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
Stephanie Taylor Working on a Groove Thing "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
No Exit Downtown Weekend ST
British North American Act Baby Jane Days and Nights In the Beginning
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Mantra Beatrices (D'arcy Draper) ST
Langley Schools Music Project Sweet Caroline Wix - Brown Elementary School
Twice Upon a Never Last Thing On My Mind Twice Upon a Never
King Herbert And the Knights Ode to Billy Joe With Jack Harden
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra James Bond Theme James Bond 007
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Song The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre and th green wind Awake in th Red Desert
Other Half Swinging Shepherd ST
David Wiffen Driving Wheel Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
David Little Boys ST
Brégent Je t'Aime Poussière Des Regrets
Athenians of Toronto Light My Fire San Skoteiniazei
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Pot O' Gold Home Grown Stuff
Mantra Drifter (D'arcy Draper) ST
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Trevor Dandy Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
Huckle Gabriola Day Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Stompin' Tom Connors Carolyne Movin' On To Rouyn b/w Carolyne
Rascalz Nothin' But a Rascal Really Livin'
David Fromager Girl from the North Country If What You Said Was True
November Grief Infanticide To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Moosetracks Cry A Little Tear ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Casino Royale James Bond 007
Vic Vogel Quiet Nights Montreal Bandleader
Arcade Fire Vampire Forest Fire ST
November Grief The Aftermath To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Jeremy Dormouse Young Face Toad
A Joint Effort Oh! Canada Final Effort
Stephanie Taylor Feeling Groovy "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Les 409 Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago
Derek Scott Markle Southern Lady ST
Something Evil The Great Winnipeg Riot Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot
Huckle Gather The Children Wild Blue Yonder
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als I'm Happy Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre normal is not returning Sonic Horses I
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck One Ring Jane Home Grown Stuff
Skeptical Eye Concealed Truth The Devil's Playground
Liska A Smile Cry Out Loud
Vicky and the Coins Girl From Ipanema ST
Marty Gillan Home from the Forest Try A Little Kindness
Gerry Fiander So Long, Goodbye So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)
Jeff Moore & Friends Blind Man (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
Golden Earrings Nothing Much My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Lewis Baloue My Whole Life L'amour
Riverson Medallion Castle (Brian Edwards) ST
Moosetracks Lost In A Southern Town ST
Opposite Don't Say I Love You Help Us Make It
Rascalz The Roughest (We Are) Really Livin'
Grimes Grisgris Geidi Primes
Langley Schools Music Project To Know Him is to Love Him Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Ronney Mitchell Welcome to the Country The Five Man Cargo
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Three ST
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band People Who Created Me Commercials For Free (EP)
Lewis Baloue As the Boats Go By Romantic Times
Chantettes There But For Fortune Remember.....
Emtidi Love Time Rain Saat
Squires Aurora The Sultan b/w Aurora
Canadian Beadles I Just Don't Think it's Fair Three Faces North
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre an ode to d a levy Awake in th Red Desert
Platinum Blonde Hey Hey You Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Destroy the Nihilistic Picnic Invisible Roots
Compilation Shades of Blond - All Your Love International Master Discovery Records
Gentlemen of Horror Overhead Projector Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Ray Griff Calgary, Alberta Canada "My Native Land"
Jarvis Street Revue Mr. Oil Man Mr. Oil Man
Ray Griff Friends and Neighbors Canada "My Native Land"
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Plateau Mambo ST
Art Snider It Was a Very Good Year Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Opposite Baby Why Help Us Make It
Canadian Beadles Whole Lot of Shakin Going On Three Faces North
Chantettes Bamboo Remember.....
British North American Act Just How You Feel In the Beginning
Twice Upon a Never Last Round Twice Upon a Never
Ardels Stereo Popeye Rhythm & Blues
Vic Vogel Booze is Beautiful Montreal Bandleader
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Season of the Witch ST
Barbara Gryfe People (Lovers) Such As What the World Needs Now
Mock Duck Sitting on Top of the World Test Record
A Joint Effort Hitchhikers Dream Final Effort
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face Unselfconsciously Canadian
Echoes and a Dream Life is a Love Song Echoes and a Dream
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Bird She Fly Low ST
Lewis Baloue Don't Stop It Now Romantic Times
Langley Schools Music Project Band On the Run Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Papa Bears Medicine Show Baroque ST
Huckle Minstrel Song Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Art Snider Nasty Arthur Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Sound Sett Oh No (The Sound Sett) 1966-1967
George Hauschild & Carole But For Love Penticton b/w But For Love
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Rock and Soul Chip Dip
Nick Ayoub Quintet Two and The Montreal Scene
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Blue Dye Home Grown Stuff

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

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