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
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Grimes Zoal, Face Dancer Geidi Primes
Spring You Were Blind Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Circle C Burn Burn (promo)
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Destroy the Nihilistic Picnic Invisible Roots
Dixon, Hugh Guitar Soco Guitar Solo (acetate)
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Langley Schools Music Project Calling Occupants Wix - Brown Elementary School
Echoes and a Dream Thank You (Led Zeppelin) Echoes and a Dream
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre she, still and curling Awake in th Red Desert
Agostini, Lucio Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Hook and Sling The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
London, Jack & the Sparrows It's Been One of Those Days ST
Taylor, Stephanie I'm Going to Make You Love Me "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Cargo Alisa Front Side, Back Side
Black Knight Born To Rock Master of Disaster (EP)
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Ron Martin Special With Mustard Invisible Roots
Mock Duck Sitting on Top of the World Test Record
Don And Adrian Lord When I’m Down River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down
Shades of Blond All Your Love All Your Love
Medium In Between ST
Rodier, Roger You don't know what it's like Upon Velveatur
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Tooth Decay Commercials For Free (EP)
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Grazin' in the Grass Chip Dip
Moore, Jeff & Friends For You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
British North American Act I'll Find a Way In the Beginning
Canadian Beadles Steady Guy Three Faces North
Palmer, Jerry Come Along With Me String of Hits
Taylor, Stephanie Suzanne (Leonard Cohen) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon You Don't Know Happiness ST
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) God Bless ST (psych cover)
Reign Ghost Reaching ST
Lost Soul Dept. Pot Belly Wild-Weekend b/w Pot Belly
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Graham, Sheila The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart ST
David Hey Jude ST
Fray, Ronnie & The Playboys Mean Mama Blues Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture
Wiffen, David Slice of Life Live at the Bunkhouse
Rodier, Roger While my castles burning Upon Velveatur
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling ST
Rascalz The Roughest (We Are) Really Livin'
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Summertime Chip Dip
Catseye Images Catseye
New Creation Sodom and Gomorrah Troubled
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Haunted 1-2-5 ST
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Graham, Sheila Straight Life ST
Gnys, Stefan Machine English Oaks and Evangeline
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
Skarecrow I'm A Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
September (1) Celebration Blue Lady b/w Celebration
Daigle, Ted Sweet Little Sixteen Teenage Time
Langley Schools Music Project Band On the Run Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Five Man Cargo Memories Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You
Lecor, Tex Le frigidaire Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Perth County Conspiracy Woman for All Seasons ST
Mason, Dutch Dust My Broom Half Ain't Been Told
Mitchell, Joni Wild Things Run Fast Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Dixon, Glenn Waiting for the Dreams to Come Reflections
Vogel, Vic Booze is Beautiful Montreal Bandleader
Cargo Once a Proud Man Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
Brazda Brothers Lonely Time ST
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band People Who Created Me Commercials For Free (EP)
Claman, Dolores Western Way Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
King Herbert And the Knights You Make Me So Very Happy With Jack Harden
No Exit Downtown Weekend ST
Hi-Fives Fujikami The Warrior Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited The Alphatype Beep The Optic Earful
Morrison, Jim Ready to Rock Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)
Bear Paws Standing by the River Kitche-Ogamah
Mittoo, Jackie Stepping Tiger Stepping Tiger
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
King Herbert And the Knights Let's Get Together With Jack Harden
Haunted Shake ST
Jeremy Dormouse Young Face Toad
Mitchell, Ronney Good Luck Charm - She's Not You The Five Man Cargo
Bonnie Scots This Land Is Your Land Laugh and Cry
Compilation New Brands - Ace Up His Sleeve International Master Discovery Records
Lightfoot, Gordon Talking Freight Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)
Mock Duck Home Made Jam Test Record
Liska Missing You Cry Out Loud
Calgary Range Riders Rocky Mountain Rhythm Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Flyin' C.P.R. Northland's Own
New Reality Yesterday a Child Was Born Demo Tape
Nihilist Spasm Band Destroy the Nations No Record
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Gravel Road ST
Georges Leningrad Bad smells Made In Taiwan
Plateau My Life My Life b/w Under the Big House
Don And Adrian River Run You Down River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down
Griff, Ray That Old Montana Moon Canada "My Native Land"
Opposite Baby Why Help Us Make It
Original Bones Say it With gentle ST
Boudreau, Walter Imagination Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Taylor, Stephanie Working on a Groove Thing "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Mystique Memories Black Rider
Plastic Cloud Art's a Happy Man ST
Vogel, Vic Shadow of Your Smile and Yesterday Montreal Bandleader

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