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
Langley Schools Music Project The Long and Winding Road Wix - Brown Elementary School
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
David Fromager Girl from the North Country If What You Said Was True
November Grief T.W.O.D. To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre now, according to paragraph C Awake in th Red Desert
Stompin' Tom Connors The Flyin' C.P.R. Northland's Own
Gordon Lightfoot Movin' Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)
Emtidi Love Time Rain Saat
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) In A Bad Way (Remix) Year Zero
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Silhouette ST
Rockadrome Ain't It a Shame Royal American 20th Century Blues
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never
EQ Bring it On Swellsville
Vicky and the Coins Five Foot Two ST
New Reality Lost Never Found Demo Tape
Blind Owl Happy To Be Alive ST
Braineaters Wrong World Planet X
Twice Upon a Never Last Round Twice Upon a Never
No Exit Do You Wanna Join? ST
Tex Lecor Le frigidaire Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
The Organization Pretty City Lady ST
Ted Daigle Young & Beautiful Teenage Time
Jeremy Dormouse Young Face Toad
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
Blind Owl Open Your Window ST
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Randy Bishop Lillipads I Sing A Soft Song
Billy Martin One More Time Strawberry Soul
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Mystique No Return Black Rider
Sound Sett Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Brazda Brothers Your Kingdom ST
Lewis Baloue Even Rainbows Turn Blue L'amour
Barbara Gryfe Evening of Roses What the World Needs Now
Spade Nielsen Fuddle Duddle Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
King Herbert And the Knights Chicken Strut With Jack Harden
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre heart flash us Sonic Horses I
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers A Stranger in Your Own World The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Skarecrow Mule Skinner Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Twice Upon a Never Go Where You Go Twice Upon a Never
Skeptical Eye Sad Jazz The Devil's Playground
Pat's People Take Our Bread Today
Emtidi Walkin' In The Park Saat
Huckle Hello Sunshine Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Phillip Werren Dance Music II Electronic Music (1968-1971)
John Palmer Better Later Than Never Shorelines
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 2 B.C. Centennial Song
Pat's People To-day Today
Platinum Blonde Hey Hey You Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets
Skarecrow Ain't Gonna Pop 'Dem Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Hay Gee "Coming Out"
Stompin' Tom Connors Little Wawa Northland's Own
Chantettes Freight Train Remember.....
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
Diodes The Curse - War Raw / War (split with The Curse)
Arcade Fire Vampire Forest Fire ST
Jerry Palmer Sweet Lorene String of Hits
Pat's People Michael Today
Bonnie Scots Scotland 'Ra Brave Laugh and Cry
Braineaters Screw You Planet X
Sheila Graham Stormy ST
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als I'm Happy Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Luke Simmons and His Blue Mountain Boys Howlin' at the Moon Just Waitin' // Howlin' at the Moon
Mystique Memories Black Rider
Jeremy Dormouse blackberry quadrille Toad Rejects
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
Ellison Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra James Bond Theme James Bond 007
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Spain is for Old Ladies Invisible Roots
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Skarecrow Hey Mr. Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
Papa Bears Medicine Show Taking My Time ST
Canadian Beadles Lonely Blue Boy Three Faces North
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
David Fromager My Woman Left Me If What You Said Was True
Sedum Shadows Thinking Away Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Raphaels Someday Someday b/w I Change My Mind
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) You Know The Science Year Zero
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Two ST
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Commercials for Free Commercials For Free (EP)
Twice Upon a Never Last Thing On My Mind Twice Upon a Never
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Teaser Royal American 20th Century Blues
Legacy Gimme My Drugs Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs
John Greenwood Jig My Sailboat and Me
Cyrus Eden Rock You To The Limit First Offense (EP)
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Durocher ST
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud
Dennis Walton Jah Way to Salvation is Easy Sweeter Love
Medium My Lady Lies Forever ST
Triaxe Persecution Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Ronney Mitchell I Feel the Earth Move The Five Man Cargo
Johnny Teah & The Jubilee Mountain Boys Hello Mister Lonesome Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome
Adanac Reply What Would It Be Like? What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Moonstone In Case ST
Huckle High For Sky Wild Blue Yonder
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Truck Drivers Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Count Baculis ST

ST

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

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