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.

Bent Wind - Sussex - Vinyl Side 2

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Reaction

Black Knight - Master of Disaster

George Cook - Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley

Rockadrome - Royal American 20th Century Blues BACK

Moonstone - ST

Sweet Somethings - hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'

Siggy Magic & the Hey Ho Band - Commercials For Free (EP)

Frankie

Stephanie Taylor - "I Don't Know Where I Stand"

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

David

Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 02

Bob Bryden

Plastic Cloud - ST

Les 409 acetate label one-of-a-kind garage artifact

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - Coming Out

Joker's Memory - ST

Ablaze - Psychopath b/w Sadistic Dream

Hank Snow - Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)

Phillip Werren - Electronic Music (1968-1971)

Squires - The Sultan b/w Aurora

Natalie Pollock & John Turner

Michel & the French Canadians - Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre arbutus garden apartments 6 p m Awake in th Red Desert
Mathieson, Peter Yonge Street Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
Jeremy Dormouse Young Face Toad
Bent Wind Hate Sussex
Braineaters Modern Man Pt 2 Planet X
Jeremy Dormouse Baby Blue Toad
Perth County Conspiracy Hurdy-Gurdy Man ST
Ellison Satanic (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Rockadrome Live and Love Child Royal American 20th Century Blues
London, Jack & the Sparrows Take it Slow (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Harris, Mike Orange Blossom Special Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Skarecrow If It Feels Just Right Blues...Live at the Explorer
Plateau My Life My Life b/w Under the Big House
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre its raining all ovr th citee Sonic Horses I
Spring Fever Watch Yourself Woodstock
Adanac Reply The Other One What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Threads Of Fybre Mama Mama b/w Believe Me
Dixon, Hugh Delilah The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Wiffen, David Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
Mittoo, Jackie World of Love Stepping Tiger
Plastic Cloud Face Behind the Sun ST
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Don't Despair ST
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 3) (Dick Kelder) ST
November Grief Recuring Nightmares To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Brazda Brothers Walking in the Sun ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) The Bassment Show Year Zero
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Goldfinger James Bond 007
Humble Sponge Barabbas Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
EQ Freestyle Swellsville
Reign Ghost Curio Shop ST
A Joint Effort Battle of New Orleans Final Effort
Plastic Cloud Art's a Happy Man ST
November Grief Exit Life (With China White) To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Mittoo, Jackie Special Mission Stepping Tiger
Moonstone Finas Birthday Song ST
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) God Bless ST (psych cover)
Canadian Beadles Love Walk Away Three Faces North
Brown, Jim Ross Barrett & Jim Brown - Tree Person The First See Hear
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre heard ya tellin Awake in th Red Desert
Echoes and a Dream Life is a Love Song Echoes and a Dream
Huckle Hello Sunshine Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Gillan, Marty I Ain't Done Yet (Theme from the T.V. Series "The Manipulators") (Bobby Hales) Try A Little Kindness
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Skeptical Eye Mama Does'n Understand The Devil's Playground
Griff, Ray Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 1) (Dick Kelder) ST
Dixon, Hugh Hot Pants (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Connors, Stompin' Tom Carolyne Movin' On To Rouyn b/w Carolyne
Hi-Fives Mo-Shun Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Wiffen, David Blue Live at the Bunkhouse
Other Half Eve of Destruction ST
Plastic Cloud You Don't Care ST
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Hook and Sling The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Liska Weekday Mother Cry Out Loud
Haunted A Message to Pretty ST
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Stonemen Faded Colors In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Bear Paws Season of the Wind Kitche-Ogamah
Daigle, Ted Ballad of a Teenage Queen Teenage Time
Snider, Art Nasty Arthur Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Huckle I Surrender Wild Blue Yonder
Echoes and a Dream Yesterday's Tomorrow Echoes and a Dream
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Blue Dye Home Grown Stuff
Lord Ryur Heroes After Heroes Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Moonstone Said Gently ST
Story Structure I Told You (7" Single Mix) I Told You
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Walk Your Head Around Home Grown Stuff
Gryfe, Barbara If I Were a Rich Girl What the World Needs Now
Catseye Hedgegate Catseye
Riverson Eleanor Rigby (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) ST
Garden Bower Lord I’m Tired Etc. w/ Trains
Rodier, Roger My spirits calling Upon Velveatur
Nielsen, Spade Fuddle Duddle Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
EQ Bring it On Swellsville
Jensen Sisters Let a Raindrop be a Tear for You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Strike Out Every Name ST (psych cover)
Brégent Je t'Aime Poussière Des Regrets
Trooper Mr. Big 3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)
Langley Schools Music Project Riannon Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Matlows Only You If You Were Mine // Only You
Griff, Ray Calgary, Alberta Canada "My Native Land"
Echoes and a Dream Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) Echoes and a Dream
Benge Black Sky Lullaby Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Rockadrome Good Dream Royal American 20th Century Blues
Dunn, Nina Stay and Dance If You Want My Love (Do It) b/w Stay and Dance
Jeremy Dormouse Just to Hear the Bells Toad
Palmer, Jerry Come Along With Me String of Hits
EQ Swellsville Swellsville
Bonnie Scots Jeanie McCall Laugh and Cry
Adanac Reply What Would It Be Like? What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Armes, Robert Slipping Away Songs for Icarus
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Funny Feeling Home Grown Stuff
Gryfe, Barbara One Child What the World Needs Now
Pepper Tree Message Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
New Creation Where Are You Going? Troubled
Rogers, Thornton J. The Blues Out in the West b/w The Blues

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