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
No Exit Do You Wanna Join? ST
Gillan, Marty You've Made Me So Very Happy Try A Little Kindness
VXN Could it Be ST
Perth County Conspiracy Hurdy-Gurdy Man ST
Shagnasty Ringing in My Ear Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Huckle Lady Goldberry Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Mittoo, Jackie Russian Satelite Stepping Tiger
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band People Who Created Me Commercials For Free (EP)
Chantettes There But For Fortune Remember.....
Fabulous PJ's Proud Mary What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Triaxe Persecution Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
Brazda Brothers Walking in the Sun ST
Daigle, Ted Legend of Chaleur Bay Teenage Time
Liska Tear Away My Heart Cry Out Loud
Palmer, John Mandalla Shorelines
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Hop The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Langley Schools Music Project God Only Knows Wix - Brown Elementary School
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey #1 ST
Moosetracks This Place is No Place to be Happy ST
London Experimental Jazz Quartet My Dog's Tail is Longer Than Yours Invisible Roots
Reign Ghost Solar Nice Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Langley Schools Music Project Desperado Wix - Brown Elementary School
Catseye Images Catseye
Opposite Help Us Make it Through the Night Help Us Make It
Agostini, Lucio Centennial Caravan Once Upon a Hundred Years
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Urine Trouble Year Zero
Martin, Billy Watermelon Man Strawberry Soul
Graham, Sheila Stormy ST
Skarecrow More Than Once Blues...Live at the Explorer
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Snider, Art "Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show) Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Baloue, Lewis Bon Voyage Romantic Times
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Symphony #1 In A, B, C, D, etc. The Optic Earful
Armes, Robert Someday Songs for Icarus
Young, Neil My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)
Echoes and a Dream Midnight Passion Echoes and a Dream
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre all th brite eyez deep in the rivr bed Sonic Horses I
Mitchell, Ronney Will it go Round in Circles? The Five Man Cargo
Ratherford, Michael Hard Drugs (Version) Hard Drugs
Souls of Inspyration Stranger ST
Sound Sett She Ain't No Use to Me (Dave Bingham & Roger Mayne, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Organization, The I Believe in Music ST
Griff, Ray Curley Canada "My Native Land"
David Alvin J. Ashtray ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) State Of The Art Year Zero
Mittoo, Jackie Mystic World Stepping Tiger
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Strike Out Every Name ST (psych cover)
Guess Who American Woman American Woman (split with Christie, Cliff Richards & Arlene Harden)
High Park Let Go the Lifeline Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
Wiffen, David Driving Wheel Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Matlows If You Were Mine If You Were Mine // Only You
Blind Owl Nova Scotia Morning ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang James Bond 007
Dixon, Glenn Dreamer Parts 1-3 Reflections
Harris, Mike London Hornipie Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Original Bones One More Night ST
Gentlemen of Horror Rough Hike Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Grimes Sardaukar Levenbrech Geidi Primes
Shagnasty All My Teachers Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Platinum Blonde No Regrets Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets
Ultimate Image Rains of Autumn It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Dakus, Wes & the Club 93 Rebels Dog Food Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle I'll Take Romance ST
Souls of Inspyration Pursuit ST
Emtidi Love Time Rain Saat
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Realize ST (psych cover)
Carrington, Don Trio Higher Makin' It Happen
British North American Act The World Would Understand In the Beginning
Harris, Mike Golden Slippers Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Griff, Ray Calgary, Alberta Canada "My Native Land"
Vicky and the Coins B Jam Boogie ST
Opposite Oh Mamy Blue Help Us Make It
Skarecrow Wee Wee Baby Blues...Live at the Explorer
Michel & the French Canadians Cause I Believe Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Wiffen, David You'll Never Make a Dollar That Way Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Sound Sett Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) 1966-1967
Baloue, Lewis Love Showered Me L'amour
Uncertain Wipeout Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
Other Half In Passing ST
Vicky and the Coins Cotton Fields ST
Palmer, Jerry Celebration Day String of Hits
Dixon, Hugh Esquire Shuffle (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
A Joint Effort Horse with No Name Final Effort
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part One ST
Connors, Stompin' Tom Luke's Guitar The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Griff, Ray Jimmy, Luke and Me Canada "My Native Land"
Mantra Simple Joys (D'arcy Draper) ST
Jeremy Dormouse Just to Hear the Bells Toad
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Here Is Year Zero
Griff, Ray Our Country Canada "My Native Land"
Chantettes This Land is Your Land Remember.....
King Herbert And the Knights Ooga Boogaloo With Jack Harden
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Comin' Home Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Skarecrow Bo Diddley Blues...Live at the Explorer
Huckle She's Coming Home Wild Blue Yonder
Souls of Inspyration Of Lambs & Wolves ST

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