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
Sunshyne	Eclypse & Sunny Day (Ross Barrett and Ken Spence)	The Raven (EP)	06:52
Jerry Palmer	Got a Love	String of Hits	02:22
Compilation	Myrna Lawrence - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face	Unselfconsciously Canadian	02:28
Dutch Mason	Lights Are On But Nobody's Home	Half Ain't Been Told	05:41
Threads Of Fybre	Believe Me	Mama b/w Believe Me	02:57
Dolores Claman	Western Panorama	Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes	02:59
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Jerry Palmer	Celebration Day	String of Hits	02:07
Rascalz	Ragga Muffin Rhymes	Really Livin'	03:52
Johnny Teah & The Jubilee Mountain Boys	Sad Whistle	Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome	02:13
Liska	Dagger of the Soul	Cry Out Loud	01:36
Twice Upon a Never	Obladi Oblada	Twice Upon a Never	02:45
Huckle	I Surrender	Wild Blue Yonder	03:33
Dutch Mason	C.C. Rider	Half Ain't Been Told	04:53
Sunshyne	The Raven (David Sinclair)	The Raven (EP)	09:30
Sweet Somethings	Frosty Friday	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:45
Sheila Graham	The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart	ST	02:33
Ardels	Alley Oop	Rhythm & Blues	02:30
Emtidi	Walkin' In The Park	Saat	06:38
David Wiffen	You'll Never Make a Dollar That Way	Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)	04:03
Neil Young	My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)	My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)	03:46
Original Bones	Sit Down	ST	03:24
Caribou	Le blues sale	ST	07:10
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
EQ	Inner Thoughts	Swellsville	02:50
Nihilist Spasm Band	The Byron Bog	No Record	11:21
VXN	Running Out	ST	03:42
Dutch Mason	Tighten Up On It	Half Ain't Been Told	03:42
Jeff Moore & Friends	Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore)	The Youngest Son	06:04
Bear Paws	House of the Rising Sun	Kitche-Ogamah	04:54
Spade Nielsen	Fuddle Duddle	Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)	02:31
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	Little Toy Trains	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	02:31
Randy Bishop	Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning	I Sing A Soft Song	13:40
Hi-Fives	Mo-Shun	Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun	01:32
John Palmer	Such a Long Long Time	Shorelines	02:18
May Run	Up Where Dreams Begin	Days Into Years	03:54
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	Love Won't let Me Wait	"Coming Out"	05:37
Reign Ghost	Reaching	ST	09:12
Ellison	Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola)	ST	04:06
Marty Gillan	Home from the Forest	Try A Little Kindness	02:40
Ray Griff	Piano Man	Canada "My Native Land"	03:01
Arcade Fire	My Heart is an Apple	ST	04:27
Original Bones	The Verses of the Fool	ST	02:14
Ronney Mitchell	Tonight My Love, Tonight	The Five Man Cargo	02:09
Jack London & the Sparrows	Take it Slow (vocal by Jerry Edmonton)	ST	02:17
David Fromager	Out on the Weekend	If What You Said Was True	03:26
Laurie Ingalls	Goin' Home	Cheap Champagne	04:34
Hugh Dixon	Green Green Grass of Home (vocals: Pat Dixon)	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	01:35
Blind Owl	Some Tears You Have To Cry	ST	03:01
Other Half	Summertime	ST	06:16
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
The Mix	Break Up Shake Up	Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:25
Caribou	Les goelands	ST	04:27
Reign Ghost	Ain't it Great	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	03:56
Walter Boudreau	Passion	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	05:01
Jeremy Dormouse	what joy - what bliss	Toad Rejects	01:35
Sheila Graham	By the Time I Get to Phoenix	ST	02:43
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	and th green wind	Awake in th Red Desert	01:50
Caribou	Lune	ST	03:51
Dutch Mason	Mannish Boy	Half Ain't Been Told	05:22
Twice Upon a Never	Leavin' On a Jet Plane	Twice Upon a Never	03:33
Gordon Lightfoot	Steel Rail Blues	Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)	02:53
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Glenn Dixon	As Our Days Fly By	Reflections	01:27
Jack London & the Sparrows	It's Been One of Those Days	ST	02:27
Huckle	The Sunshine Shuffle	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	03:32
Mike Harris	By the Fireside	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:28
Chantettes	Bamboo	Remember.....	02:25
Blind Owl	Song To the Wind	ST	03:06
Barbara Gryfe	Jerusalem of Gold	What the World Needs Now	03:42
King Herbert And the Knights	Amen	With Jack Harden	03:22
Rockadrome	Inside Out, Inside In	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:46
Lucio Agostini	Chuck Wagon Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:51
Caribou	Gretta cromo	ST	03:24
Hugh Dixon	Guitar Soco	Guitar Solo (acetate)	02:14
Rockadrome	There You Go Again	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:22
Hi-Fives	Fujikami The Warrior	Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun	02:10
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Listen Here	Chip Dip	03:48
Jarvis Street Revue	Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song)	Mr. Oil Man	04:44
Hugh Dixon	Chopin's Nocturne	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	03:33
Canadian Beadles	Lonely Blue Boy	Three Faces North	02:39
Jeremy Dormouse	High Flying Bird	Toad	02:27
Skeptical Eye	Mama Does'n Understand	The Devil's Playground	05:15
Billy Martin	Funky Feelin'	Strawberry Soul	02:44
Original Bones	I Went Walkin'	ST	03:43
Rockadrome	T.O. Town	Royal American 20th Century Blues	02:13
British North American Act	Just How You Feel	In the Beginning	02:43
John Greenwood	My Sailboat and Me	My Sailboat and Me	04:41
Jim Morrison	Ready to Rock	Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)	02:10
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band	Passive & Blue	Commercials For Free (EP)	00:59
Liska	Rose	Cry Out Loud	02:38
Vic Vogel	Quiet Nights	Montreal Bandleader	02:19
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	Groovin	ST	02:36
Dolores Claman	Happy Whistler	Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes	02:15
Other Half	Don't Think Twice	ST	03:27
Dutch Mason	Gamblin' Fever	Half Ain't Been Told	04:04
Sacrifice	Turn in Your Grave	The Exorcism	03:51
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	Until Nine	ST (psych cover)	03:00
Randy Bishop	I Sing a Soft Song	I Sing A Soft Song	03:04
Willie Dunn	Protest Song	Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12	05:48

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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