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
Emtidi Walkin' In The Park Saat
Liska Dagger of the Soul Cry Out Loud
Stefan Gnys The Pleasant Land of Counterpane English Oaks and Evangeline
David House of the Rising Sun ST
David Fromager If What You Said Was True If What You Said Was True
Don Carrington Trio MacArthur Park Makin' It Happen
Nerve Odd Fellows - Mr. Handshake (1982) (unreleased) Penchant b/w Preludes
Sweet Somethings Hold On, I'm Comin' hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Souls of Inspyration Stranger ST
The Organization Don't Let the Green Grass Fool Ya ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre the canada council juree prson is missing Sonic Horses I
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Compilation Judy Singh - My Name is Love Unselfconsciously Canadian
Arcade Fire No Cars Go ST
Canadian Beadles I Just Don't Think it's Fair Three Faces North
Rock-a-tunes Maria Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Chantettes Sail Away Remember.....
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre th ride to th place uv meditaysyun Sonic Horses I
New Creation Songs to Sing Troubled
Dutch Mason C.C. Rider Half Ain't Been Told
Moonstone Focus ST
David Fromager Concrete City Life If What You Said Was True
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal East The Montreal Scene
Huckle Beyonder Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Lewis Baloue It's a New Day Romantic Times
Echoes and a Dream Thank You (Led Zeppelin) Echoes and a Dream
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Moose Head ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Wet Wash ST
Royal Family Sometimes Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Ray Griff Canadian Pacific Canada "My Native Land"
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud
Jackie Mittoo Sugar Jar Stepping Tiger
Matlows Only You If You Were Mine // Only You
Shagnasty Ringing in My Ear Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Funny Feeling Home Grown Stuff
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Chantettes Come and Go With Me Remember.....
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre awake in the red desert Awake in th Red Desert
Garden Bower O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela Etc. w/ Trains
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Walkin' the Dog Chip Dip
EQ Play The Back Swellsville
Medium Stars ST
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Tooth Decay Commercials For Free (EP)
Brazda Brothers Your Kingdom ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Broadway Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Derek Scott Markle The Circle is Changin' Around ST
Joe College & the Rulers Working Class Hero It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
Billy Martin If You Care Strawberry Soul
Huckle Wild Night Wild Blue Yonder
Chantettes Donna Remember.....
Luke Simmons and His Blue Mountain Boys Howlin' at the Moon Just Waitin' // Howlin' at the Moon
Benge Black Sky Lullaby Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Papa Bears Medicine Show Taking My Time ST
Reign Ghost Enola Gay Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Bird Woman of Bath ST
Nerve The Nerve - Penchant (2005 live recording by the Smarties) Penchant b/w Preludes
Gargoyle Ian Young - Child of the Sea ST
King Beezz Gloria Gloria b/w She Belongs to Me
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Skeptical Eye My Life Is The Devil's Playground
Phillip Werren Polish Wedding music Electronic Music (1968-1971)
High Park Sewer Side Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
Ardels Dream Lover Rhythm & Blues
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Untitled (Make the Answer "Yes") ST
Bonnie Scots Lonely Prison Cell Laugh and Cry
A Joint Effort Tequilla Sunrise Final Effort
Blind Owl Roads ST
Mike Harris Orange Blossom Special Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited The Alphatype Beep The Optic Earful
Don Carrington Trio Dingus Makin' It Happen
Liska Tear Away My Heart Cry Out Loud
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Don't Despair ST
David Never Been In Love ST
Moosetracks Someone on the Line ST
Skarecrow Rest Assured Blues...Live at the Explorer
Langley Schools Music Project Good Vibrations Wix - Brown Elementary School
Sheila Graham By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
Jensen Sisters Let a Raindrop be a Tear for You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
King Herbert And the Knights Let's Get Together With Jack Harden
Pepper Tree Carry On Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Robert Armes Put Your Cards on the Table Songs for Icarus
Dolores Claman Summer Walk Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Stompin' Tom Connors The Northern Gentleman Northland's Own
David Wiffen Driving Wheel Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Ray Griff Alberta My Alberta Canada "My Native Land"
Braineaters Johnny Planet X
Riverson Can't Live Without You (Franki Hart) ST
Liska All My Love Cry Out Loud
Randy Bishop Lillipads I Sing A Soft Song
Plateau My Life My Life b/w Under the Big House
Phillip Werren Dance Music I Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Huckle Good Morning Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Marty Gillan If You Go Away Try A Little Kindness
Riverson Between the Lines (Brian Edwards) ST
King Herbert And the Knights Lucille With Jack Harden
Nick Ayoub Quintet Blues for McHugh The Montreal Scene
Lost Soul Dept. Wild-Weekend Wild-Weekend b/w Pot Belly
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

Vancouver, British Columbia → Toronto → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

Harlem, New York, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Jimmy Apostle & the Willows - I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

FEATURED

Ellison - ST

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Perth County Conspiracy - ST

Stratford, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

FEATURED

Something Evil - Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Kings - Switchin'

Vancouver, British Columbia; Oakville, Ontario

FEATURED

Spring - Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

Barrie, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joker's Memory - ST

Ottawa, Ontario

FEATURED

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Bent Wind - Sussex

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jim Brown - The First See Hear

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra - James Bond 007

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - ST

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - "Coming Out"

Philadelphia, USA → Florida, USA → Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Chessmen - Mustang b/w Meadowlands

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

London Experimental Jazz Quartet - Invisible Roots

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

D.N.A. - Because I Love You b/w Seashell

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Mannequin Demo

Boys Brigade

Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

Rehearsal 1985-09

Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Haggath

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09 tape

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09_tape track list_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_03

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape track list_02

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape

Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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

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