch of Red	Sussex	03:13
David Fromager	Girl from the North Country	If What You Said Was True	03:25
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Shagnasty	All My Teachers	Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers	04:20
Stompin' Tom Connors	Goin' Back Up North	Northland's Own	02:48
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	now, according to paragraph C	Awake in th Red Desert	02:31
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als	Beach Rat	Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy	02:12
John Palmer	Free Me	Shorelines	05:10
Lewis Baloue	My Whole Life	L'amour	02:20
Nihilist Spasm Band	Destroy the Nations	No Record	08:18
Liska	All My Love	Cry Out Loud	04:09

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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The Other Half - ST

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The Haunted - ST

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Wheeeee! Demo

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Christmas - ST

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Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

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Caribou - ST

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Laurie Ingalls - Cheap Champagne

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Sacrifice - Interviews 1985 + First Live Show

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Sacrifice - The Exorcism

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Sacrifice - Turn In Your Grave (demo)

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Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends - Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends

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Ablaze - Psychopath

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May Run - Days Into Years

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Gerry Fiander - So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)

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Moonstone - ST

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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New Creation - Troubled

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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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