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
Bonnie Scots Lizzie Lindsay Laugh and Cry
Mock Duck My Time Test Record
Dutch Mason Dust My Broom Half Ain't Been Told
Moonstone Focus ST
Ablaze Sadistic Dream Psychopath
Barbara Gryfe I'll Never Fall in Love Again What the World Needs Now
Tyrant Hooked On You Hooked On You b/w Carol
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet #2 Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Rock-a-tunes Maria Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Nick Ayoub Quintet Ya Habibi The Montreal Scene
Sound Sett I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding & Jerry Butler) 1966-1967
Les Bel Kanto A Kind of Break Down A Kind of Break Down b/w Dors (promo)
Blind Owl Roads ST
Sweet Somethings The Wedding hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Brazda Brothers Walking in the Sun ST
Ronney Mitchell Just a Little Bit More Baby The Five Man Cargo
Pat's People Our Father Today
Stephanie Taylor Long and Winding Road "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Jim Brown Lionel Kearns - The Woman Who The First See Hear
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
The Organization I Believe in Music ST
Humble Sponge Barabbas Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Nothing Beautiful ST
David Wiffen Climb the Stairs Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook and Sling The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn i first came to vancouvr Sonic Horses I
Jerry Palmer Celebration Day String of Hits
Roger Rodier While my castles burning Upon Velveatur
Gentlemen of Horror Bank ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Bonnie Scots Lonely Prison Cell Laugh and Cry
Tex Lecor John McNally Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Country Four Blues Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Papa Bears Medicine Show Golden Girl ST
Art Snider Silly Jilly Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Marty Gillan Home from the Forest Try A Little Kindness
Stompin' Tom Connors The Maritime Waltz Northland's Own
Rascalz Quest for Rhyme Really Livin'
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Jeremy Dormouse Who Do You Love Toad
Willie Dunn Ballad of a Metis Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
David Fromager If What You Said Was True If What You Said Was True
Matlows Only You If You Were Mine // Only You
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn th toothpaste runs out Sonic Horses I
Ardels I'll Go Crazy Rhythm & Blues
Pat's People What Have They Done to the Rain Today
Michel & the French Canadians Comfort Him Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Barbara Gryfe People (Lovers) Such As What the World Needs Now
Huckle Hello Sunshine Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Moosetracks Lost In A Southern Town ST
Ardels Georgia On My Mind Rhythm & Blues
November Grief Requiem (For Mother Earth) To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone What's Come Over Me? "Coming Out"
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Hi Octane Band Feelings Shakey Ground b/w Feelings
Lucio Agostini Dundurn Castle Once Upon a Hundred Years
Lewis Baloue As the Boats Go By Romantic Times
Art Snider Something Stupid - Tea for Two Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Stefan Gnys Soliloguy English Oaks and Evangeline
Caribou Quebec te veux ST
Rockadrome Live and Love Child Royal American 20th Century Blues
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre th ride to th place uv meditaysyun Sonic Horses I
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Moonstone David ST
Lewis Baloue Even Rainbows Turn Blue L'amour
Original Bones I Went Walkin' ST
Laurie Ingalls Peace Country Cheap Champagne
Garden Bower 18 Bricker Etc. w/ Trains
King Herbert And the Knights Sissy Strut With Jack Harden
Sedum Shadows Anatomy of a Shadow Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
The Fringe Inside Lookin' Out Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Stephanie Taylor Suzanne (Leonard Cohen) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Stompin' Tom Connors Movin' On To Rouyn Movin' On To Rouyn b/w Carolyne
Mike Harris Norwegian Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Riverson Between the Lines (Brian Edwards) ST
Bear Paws Stand By Me Kitche-Ogamah
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers Roll Over Beethoven Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers What Does it Take The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck No one in Particular Home Grown Stuff
Lewis Baloue Summer's Moon L'amour
Thornton Rogers J. The Blues Out in the West b/w The Blues
The Fringe I Don't Want To Live Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
David Wiffen Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
Stompin' Tom Connors Streets of Toronto Northland's Own
David Wiffen Times are Getting' Hard Live at the Bunkhouse
Sound Sett Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) 1966-1967
The Shouter's In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
Adanac Reply What Would It Be Like? What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Jack London & the Sparrows If You Don't Want My Love ST
David Fromager Nicky If What You Said Was True
Hank Snow I Don't Hurt Anymore Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
A Joint Effort Hitchhikers Dream Final Effort
Jack London & the Sparrows Dream on Dreamer ST
Stompin' Tom Connors The Peterborough Postman Northland's Own
Dis Band Interview Outro Gone Dead Out

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