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
Ray Griff Curley Canada "My Native Land"
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Buck Shots ST
Twice Upon a Never Last Thing On My Mind Twice Upon a Never
Compilation Joe Vassos - New World Unselfconsciously Canadian
Langley Schools Music Project Saturday Night Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Diodes The Curse - War Raw / War (split with The Curse)
Nerve Odd Fellows - Cretonia (1982) (unreleased) Penchant b/w Preludes
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Interval ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Chiliwack Year Zero
Jeremy Dormouse rollin' again Toad Rejects
David Wiffen Climb the Stairs Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Stephanie Taylor Suzanne (Leonard Cohen) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Jeremy Dormouse fly around my pretty little miss Toad Rejects
Jeff Moore & Friends Blind Man (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
David Little Boys ST
David Take My Hand ST
Joe College & the Rulers It Ain't Allright (With Me) It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Theme from Swat "Coming Out"
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Moosetracks Happily Day Is Done ST
Twice Upon a Never Last Round Twice Upon a Never
Mike Harris Patty the Coon Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook and Sling The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Emtidi Die Reise Saat
Ted Daigle Legend of Chaleur Bay Teenage Time
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Destroy the Nihilistic Picnic Invisible Roots
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Year Zero Year Zero
Johnny Teah & The Jubilee Mountain Boys Hello Mister Lonesome Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Rock and Soul Chip Dip
Canadian Beadles Mojo Workout Three Faces North
Liska Missing You Cry Out Loud
Huckle Get Down Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Emtidi Walkin' In The Park Saat
Moonstone Focus ST
Ray Griff Our Country Canada "My Native Land"
Huckle Ocean Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Sound Sett I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding & Jerry Butler) 1966-1967
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud
Langley Schools Music Project Mandy Wix - Brown Elementary School
Ted Daigle Ballad of a Teenage Queen Teenage Time
Rockadrome Ain't It a Shame Royal American 20th Century Blues
Norris Vines and The Luvlines Give In Give In b/w Feel The Warm
Lewis Baloue I Thought The World Of You L'amour
Canadian Beadles I Just Don't Think it's Fair Three Faces North
Ray Griff D-Dogies Canada "My Native Land"
Arcade Fire I'm Sleeping in a Submarine ST
Spring Fever A Long Time Coming Woodstock
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia The Undertaker's Ball ST
Liska Cry Out Loud Cry Out Loud
Raphaels I Change My Mind Someday b/w I Change My Mind
Brad Richards Send a Little Love My Way Right Time for Love
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre my mouths on fire Awake in th Red Desert
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Jerry Palmer Party Pooper String of Hits
Chantettes Sail Away Remember.....
Stompin' Tom Connors Little Wawa Northland's Own
Bear Paws Can't You See Kitche-Ogamah
Vicky and the Coins In Old Shanty Town ST
David Lovely Lady ST
Moonstone Black Blind Light ST
Gentlemen of Horror Rich Kids Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra The Spy Who Loved Me James Bond 007
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Listen Here Chip Dip
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Gentlemen of Horror Overhead Projector ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Canadian Beadles Lonely Blue Boy Three Faces North
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
David Fromager Concrete City Life If What You Said Was True
The Fringe Inside Lookin' Out Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre o a b a Awake in th Red Desert
Ronney Mitchell Welcome to the Country The Five Man Cargo
Derek Scott Markle I Don't Know For Certain ST
Echoes and a Dream Thank You (Led Zeppelin) Echoes and a Dream
Lord Ryur Pact With The Sinner Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Plastic Cloud Epistle to Paradise ST
David Wiffen Four in the Mornin' Live at the Bunkhouse
Dutch Mason Baby Please Don't Go Half Ain't Been Told
Moonstone Relative Hoak ST
Ronnie Fray & The Playboys The Vulture Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture
Sheila Graham Little Green Apples ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Algoma Central No. 69 Northland's Own
Stompin' Tom Connors Carolyne Northland's Own
Moosetracks Hangman ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre she, still and curling Awake in th Red Desert
Huckle The Sunshine Shuffle Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Gargoyle John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) ST
Nick Ayoub Quintet Two and The Montreal Scene
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Marty Gillan Home from the Forest Try A Little Kindness
David Alvin J. Ashtray ST
Adanac Reply What Would It Be Like? What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Langley Schools Music Project Calling Occupants Wix - Brown Elementary School
Trevor Dandy Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
Rockadrome Live and Love Child Royal American 20th Century Blues
New Creation Eternity Ahead Troubled
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Cargo Talk With Us Front Side, Back Side
Skarecrow Stormy Monday Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Jack London & the Sparrows Sparrows and Daisies ST
Ronney Mitchell Good Luck Charm - She's Not You The Five Man Cargo

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

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

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