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
New Creation No Excuse Troubled
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Gryfe, Barbara Who Am I What the World Needs Now
Moosetracks This Place is No Place to be Happy ST
Daigle, Ted Ballad of a Teenage Queen Teenage Time
Joy Ready to Move Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Lord Ryur Heroes After Heroes Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Dunn, Willie Ballad of a Pavillion Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Dixon, Glenn Waiting for the Dreams to Come Reflections
Vicky and the Coins Girl From Ipanema ST
New Day Gotta Spread Some Love Around They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around
Gnys, Stefan Soliloguy English Oaks and Evangeline
Dandy, Trevor Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Phil Phil
Gnys, Stefan You're Not The Only One English Oaks and Evangeline
Chantettes Come and Go With Me Remember.....
Dove, Ronnie and the Ron-Als Beach Rat Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
VXN Which One Are You ST
Greenwood, John There is Peace My Sailboat and Me
Original Bones The Verses of the Fool ST
Daigle, Ted Red Hen Hop Teenage Time
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Griff, Ray If it Hadn't Been for Music Canada "My Native Land"
Rascalz How the Story Goes Really Livin'
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 1 B.C. Centennial Song
Pat's People Get To-Gether Today
A Joint Effort Tequilla Sunrise Final Effort
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 1) (Dick Kelder) ST
Adanac Reply What Would It Be Like? What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Ardels Unchain My Heart Rhythm & Blues
Bent Wind Hate Sussex
New Creation Eternity Ahead Troubled
Mystique Beyond the Four Winds Black Rider
Ellison Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola) ST
Papa Bears Medicine Show Golden Girl ST
British North American Act All the World is In Your Eyes In the Beginning
Organization, The Crocadile Rock ST
Papa Bears Medicine Show Wait and See ST
Sound Sett I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart) 1966-1967
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Live and Let Die James Bond 007
Original Bones I Went Walkin' ST
Gryfe, Barbara One Child What the World Needs Now
Garden Bower O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela Etc. w/ Trains
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Gnys, Stefan Machine English Oaks and Evangeline
Plastic Cloud Art's a Happy Man ST
Opposite Oh Mamy Blue Help Us Make It
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia The Undertaker's Ball ST
Gargoyle Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) ST
Langley Schools Music Project Help Me, Rhonda Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Bonnie Scots Northern Lights of Aberdeen Laugh and Cry
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Bib and I The Montreal Scene
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Song The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Reign Ghost Ain't it Great Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Snider, Art Silly Jilly Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Bonnie Scots Lizzie Lindsay Laugh and Cry
Opposite Baby Why Help Us Make It
Perth County Conspiracy Hurdy-Gurdy Man ST
Mantra Drifter (D'arcy Draper) ST
Emtidi Die Reise Saat
Cargo Rural Route One Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Country Cooking Phil
Snider, Art Exodus Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Time is of the Essence Invisible Roots
Nerve Penchant Penchant b/w Preludes
Jensen Sisters Dancin' in the Autumn Breeze Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Canadian Beadles Lonely Blue Boy Three Faces North
Brown, Jim Lionel Kearns - Transport The First See Hear
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre now, according to paragraph C Awake in th Red Desert
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Three ST
Jeremy Dormouse the immortal st. canthor Toad Rejects
Story Structure I Told You (Instrumental Mix) I Told You
Brégent La mélancolie Poussière Des Regrets
British North American Act I'll Find a Way In the Beginning
High Park Sewer Side Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
Blind Owl Spring Rain ST
Jarvis Street Revue 20 Years Mr. Oil Man
Threads Of Fybre Mama Mama b/w Believe Me
Dixon, Hugh Saints Go Marching Inn The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Fromager, David Radio Madness If What You Said Was True
Benge Money Man Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling ST
Bent Wind Mystify Sussex
Dixon, Hugh Chopin's Nocturne The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 2) (Dick Kelder) ST
Skarecrow Bo Diddley Blues...Live at the Explorer
Brégent Dieu est nègre Poussière Des Regrets
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding What Child is This Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Skeptical Eye Ghet-ti Train The Devil's Playground
Langley Schools Music Project God Only Knows Wix - Brown Elementary School
Grimes Sardaukar Levenbrech Geidi Primes
King Beezz She Belongs to Me Gloria b/w She Belongs to Me
Taylor, R. Dean My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
Perth County Conspiracy Lace and Cobwebs ST
A Joint Effort Horse with No Name Final Effort
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Sound Sett You're a Better Man Than I (Mike & Brian Hugg) 1966-1967
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Stage 3: Bossanova The Optic Earful
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market

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