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
Mantra Stay (D'arcy Draper) ST
Moonstone In Case ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) In A Bad Way (Remix) Year Zero
R. Taylor Dean My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
Roger Rodier While my castles burning Upon Velveatur
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Modigliani ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Northland's Own
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Buck Shots ST
George Hauschild & Carole Penticton Penticton b/w But For Love
Hazel McKirdy Mama Didn't Lie End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie
Ardels Alley Oop Rhythm & Blues
Trevor Dandy Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
Ellison Satanic (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Sound Sett Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) 1966-1967
Lucio Agostini Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Derek Scott Markle House Song ST
John Palmer Mandalla Shorelines
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
David Wiffen Courtin' in the Kitchen Live at the Bunkhouse
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre its raining all ovr th citee Sonic Horses I
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn th toothpaste runs out Sonic Horses I
Spring Fever Mama, What About Your Daughter Woodstock
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra On Her Majesty's Secret Service James Bond 007
Plateau Under the Big House My Life b/w Under the Big House
Stefan Gnys Horizoning English Oaks and Evangeline
Phillip Werren Dance Music II Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Catseye River Catseye
Clymaxe Walkin' Blues R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues
Cargo Only My Best Friends Can Tell Front Side, Back Side
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling ST
Ronney Mitchell I Feel the Earth Move The Five Man Cargo
David Wiffen More Often Than Not Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Catseye Am I the One Catseye
Huckle Wild Blue Yonder Wild Blue Yonder
Lewis Baloue Bon Voyage Romantic Times
Compilation Buddy Victor - The More I See You Unselfconsciously Canadian
John Greenwood Mother's Day Love My Sailboat and Me
The Fringe Executive Dream Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Vic Vogel Close to You Montreal Bandleader
Brazda Brothers Soldier in a Battleground ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre o a b a Awake in th Red Desert
Stompin' Tom Connors Carolyne Northland's Own
Compilation David Foster - Listen to Daddy Unselfconsciously Canadian
Art Snider "Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show) Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Here Is Year Zero
Joni Mitchell Wild Things Run Fast Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Tyrant Carol Hooked On You b/w Carol
Braineaters Modern Man Planet X
Cyrus Eden Rock You To The Limit First Offense (EP)
Ray Griff Jacket River Canada "My Native Land"
Moonstone Relative Hoak ST
Christmas Jungle Fabulous ST
Dutch Mason C.C. Rider Half Ain't Been Told
Marty Gillan Try a Little Kindness Try A Little Kindness
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
David Never Been In Love ST
Compilation Judy Singh - My Name is Love Unselfconsciously Canadian
Haggath Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07 Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07
Michael-Jon Rosenberg The High ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre the canada council juree prson is missing Sonic Horses I
Sound Sett I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart) 1966-1967
Robert Armes Epilogue Songs for Icarus
Robert Armes Slipping Away Songs for Icarus
Ray Griff Canadian Pacific Canada "My Native Land"
Jack London & the Sparrows If You Don't Want My Love ST
Vicky and the Coins Five Foot Two ST
Rockadrome Ain't It a Shame Royal American 20th Century Blues
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Northwind ST
Reign Ghost Breast Stroke Blues Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Rascalz How the Story Goes Really Livin'
Jarvis Street Revue Mr. Business Man Mr. Oil Man
Matlows If You Were Mine If You Were Mine // Only You
Billy Martin Moon Ride Strawberry Soul
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Black Knight Aaraigathor (Metal Anthem) Master of Disaster (EP)
Golden Earrings My Situation My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Do You Agree With Me ST (psych cover)
Sunshyne Eclypse & Sunny Day (Ross Barrett and Ken Spence) The Raven (EP)
Garden Bower Folsom Prison Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Ellison Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Lewis Baloue Love Showered Me L'amour
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Jackie Mittoo Russian Satelite Stepping Tiger
Moonstone Hope You Come See ST
Stompin' Tom Connors My Home Cradled Out in the Waves Northland's Own
Brégent Mon frère Poussière Des Regrets
Grimes Gambang Geidi Primes
Echoes and a Dream Just Trying to Be Echoes and a Dream
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau God Bless ST (psych cover)
Marty Gillan Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday Try A Little Kindness
Willie Dunn Ballad of a Metis Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Royal Family Solitude Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Funny Feeling Home Grown Stuff
Athenians of Toronto Proud Mary San Skoteiniazei
EQ Play The Back Swellsville
Other Half Swinging Shepherd ST
Huckle Lady Goldberry Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Time is of the Essence Invisible Roots
Lost Soul Dept. Pot Belly Wild-Weekend b/w Pot Belly

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