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
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers A Stranger in Your Own World The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Moonstone Murk ST
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia The Undertaker's Ball ST
Ellison Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola) ST
Ardels I'll Go Crazy Rhythm & Blues
Ronney Mitchell Just a Little Bit More Baby The Five Man Cargo
No Exit Decisions ST
Art Snider Silly Jilly Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Gerry Fiander So Long, Goodbye So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)
Jim Brown Wayne Carr - Timbral Changes The First See Hear
David Wiffen Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
Ardels Alley Oop Rhythm & Blues
Ardels Stereo Popeye Rhythm & Blues
Cargo Talk With Us Front Side, Back Side
Stormbringer Evil Mind The Curse b/w Evil Mind
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Don Carrington Trio Higher Makin' It Happen
Medium My Lady Lies Forever ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Buck Shots ST
Jerry Palmer Travelin' Shoes String of Hits
Randy Bishop Wonderful Angel I Sing A Soft Song
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Good Morning Blues ST
Huckle Gather The Children Wild Blue Yonder
Liska Tear Away My Heart Cry Out Loud
Trevor Dandy When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Medium In Between ST
Brazda Brothers Nature ST
Sound Sett Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen) 1966-1967
Grimes Rosa Geidi Primes
Original Bones The Verses of the Fool ST
Skarecrow More Than Once Blues...Live at the Explorer
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre yu sing Awake in th Red Desert
Medium The Mouse ST
Jeremy Dormouse Small Man Toad
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Smile Maria Smile The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Ultimate Image It's a Hard Life It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Golden Earrings My Situation My Situation b/w Nothing Much
New Creation Countdown to Revolution! Troubled
Ted Daigle Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
Hazel McKirdy End of the World End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie
Spade Nielsen Fuddle Duddle Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
Spade Nielsen What's Happening Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
Robert Armes Put Your Cards on the Table Songs for Icarus
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Times are Changing Home Grown Stuff
Vicky and the Coins Girl From Ipanema ST
Moonstone In Case ST
Jack London & the Sparrows Sparrows and Daisies ST
Jack London & the Sparrows Give My Love to Sally ST
Catseye Love Catseye
Gentlemen of Horror Rich Kids ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Robert Armes Fallen Star Songs for Icarus
Lewis Baloue We Danced All Night Romantic Times
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Mike Harris Golden Slippers Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Rascalz Gal Business Really Livin'
Roger Rodier The Key Upon Velveatur
Moosetracks Happily Day Is Done ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Thunderball James Bond 007
Fred Latremouille Mashed Potato Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Mike Harris Maple Sugar Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Hi-Fives Mo-Shun Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Café Symphony ST
Lucio Agostini Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme) Once Upon a Hundred Years
Jeremy Dormouse High Flying Bird Toad
New Creation Where Are You Going? Troubled
Langley Schools Music Project To Know Him is to Love Him Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
King Herbert And the Knights Ooga Boogaloo With Jack Harden
Barry Ennis School Days Mountain of Ice b/w School Days
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Live and Let Die James Bond 007
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Eric's Madness Invisible Roots
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Sunshine "Coming Out"
The Organization I Believe in Music ST
Emtidi Walkin' In The Park Saat
Christmas Sorry I Bore You Victoria ST
Roger Rodier Am I supposed to let it by again Upon Velveatur
Strange Movies (I Can) Feel It Coming (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels Surfs U Rite Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
Twice Upon a Never Last Round Twice Upon a Never
The Amen Peter Zeus Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus
Barbara Gryfe Who Am I What the World Needs Now
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers Roll Over Beethoven Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Marty Gillan Sweet Caroline Try A Little Kindness
Tex Lecor John McNally Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Christmas Your Humble Suitor ST
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone What's Come Over Me? "Coming Out"
Les 409 Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling ST
Mantra Simple Joys (D'arcy Draper) ST
New Creation Sodom and Gomorrah Troubled
Northwest Company Get Away From it All Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All
Vic Vogel Booze is Beautiful Montreal Bandleader
Reign Ghost Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy ST
New Creation The Status Quo Song Troubled
Hugh Dixon Delilah The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
John Palmer Free Me Shorelines

Strawberry Soul

I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

ST

Compilation

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

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