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
The Mix Break Up Shake Up Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)
Reign Ghost The Gum Wrapper Song ST
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Northwind ST
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Ronney Mitchell Quando Quando The Five Man Cargo
Ray Griff That Old Montana Moon Canada "My Native Land"
Canadian Beadles I'm Coming Home Three Faces North
Cargo Talk With Us Front Side, Back Side
Bear Paws Lady of the Nite Kitche-Ogamah
Sweet Somethings Hold On, I'm Comin' hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Ya Ya Chip Dip
Jeremy Dormouse Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy Toad
No Exit They'll Never Know ST
Jim Brown Roy Cooper - Prelude to 1984 The First See Hear
Benge Black Sky Lullaby Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Plastic Cloud You Don't Care ST
Vic Vogel Booze is Beautiful Montreal Bandleader
Mock Duck My Time Test Record
David Wiffen Blue Live at the Bunkhouse
Triaxe Chain of Superstition Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
Canadian Beadles Fool of the Year Three Faces North
Matlows Only You If You Were Mine // Only You
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Song The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
John Palmer Seedling of Light Shorelines
Ray Griff Garrington Canada "My Native Land"
Brazda Brothers Walking in the Sun ST
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
Pat's People Changes Today
Mantra Beatrices (D'arcy Draper) ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre is yr car 2 soft 4 th road Awake in th Red Desert
Brazda Brothers Nature ST
Johnny Teah & The Jubilee Mountain Boys Hello Mister Lonesome Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome
Original Bones Steamboat Whistle Blues ST
Derek Scott Markle House Song ST
Caribou Gretta cromo ST
Stephanie Taylor Softly as I Leave You "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Marty Gillan You've Made Me So Very Happy Try A Little Kindness
Jack London & the Sparrows Glad to Be With You ST
Adanac Reply The Other One What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Rascalz Really Livin' Really Livin'
Mantra Depend on Somebody (D'arcy Draper) ST
Trevor Dandy Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
Rascalz Buggin' to the Boogie Really Livin'
Sacrifice 1985-10_Slaughter, Sacrifice, Terminal Rage_CKLN FM fundraising_Interviews Interviews 1985 + First Live Show
Langley Schools Music Project Calling Occupants Wix - Brown Elementary School
The Other Half Eve of Destruction ST
Jensen Sisters Do What Makes You Happy Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Breaking Others Hearts Country and Rock & Roll Sound
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 2 B.C. Centennial Song
Trooper Mr. Big 3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)
Royal Family Solitude Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Pat's People Dona Dona Today
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Live and Let Die James Bond 007
Emtidi Tr„ume Saat
Echoes and a Dream Yesterday's Tomorrow Echoes and a Dream
The Chessmen Meadowlands Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Hugh Dixon Hot Pants (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Stefan Gnys Machine English Oaks and Evangeline
Jolly Tambourine Man Scary Bowl Wheeeee! Demo
Tex Lecor Le frigidaire Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Jolly Tambourine Man Lisa Burger Wheeeee! Demo
Blind Owl Song To the Wind ST
EQ Freestyle Swellsville
Brad Richards Send a Little Love My Way Right Time for Love
Sacrifice Burned at the Stake The Exorcism
Skeptical Eye My Life Is The Devil's Playground
Jerry Palmer Got a Love String of Hits
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Sedum Shadows Anatomy of a Shadow Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Modern Rock Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Skeptical Eye Tortured From Inside The Devil's Playground
Lewis Baloue My Whole Life L'amour
The Other Half Summertime ST
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding My Favourite Things Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Mike Harris Norwegian Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Caribou Quebec te veux ST
David Because I'm Black ST
Skarecrow My Coffee's Gettin' Cold Blues...Live at the Explorer
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Sound Sett I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding & Jerry Butler) 1966-1967
David Lovely Lady ST
Sweet Somethings Will You Love Me Tomorrow hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Caribou Lune ST
New Creation New Creation Troubled
Marty Gillan Lalena Try A Little Kindness
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Edible Wallpaper Invisible Roots
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Roads to New York Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Hank Snow I'm Movin' On Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)
Mike Harris Wednesday Night Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Catseye Love Catseye
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Style 386 Year Zero
King Herbert And the Knights Lucille With Jack Harden
Reign Ghost More Than I Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Opposite Baby Why Help Us Make It
Ardels Lonely Hours Rhythm & Blues
Opposite Help Us Make it Through the Night Help Us Make It
Jerry Palmer Celebration Day String of Hits

Ready to Rock b/w (with Gerry Fiander)

Gerry Fiander with Elvis Presley (History Van R&R Vol 1)

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison / Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)

Gone Dead Out

Dis Band

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out CASSETTE 02

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out CASSETTE 01

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out BACK

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out FRONT FOLDOUT

My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)

ST

Cybernaut b/w Mean Lady

Shakey Ground b/w Feelings

45-Hi Octane Band - Shakey Ground VINYL 02

Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

45-Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path VINYL 02

ST

ST

Minutes From Downtown '82

Minutes From Downtown

CASSETTE - Minutes From Downtown - ST DEMO FRONT

Wheeeee! Demo

Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

ST

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

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