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
Hugh Dixon Yellow Bird The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Gargoyle George Dawber - Remembering Morris ST
No Exit Bureaucracy ST
Echoes and a Dream Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) Echoes and a Dream
Ronney Mitchell I've Got to be Me The Five Man Cargo
Stephanie Taylor Windmills of Your Mind "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Tex Lecor John McNally Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Gargoyle Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree ST
Jensen Sisters You Light Up My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Joni Mitchell You Dream Flat Tires Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Haggath Evil Transitions Rehearsal 1985-09
Mantra Beatrices (D'arcy Draper) ST
Brazda Brothers My Little Girl ST
Randy Bishop Lillipads I Sing A Soft Song
Langley Schools Music Project The Long and Winding Road Wix - Brown Elementary School
Stefan Gnys Horizoning English Oaks and Evangeline
Spring Fever Watch Yourself Woodstock
Stompin' Tom Connors The Northern Gentleman Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman
Stephanie Taylor Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Souls of Inspyration Eyes of Nature ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre now, according to paragraph C Awake in th Red Desert
New Reality Lost Never Found Demo Tape
David Wiffen Don't Think Twice Live at the Bunkhouse
Legacy Come With Me Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs
British North American Act The World Would Understand In the Beginning
Derek Scott Markle Daddy's 100 Proof ST
Ronnie Fray & The Playboys The Vulture Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture
Sweet Somethings Frosty Friday hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Spring Fever She's Lookin' Good Woodstock
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Passive & Blue Commercials For Free (EP)
Souls of Inspyration Sun Shines in the Winter ST
Marty Gillan Raindrops Keep Fallin' Try A Little Kindness
Glenn Dixon As Our Days Fly By Reflections
Reign Ghost Mother's Got Troubles Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Ladykiller Ice Woman Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Commercials for Free Commercials For Free (EP)
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Marty Gillan Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday Try A Little Kindness
Jerry Palmer Oh, Lucky Me String of Hits
Other Half Eve of Destruction ST
Braineaters Screw You Planet X
Sheila Graham 24 Hours of Loneliness ST
The Shouter's In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
Jeremy Dormouse freight train Toad Rejects
Rascalz How the Story Goes Really Livin'
Lewis Baloue My Whole Life L'amour
Marty Gillan One Act Play (Howie Vickers (The Collectors)) Try A Little Kindness
Art Snider Sweet Caroline Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Opposite Baby Why Help Us Make It
EQ Come Alive Swellsville
Stefan Gnys Soliloguy English Oaks and Evangeline
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre my mouths on fire Awake in th Red Desert
John Greenwood There is Peace My Sailboat and Me
No Exit Do You Wanna Join? ST
Cyrus Eden You Came For Me First Offense (EP)
Derek Scott Markle Could it Be ST
Pepper Tree Blue Caravan Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Never Mind My Job ST (psych cover)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Pat's People To-day Today
Mock Duck Hurt On Me Test Record
No Exit Decisions ST
Squires Aurora The Sultan b/w Aurora
Dutch Mason Tighten Up On It Half Ain't Been Told
Medium Melon ST
Billy Martin Prayer Meetin' Strawberry Soul
Ray Griff Mama, This One's for You Canada "My Native Land"
Emtidi Touch The Sun Saat
Fabulous PJ's What Do You Want Me to Do? What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
David House of the Rising Sun ST
Golden Earrings My Situation My Situation b/w Nothing Much
David Wiffen Four in the Mornin' Live at the Bunkhouse
Georges Leningrad lollipon lady Made In Taiwan
Dolores Claman Later Latin Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Haunted 1-2-5 ST
Haunted Twist ST
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Jack London & the Sparrows You Don’t Want Me Now ST
Marty Gillan Try a Little Kindness Try A Little Kindness
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Papa Bears Medicine Show Golden Girl ST
Trevor Dandy It's a Long Journey Don't Cry Little Tree
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Madonna ST
Twice Upon a Never Last Round Twice Upon a Never
Art Snider Lara's Theme Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Don Carrington Trio If I Were a Carpenter Makin' It Happen
Jeremy Dormouse birds of joy Toad Rejects
Vicky and the Coins Girl From Ipanema ST
Catseye Images Catseye
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Goldfinger James Bond 007
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Lewis Baloue Romance For Two L'amour
Shades of Blond All Your Love All Your Love
Skarecrow More Than Once Blues...Live at the Explorer
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) State Of The Art Year Zero
Biggy Twiggy Band Mama Won't Let You Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Perth County Conspiracy If You Can Want ST
Dolores Claman Happy Whistler Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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