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
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Sunshine "Coming Out"
Hazel McKirdy Mama Didn't Lie End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie
Jim Brown Bp Nichol - Another Day Older The First See Hear
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre normal is not returning Sonic Horses I
Pat's People Turn, Turn, Turn Today
David Fromager If What You Said Was True If What You Said Was True
Vicky and the Coins Five Foot Two ST
Black Knight Aaraigathor (Metal Anthem) Master of Disaster (EP)
Nina Dunn Stay and Dance If You Want My Love (Do It) b/w Stay and Dance
Perth County Conspiracy Take Your Time ST
Mike Harris London Hornipie Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Gargoyle George Dawber - Remembering Morris ST
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Do You Agree With Me ST (psych cover)
Garden Bower Lord I’m Tired Etc. w/ Trains
Braineaters Modern Man Pt 2 Planet X
Spade Nielsen Fuddle Duddle Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
Skeptical Eye My Life Is The Devil's Playground
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Sweet Summer Day ST
Mantra Beatrices (D'arcy Draper) ST
Marty Gillan Home from the Forest Try A Little Kindness
Les 409 Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago
Jim Morrison Ready to Rock Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Broadway Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Other Half Thoughts ST
Don Carrington Trio MacArthur Park Makin' It Happen
Reign Ghost Black Ode ST
Catseye Hedgegate Catseye
Other Half Summertime ST
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone What's Come Over Me? "Coming Out"
Langley Schools Music Project Venus and Mars Wix - Brown Elementary School
Hank Noble & His Red River Valley Boys Things That Might Have Been Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You
Dolores Claman Happy Whistler Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre fires in the tempul Awake in th Red Desert
Perth County Conspiracy If You Can Want ST
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal East The Montreal Scene
Langley Schools Music Project The Long and Winding Road Wix - Brown Elementary School
Gentlemen of Horror Rough Hike ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Dutch Mason Polk Salad Annie Half Ain't Been Told
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) A Mic In A Fist Year Zero
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Goldfinger James Bond 007
Sound Sett Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Brazda Brothers Lonely Time ST
Arcade Fire Vampire Forest Fire ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Skarecrow Rest Assured Blues...Live at the Explorer
Jim Brown Ross Barrett & Jim Brown - Tree Person The First See Hear
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck No one in Particular Home Grown Stuff
Athenians of Toronto Proud Mary San Skoteiniazei
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre th deacon bros in barbados Awake in th Red Desert
Trevor Dandy Lord I Come to Thee Don't Cry Little Tree
Dutch Mason Ain't Nobody's Business Half Ain't Been Told
Riverson Clear Night (Rayburn Blake) ST
No Exit They'll Never Know ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn th toothpaste runs out Sonic Horses I
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Saddle Lake Guitar Rhythm Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Huckle Rolling River Wild Blue Yonder
Jensen Sisters Fly Away With Me Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
November Grief Exit Life (With China White) To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Hank Snow I'm Movin' On Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)
Ray Griff Garrington Canada "My Native Land"
EQ Freestyle Swellsville
Nihilist Spasm Band The Byron Bog No Record
April Wine Shotdown The Whole World's Going Crazy (test pressing)
Brazda Brothers Nature ST
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Derek Scott Markle Southern Lady ST
John Palmer Seedling of Light Shorelines
Sweet Somethings Summertime hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Moonstone Focus ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre fading era Sonic Horses I
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Song From Beads ST
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Time is of the Essence Invisible Roots
EQ Come Alive Swellsville
Marty Gillan Sweet Caroline Try A Little Kindness
Chantettes Advertisement Song Remember.....
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Strike Out Every Name ST (psych cover)
Brazda Brothers Walking in the Sun ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia The Undertaker's Ball ST
Mike Harris Orange Blossom Special Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Lewis Baloue Love Showered Me L'amour
Ray Griff Jimmy, Luke and Me Canada "My Native Land"
Ray Griff Alberta My Alberta Canada "My Native Land"
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Moon Raker James Bond 007
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Wanda Unda Landa Chip Dip
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Good Morning Blues ST
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Swords of Gold ST
Lucio Agostini Skiing in Québec Once Upon a Hundred Years
The Mix Maybe (Face To The Wall) Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Elevated Platform Home Grown Stuff
Stonemen In the Evening In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Stephanie Taylor Softly as I Leave You "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Hi-Fives Fujikami The Warrior Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Echoes and a Dream Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) Echoes and a Dream
Lewis Baloue My Whole Life L'amour

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

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

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