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	Length
British North American Act	The World Would Understand	In the Beginning	02:33
Hank Snow	I Don't Hurt Anymore	Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:56
Jim Brown	Ross Barrett & Jim Brown - Tree Person	The First See Hear	03:07
Jeremy Dormouse	High Flying Bird	Toad	02:27
Medium	Melon	ST	01:46
Grimes	Zoal, Face Dancer	Geidi Primes	02:36
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Willie Dunn	Ballad of a Pavillion	Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12	09:01
Something Evil	The Great Winnipeg Riot	Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot	03:22
Brazda Brothers	Blooming Flowers	ST	04:10
Pat's People	Turn, Turn, Turn	Today	03:23
Phillip Werren	Dance Music I	Electronic Music (1968-1971)	12:55
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Huckle	Beautiful You Are	Wild Blue Yonder	04:27
Huckle	Ocean	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	03:42
Story Structure	I Told You (Extended Mix)	I Told You	06:33
Spring Fever	She Taught My Katie	Woodstock	03:14
Robert Armes	Slipping Away	Songs for Icarus	03:32
Haggath	Evil Transitions	Rehearsal 1985-09	07:43
Stephanie Taylor	Long and Winding Road	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	03:41
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey #1	ST	03:09
David Wiffen	Slice of Life	Live at the Bunkhouse	01:50
The Nerve	Penchant	Penchant b/w Preludes	03:03
Original Bones	Itchy Blues	ST	03:33
Langley Schools Music Project	Venus and Mars	Wix - Brown Elementary School	02:47
November Grief	The Aftermath	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	03:09
Other Half	Thoughts	ST	04:06
Walter Boudreau	Imagination	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	08:28
Robert Armes	Bobcaygeon	Songs for Icarus	04:39
Shagnasty	Ringing in My Ear	Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers	03:26
Willie Dunn	Walking Eagle	Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12	07:01
Haunted	A Message to Pretty	ST	03:07
Gentlemen of Horror	Rich Kids	ST (EP) (skeleton cover)	01:22
Trevor Dandy	It's a Long Journey	Don't Cry Little Tree	03:56
Mystique	No Return	Black Rider	04:00
King Herbert And the Knights	Lucille	With Jack Harden	02:45
Willie Dunn	Ballad of a Metis	Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12	04:46
Riverson	Stoney Day (Brian Edwards, Lisa Eisenhardt (Lisa Hartt))	ST	04:28
Luke Simmons and His Blue Mountain Boys	Howlin' at the Moon	Just Waitin' // Howlin' at the Moon	02:56
Perth County Conspiracy	Hurdy-Gurdy Man	ST	04:38
Derek Scott Markle	House Song	ST	03:38
Gentlemen of Horror	Rough Hike	ST (EP) (skeleton cover)	01:18
EQ	Come Alive	Swellsville	03:14
Tex Lecor	Le frigidaire	Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)	02:57
Bear Paws	Lady of the Nite	Kitche-Ogamah	03:52
May Run	Big Big World	Days Into Years	03:53
Lucio Agostini	Cocktails In New York	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:09
Moonstone	Top Heavy	ST	02:39
Sedum Shadows	Anatomy of a Shadow	Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow	03:04
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Stompin' Tom Connors	My Swisha Miss	Northland's Own	02:04
Original Bones	Lady Anne	ST	03:05
Spring Fever	She Moves Me	Woodstock	03:30
Art Snider	Ode to Billy Joe	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	03:22
Sound Sett	You're a Better Man Than I (Mike & Brian Hugg)	1966-1967	03:24
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Café Symphony	ST	03:22
Mantra	Midnigh Train (D'arcy Draper)	ST	02:01
Jarvis Street Revue	Heidi-Ho (Let Her Go)	Mr. Oil Man	03:29
Jimmy Apostle & the Willows	I Love Ya Honey	I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love	02:02
Mock Duck	My Time	Test Record	06:44
Vicky and the Coins	Five Foot Two	ST	02:15
A Joint Effort	Tequilla Sunrise	Final Effort	02:35
Compilation	Shades of Blond - All Your Love	International Master Discovery Records	02:12
Other Half	100 lbs. Clay	ST	03:17
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Summertime	Chip Dip	03:24
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	now, according to paragraph C	Awake in th Red Desert	02:31
Sound Sett	Mustang Sally (Mack Rice)	1966-1967	03:05
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	You Are Too Beautiful	ST	02:57
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	whn u cum into me	Sonic Horses I	06:40
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Plateau Mambo	ST	02:09
Pat's People	Changes	Today	03:27
Nihilist Spasm Band	When in London Sleep at the York Hotel	No Record	04:59
Compilation	Joe Vassos - Leavin' on a Jet Plane	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:14
David Fromager	Radio Madness	If What You Said Was True	02:28
Spring	Long Long Way	Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind	03:17
Jarvis Street Revue	Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song)	Mr. Oil Man	04:44
Grimes	Shadout Mapes	Geidi Primes	04:32
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Porno Groove	Year Zero	00:58
Billy Martin	It's Your Life	Strawberry Soul	02:42
Liska	Angela	Cry Out Loud	04:15
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	Love Won't let Me Wait	"Coming Out"	05:37
Walter Boudreau	Synchronisation I	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	07:16
Riverson	Take Me (Rayburn Blake)	ST	02:55
Marty Gillan	Raindrops Keep Fallin'	Try A Little Kindness	02:44
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Thunderball	James Bond 007	02:37
R. Taylor Dean	My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug	My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)	02:49
Brégent	Dans ma maison	Poussière Des Regrets	07:09
Stompin' Tom Connors	Movin' On to Rouyn	Northland's Own	02:37
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	th ride to th place uv meditaysyun	Sonic Horses I	24:36
Vicky and the Coins	When the Saints Go Marching In	ST	01:47
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:25
Lewis Baloue	We Danced All Night	Romantic Times	03:35
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
The Organization	Back to Back	ST	02:50
Boys Brigade	Exodus	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:12
Blind Owl	Hooked On You	ST	03:02
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	State Of The Art	Year Zero	01:28
Hazel McKirdy	End of the World	End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie	02:33
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Cargo	Only My Best Friends Can Tell	Front Side, Back Side	02:05

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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Caribou - ST

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Laurie Ingalls - Cheap Champagne

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Sacrifice - Interviews 1985 + First Live Show

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Sacrifice - The Exorcism

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Sacrifice - Turn In Your Grave (demo)

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Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends - Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends

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Ablaze - Psychopath

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May Run - Days Into Years

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Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

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Gerry Fiander - So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)

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Moonstone - ST

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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New Creation - Troubled

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

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Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

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

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Ellison - ST

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Perth County Conspiracy - ST

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Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

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

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Kings - Switchin'

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

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

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Joker's Memory - ST

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

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