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
Skeptical Eye Mama Does'n Understand The Devil's Playground
Don Carrington Trio Dingus Makin' It Happen
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Urine Trouble Year Zero
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
Huckle Flower To The Sun Wild Blue Yonder
Sound Sett She Ain't No Use to Me (Dave Bingham & Roger Mayne, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Barbara Gryfe Evening of Roses What the World Needs Now
Arcade Fire The Woodland National Anthem ST
Grimes Gambang Geidi Primes
Jeremy Dormouse freight train Toad Rejects
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Blind Owl Lingering Dreams ST
Ray Griff The Last of the Winfield Amateurs Canada "My Native Land"
Chantettes Man Come Into Egypt Remember.....
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck No one in Particular Home Grown Stuff
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Modern Rock Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre yu seem to be apeering to follo sum distant star Sonic Horses I
Opposite Party in My Home Help Us Make It
Other Half Stormy Monday Blues ST
Nerve Penchant Penchant b/w Preludes
Joni Mitchell You Dream Flat Tires Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Luke Simmons and His Blue Mountain Boys Howlin' at the Moon Just Waitin' // Howlin' at the Moon
Jackie Mittoo Mystic World Stepping Tiger
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Black Knight Aaraigathor (Metal Anthem) Master of Disaster (EP)
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook & Sling Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Heat Brighouse Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair
Lewis Baloue Love Showered Me L'amour
Nihilist Spasm Band When in London Sleep at the York Hotel No Record
Perth County Conspiracy If You Can Want ST
Chantettes This Land is Your Land Remember.....
Spade Nielsen Fuddle Duddle Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
Stonemen In the Evening In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Ellison Freedom (Vincent Marandola) ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Plateau Mambo ST
David Wiffen Abilene Live at the Bunkhouse
Mike Harris Orange Blossom Special Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Huckle High For Sky Wild Blue Yonder
Lewis Baloue So Be in Love With Me Romantic Times
Mike Harris Rippling Water Jig Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Jim Brown Bp Nichol - Another Day Older The First See Hear
Reign Ghost Breast Stroke Blues Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
D.N.A. Seashell Because I Love You b/w Seashell
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Until Nine ST (psych cover)
Phillip Werren Polish Wedding music Electronic Music (1968-1971)
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Jeff Moore & Friends Both Sides (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Sheila Graham By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
Twice Upon a Never Last Round Twice Upon a Never
Cyrus Eden You Came For Me First Offense (EP)
Skarecrow Ain't Gonna Pop 'Dem Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Air I Breathe "Coming Out"
Don Carrington Trio MacArthur Park Makin' It Happen
John Palmer The Wheel Shorelines
Jensen Sisters I Can't Deny Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Rainbow ST
Liska A Smile Cry Out Loud
Original Bones I Went Walkin' ST
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Silver Bells Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Jeremy Dormouse fly around my pretty little miss Toad Rejects
Spring Fever A Long Time Coming Woodstock
Stonemen Faded Colors In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Hugh Dixon Chopin's Nocturne The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Five Man Cargo Memories Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Jazz Widow Waltz Invisible Roots
Arcade Fire My Heart is an Apple ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre an ode to d a levy Awake in th Red Desert
Catseye Rhythms of an Empty Room Catseye
Barbara Gryfe Colours of the Rainbow What the World Needs Now
Chantettes Harry Was a Communist Remember.....
London Experimental Jazz Quartet My Dog's Tail is Longer Than Yours Invisible Roots
Jerry Palmer Got a Love String of Hits
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre heart flash us Sonic Horses I
Compilation Jim Wheeler and the Spokes - Secret Spy International Master Discovery Records
Skarecrow My Coffee's Gettin' Cold Blues...Live at the Explorer
VXN Not Only in Love ST
Other Half Warm Summer's Night ST
Roger Rodier You don't know what it's like Upon Velveatur
April Wine Gimme Love The Whole World's Going Crazy (test pressing)
Pat's People Turn, Turn, Turn Today
The Fringe Token For My Mind Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Black Knight Master Of Disaster Master of Disaster (EP)
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Cryin' All Alone Chip Dip
Billy Martin Prayer Meetin' Strawberry Soul
Jackie Mittoo Special Mission Stepping Tiger
Randy Bishop (A World of) Black And Brown I Sing A Soft Song
Bear Paws Stand By Me Kitche-Ogamah
Jensen Sisters You Lit the Fire (I Want Only You) Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Jeremy Dormouse what joy - what bliss Toad Rejects
Jeff Moore & Friends Flying So High (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
EQ Serious Swellsville
Les 409 Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
Emtidi Walkin' In The Park Saat
Stefan Gnys Machine English Oaks and Evangeline
Other Half In Passing ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Thunderball James Bond 007
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
Twice Upon a Never Go Where You Go Twice Upon a Never

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - International Master Discovery Records

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Shades of Blond - All Your Love

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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

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

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