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
Perth County Conspiracy Welcome Surprise ST
Marty Gillan She's a Woman (Terry Frewer) Try A Little Kindness
Stephanie Taylor I'm Going to Make You Love Me "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Opposite Land of 1000 Dances Help Us Make It
Perth County Conspiracy So Many Things ST
Jim Morrison Ready to Rock Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Song The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Stephanie Taylor I Don't Know Where I Stand (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Jack London & the Sparrows Glad to Be With You ST
Sweet Somethings Do You Wanna Dance hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Intersystems Lately Number One
New Creation Yet Still Time Troubled
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre she's a very good cook Awake in th Red Desert
Skarecrow Standin' by the Keyhole Blues...Live at the Explorer
New Day They're Callin' Me Back Home They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around
EQ Help a Bruva Out Swellsville
Michael Ratherford Hard Drugs Hard Drugs
Bent Wind Riverside Sussex
Athenians of Toronto Proud Mary San Skoteiniazei
Arcade Fire The Woodland National Anthem ST
Perth County Conspiracy Lace and Cobwebs ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Thunderball James Bond 007
Mike Harris Bill Cheatem Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Barbara Gryfe Colours of the Rainbow What the World Needs Now
Lewis Baloue So Be in Love With Me Romantic Times
London Experimental Jazz Quartet The Sound of Next Year's Echo Invisible Roots
Cargo Say Goodbye Front Side, Back Side
Terry & The Pyrates Someone Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 1) (Dick Kelder) ST
Souls of Inspyration Dil Kusha (Heart's Happiness) ST
Bloodstone I'm Your Man Toronto b/w I'm Your Man
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey #2 Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Sweet Somethings Young World hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Brégent Epitaphe villon Poussière Des Regrets
Trevor Dandy When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Doctor Norman Bethune ST
Huckle Good Morning Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Marty Gillan Colours Try A Little Kindness
Christmas Sorry I Bore You Victoria ST
Sheila Graham 24 Hours of Loneliness ST
King Beezz She Belongs to Me Gloria b/w She Belongs to Me
Riverson Can't Live Without You (Franki Hart) ST
Skarecrow I'm A Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
Fabulous PJ's What Do You Want Me to Do? What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Barbara Gryfe Reunion With the Reserves What the World Needs Now
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone That's the Way I Like It "Coming Out"
Skarecrow Wine Wine Wine Blues...Live at the Explorer
Sound Sett Dead Sea (Bruce MacGregor modified) 1966-1967
Trooper Mr. Big 3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)
King Herbert And the Knights Lucille With Jack Harden
Pat's People Dona Dona Today
Randy Bishop I Sing a Soft Song I Sing A Soft Song
John Greenwood Every Time I Think of You I Smile My Sailboat and Me
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Aftermath Do You Believe In Magic? Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Opposite We Say Yeah Help Us Make It
Other Half Summertime ST
Plastic Cloud You Don't Care ST
John Palmer Such a Long Long Time Shorelines
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre boomerang th floating oranges Sonic Horses I
Chantettes Donna Remember.....
Original Bones Steamboat Whistle Blues ST
Michel & the French Canadians Cause I Believe Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Ronney Mitchell Sandy The Five Man Cargo
Twice Upon a Never Butterfly of Love Twice Upon a Never
Spring Fever Oh Baby Hold Me Woodstock
Joni Mitchell You Dream Flat Tires Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Bear Paws House of the Rising Sun Kitche-Ogamah
Souls of Inspyration Sun Shines in the Winter ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre awake in the red desert Awake in th Red Desert
Riverson Empty Sky (Brian Edwards - Rayburn Blake) ST
Bonnie Scots Coulter's Candy Laugh and Cry
Skeptical Eye The Devil's Playground The Devil's Playground
Blind Owl Hooked On You ST
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
Ardels Georgia On My Mind Rhythm & Blues
Haunted Searching For My Baby ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Take a Long Last Look (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
Joni Mitchell Be Cool Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Spring Shine Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Free to be Free ST (psych cover)
Bonnie Scots Northern Lights of Aberdeen Laugh and Cry
Marty Gillan One Act Play (Howie Vickers (The Collectors)) Try A Little Kindness
Five Man Cargo Why Can't I Get You Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You
VXN Just a Game ST
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau I'm Not Guilty ST (psych cover)
Chantettes There But For Fortune Remember.....
Jeremy Dormouse Portrait for Marianne Toad
Raphaels Someday Someday b/w I Change My Mind
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre arbutus garden apartments 6 p m Awake in th Red Desert
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Teenage Time
Stompin' Tom Connors My Swisha Miss Northland's Own
Lewis Baloue Bringing You a Rose Romantic Times
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra You Only Live Twice James Bond 007
Sound Sett I Need You (Everybody Needs Somebody) 1966-1967
Ted Daigle It May be Silly Teenage Time
David Wiffen Abilene Live at the Bunkhouse
Bonnie Scots Scotland 'Ra Brave Laugh and Cry
Sweet Somethings Summertime hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'

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