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.

Bent Wind - Sussex - Vinyl Side 2

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Reaction

Black Knight - Master of Disaster

George Cook - Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley

Rockadrome - Royal American 20th Century Blues BACK

Moonstone - ST

Sweet Somethings - hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'

Siggy Magic & the Hey Ho Band - Commercials For Free (EP)

Frankie

Stephanie Taylor - "I Don't Know Where I Stand"

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

David

Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 02

Bob Bryden

Plastic Cloud - ST

Les 409 acetate label one-of-a-kind garage artifact

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - Coming Out

Joker's Memory - ST

Ablaze - Psychopath b/w Sadistic Dream

Hank Snow - Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)

Phillip Werren - Electronic Music (1968-1971)

Squires - The Sultan b/w Aurora

Natalie Pollock & John Turner

Michel & the French Canadians - Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Uncertain Wipeout Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
Echoes and a Dream Midnight Passion Echoes and a Dream
Baloue, Lewis Bon Voyage Romantic Times
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Hook & Sling Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Huckle Flower To The Sun Wild Blue Yonder
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Teaser Royal American 20th Century Blues
Nerve Penchant Penchant b/w Preludes
Original Bones Friend of the Devil ST
Daigle, Ted Sweet Little Sixteen Teenage Time
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre fading era Sonic Horses I
Ellison Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Agostini, Lucio Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Palmer, John Solitude Shorelines
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) A Mic In A Fist Year Zero
Moore, Jeff & Friends Both Sides (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
David Alvin J. Ashtray ST
Emtidi Saat Saat
Riverson Empty Sky (Brian Edwards - Rayburn Blake) ST
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre the canada council juree prson is missing Sonic Horses I
Haunted Shake ST
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre arbutus garden apartments 6 p m Awake in th Red Desert
Jarvis Street Revue 300 South Mr. Oil Man
Catseye Rhythms of an Empty Room Catseye
New Creation All is Well Troubled
Scott Markle, Derek To Whisper Out Your Name ST
Greenwood, John Give Us Love My Sailboat and Me
David Flight of the Egyptian Army ST
Opposite Land of 1000 Dances Help Us Make It
Armes, Robert 2-2 Blues Songs for Icarus
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Wet Wash ST
Mitchell, Ronney I've Got to be Me The Five Man Cargo
London, Jack & the Sparrows Our Love has Passed ST
Fringe, The Executive Dream Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Duet: Photomodifications The Optic Earful
Rockadrome Thirteen Miles Down Royal American 20th Century Blues
Blind Owl Hooked On You ST
Rock-a-tunes You're Some Kind of Nice Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Griff, Ray That Old Montana Moon Canada "My Native Land"
Armes, Robert Lying Close Together Songs for Icarus
New Creation New Creation Troubled
Agostini, Lucio Cocktails In New York Once Upon a Hundred Years
Moonstone Top Heavy ST
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre th deacon bros in barbados Awake in th Red Desert
Catseye I Met a Girl Out in the Country Catseye
VXN Not Only in Love ST
Mason, Dutch Ain't Nobody's Business Half Ain't Been Told
Brégent Mon frère Poussière Des Regrets
King Herbert And the Knights You Make Me So Very Happy With Jack Harden
VXN Putting Love Aside ST
New Reality Here He Goes Demo Tape
Northwest Company Get Away From it All Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All
Catseye Hedgegate Catseye
Tyrant Carol Hooked On You b/w Carol
Reign Ghost Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy ST
Bear Paws Lady of the Nite Kitche-Ogamah
Dixon, Hugh Yellow Bird The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Greenwood, John The Princess My Sailboat and Me
Perth County Conspiracy Take Your Time ST
Jensen Sisters You Walked Into My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
409, Les Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Sound Sett Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen) 1966-1967
Agostini, Lucio Centennial Caravan Once Upon a Hundred Years
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Wiffen, David More Often Than Not Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Gryfe, Barbara Reunion With the Reserves What the World Needs Now
Fabulous PJ's What Do You Want Me to Do? What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Ardels Alley Oop Rhythm & Blues
Guess Who American Woman American Woman (split with Christie, Cliff Richards & Arlene Harden)
Harris, Mike Chinese Breakdown Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Huckle Rolling River Wild Blue Yonder
VXN Illusion of the Heart ST
Skeptical Eye Sad Jazz The Devil's Playground
Grimes Gambang Geidi Primes
Brazda Brothers Gemini ST
Gillan, Marty I Ain't Done Yet (Theme from the T.V. Series "The Manipulators") (Bobby Hales) Try A Little Kindness
London, Jack & the Sparrows It's Been One of Those Days ST
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Tooth Decay Commercials For Free (EP)
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Northern Gentleman Northland's Own
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Interval ST
Gnys, Stefan Evangeline English Oaks and Evangeline
Platinum Blonde No Regrets Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets
Canadian Beadles I'm Coming Home Three Faces North
Shades of Blond All Your Love All Your Love
November Grief The Aftermath To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Twice Upon a Never Obladi Oblada Twice Upon a Never
Mason, Dutch Tighten Up On It Half Ain't Been Told
Reign Ghost Eyes Knows, So Does Ears ST
Grimes Feyd Rautha Dark Heart Geidi Primes
Rockadrome Ain't It a Shame Royal American 20th Century Blues
Griff, Ray Our Country Canada "My Native Land"
Squires Aurora The Sultan b/w Aurora
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Greenwood, John 3/4 Time My Sailboat and Me
Walton, Dennis Sweeter Love Sweeter Love
Cargo Once a Proud Man Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Skarecrow I Got to Have It Blues...Live at the Explorer
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Walk Your Head Around Home Grown Stuff
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove

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