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
Jeremy Dormouse	High Flying Bird	Toad	02:27
Jerry Palmer	Your Love	String of Hits	02:53
Jeff Moore & Friends	Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore)	The Youngest Son	06:04
Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels	Surfs U Rite	Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)	02:25
Billy Martin	Egg Roll	Strawberry Soul	03:02
November Grief	Requiem (For Mother Earth)	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	01:35
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	is yr car 2 soft 4 th road	Awake in th Red Desert	00:32
Mantra	Drifter (D'arcy Draper)	ST	02:43
Art Snider	Something Stupid - Tea for Two	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	04:00
Skarecrow	Ain't Gonna Pop 'Dem Blues	Blues...Live at the Explorer	04:54
Strange Movies	What A Drag	(I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag	02:45
Joy	Ready to Move	Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried	02:10
Uncertain	Wipeout	Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout	02:13
November Grief	T.W.O.D.	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	00:43
Ronney Mitchell	Will it go Round in Circles?	The Five Man Cargo	03:26
Liska	Angela	Cry Out Loud	04:15
Jeremy Dormouse	Young Face	Toad	01:53
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Year Zero	Year Zero	01:58
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Cargo	Rural Route One	Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing	02:18
Medium	Melon	ST	01:46
Perth County Conspiracy	If You Can Want	ST	04:29
Reign Ghost	Standing Room Only, Mr. Mars	ST	03:47
A Joint Effort	Horse with No Name	Final Effort	07:34
Pepper Tree	Blue Caravan	Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)	03:03
Marty Gillan	Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday	Try A Little Kindness	02:34
Ardels	Linda Lou	Rhythm & Blues	02:23
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	The Sound of Next Year's Echo	Invisible Roots	03:42
A Joint Effort	Molly and Tenbrooks	Final Effort	03:37
Skarecrow	More Than Once	Blues...Live at the Explorer	04:18
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	Season of the Witch	ST	05:42
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	A Mic In A Fist	Year Zero	02:14
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Gordon Lightfoot	Movin'	Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)	02:30
Dutch Mason	C.C. Rider	Half Ain't Been Told	04:53
David Fromager	Nicky	If What You Said Was True	03:00
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Mannequin Demo	05:02
Mynah Birds	The Mynah Bird Hop	The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song	02:20
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Sheila Graham	Little Green Apples	ST	03:49
Story Structure	I Told You (Instrumental Mix)	I Told You	04:55
Rascalz	Quest for Rhyme	Really Livin'	04:03
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	all th brite eyez deep in the rivr bed	Sonic Horses I	04:04
Garden Bower	This Woman (live)	Etc. w/ Trains	03:29
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	State Of The Art	Year Zero	01:28
Ellison	Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand)	ST	05:22
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Sacrifice	DE01_Sacrifice_Larry_s Hideaway (Toronto)_1985-03-25	Interviews 1985 + First Live Show	46:51
Opposite	A Dark Night	Help Us Make It	03:21
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Lewis Baloue	Even Rainbows Turn Blue	L'amour	03:33
Laurie Ingalls	Fairweather Woman	Cheap Champagne	04:56
Jack London & the Sparrows	If You Don't Want My Love	ST	02:01
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
EQ	Help a Bruva Out	Swellsville	05:45
Rockadrome	Good Dream	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:38
Stefan Gnys	Evangeline	English Oaks and Evangeline	03:10
Moonstone	Focus	ST	04:43
Norris Vines and The Luvlines	Feel The Warm	Give In b/w Feel The Warm	03:33
Mystique	Wake Up Screamin'	Black Rider	05:18
Canadian Beadles	Whole Lot of Shakin Going On	Three Faces North	02:28
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	From Russia With Love	James Bond 007	03:34
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Goldfinger	James Bond 007	02:49
King Herbert And the Knights	Ode to Billy Joe	With Jack Harden	04:15
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
No Exit	Do You Wanna Join?	ST	02:01
Marty Gillan	Raindrops Keep Fallin'	Try A Little Kindness	02:44
Souls of Inspyration	Seasons of Change	ST	05:22
Ardels	Theme	Rhythm & Blues	03:20
Catseye	Love	Catseye	07:29
Grimes	Feyd Rautha Dark Heart	Geidi Primes	03:41
Bonnie Scots	Lizzie Lindsay	Laugh and Cry	03:33
Laurie Ingalls	Midnight Lady	Cheap Champagne	03:48
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
David	Little Boys	ST	01:57
John Greenwood	Hey, Minstrel Boy	My Sailboat and Me	03:04
Willie Dunn	Ballad of a Pavillion	Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12	09:01
Skarecrow	Ballad of Glen & Trevor	Blues...Live at the Explorer	04:24
Grimes	Shadout Mapes	Geidi Primes	04:32
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	What a Lovely Place to be Buried	ST	03:09
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	leevin th electrik citee	Sonic Horses I	09:01
Derek Scott Markle	Goin' Thru the Town	ST	02:03
Sheila Graham	The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart	ST	02:33
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	o a b a	Awake in th Red Desert	02:29
Sacrifice	The Exorcism	The Exorcism	02:46
Sweet Somethings	Will You Love Me Tomorrow	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:47
David	House of the Rising Sun	ST	03:41
Jim Brown	Lionel Kearns - Transport	The First See Hear	03:39
Langley Schools Music Project	You're so Good to Me	Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger	02:49
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
Moonstone	Cointreau	ST	03:30
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	Funny Feeling	Home Grown Stuff	03:31
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	One Glass for Wine	Home Grown Stuff	03:09
Bonnie Scots	Jeanie McCall	Laugh and Cry	01:49
Roger Rodier	Just fine	Upon Velveatur	03:59
Derek Scott Markle	Daddy's 100 Proof	ST	01:13
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Wheeeee! Demo

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Christmas - ST

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Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

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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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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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