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
Graham, Sheila The Letter ST
Greenwood, John Every Time I Think of You I Smile My Sailboat and Me
Georges Leningrad chanson italienne Made In Taiwan
Gryfe, Barbara I'll Never Fall in Love Again What the World Needs Now
British North American Act If You're Looking for Honey In the Beginning
Rascalz How the Story Goes Really Livin'
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud
Stonefield, The Morning Hours Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Cyrus Eden Horizon First Offense (EP)
Palmer, Jerry Oh, Lucky Me String of Hits
Snider, Art Something Stupid - Tea for Two Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Taylor, Stephanie Softly as I Leave You "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Gentlemen of Horror God Knows you by Name Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
VXN Putting Love Aside ST
Mason, Dutch C.C. Rider Half Ain't Been Told
Huckle Good Morning Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Other Half Warm Summer's Night ST
Walton, Dennis Jah Way to Salvation is Easy Sweeter Love
Chessmen Mustang Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Taylor, R. Dean Poor Girl My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
Grimes Venus In Fleurs Geidi Primes
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Bird She Fly Low ST
Carrington, Don Trio Dingus Makin' It Happen
Connors, Stompin' Tom Little Wawa Northland's Own
Canadian Beadles Funny Feeling Three Faces North
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Carrington, Don Trio Higher Makin' It Happen
Twice Upon a Never Butterfly of Love Twice Upon a Never
Bishop, Randy Two Jugglers I Sing A Soft Song
Haunted Out of Time ST
Dixon, Glenn One By One Reflections
Gryfe, Barbara People (Lovers) Such As What the World Needs Now
Brégent Epitaphe villon Poussière Des Regrets
D.N.A. Seashell Because I Love You b/w Seashell
Dixon, Hugh Esquire Shuffle (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Threads Of Fybre Believe Me Mama b/w Believe Me
Jeremy Dormouse Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy Toad
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Nothing Beautiful ST
Blind Owl Some Tears You Have To Cry ST
Scott Markle, Derek House Song ST
Bent Wind Mystify Sussex
Agostini, Lucio Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Fabulous PJ's Proud Mary What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Destroy the Nihilistic Picnic Invisible Roots
Fromager, David Country Boy's Memories If What You Said Was True
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon What a Lovely Place to be Buried ST
Grimes Caladan Geidi Primes
Rodier, Roger The Key Upon Velveatur
Graham, Sheila By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers What'd I Say Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say
Squires The Sultan The Sultan b/w Aurora
Brown, Jim Wayne Carr - Timbral Changes The First See Hear
Vogel, Vic Booze is Beautiful Montreal Bandleader
Black Knight Metal Screams Master of Disaster (EP)
Mitchell, Joni You Dream Flat Tires Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Free to be Free ST (psych cover)
Mittoo, Jackie Sugar Jar Stepping Tiger
Gnys, Stefan Machine English Oaks and Evangeline
Echoes and a Dream Life is a Love Song Echoes and a Dream
Simmons, Luke and His Blue Mountain Boys Howlin' at the Moon Just Waitin' // Howlin' at the Moon
Armes, Robert 2-2 Blues Songs for Icarus
Opposite Oh Mamy Blue Help Us Make It
Shouter's, The In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
Richards, Brad Right Time for Love Right Time for Love
Taylor, Stephanie Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Vicky and the Coins Five Foot Two ST
David Flight of the Egyptian Army ST
Ratherford, Michael Hard Drugs Hard Drugs
VXN Putting Love Aside Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)
A Joint Effort Oh! Canada Final Effort
Wiffen, David Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
Rockadrome Good Dream Royal American 20th Century Blues
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Griff, Ray Friends and Neighbors Canada "My Native Land"
Clymaxe Walkin' Blues R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Moore, Jeff & Friends Both Sides (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Skarecrow I Got to Have It Blues...Live at the Explorer
Martin, Billy One More Time Strawberry Soul
Perth County Conspiracy Take Your Time ST
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Jeremy Dormouse Young Face Toad
Snider, Art It Was a Very Good Year Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Rockadrome Inside Out, Inside In Royal American 20th Century Blues
Greenwood, John Give Us Love My Sailboat and Me
Black Knight Born To Rock Master of Disaster (EP)
Medium Give Me a Peace ST
Huckle Lady Goldberry Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Nerve Penchant Penchant b/w Preludes
Skarecrow Mule Skinner Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Nihilist Spasm Band The Byron Bog No Record
Terry & The Pyrates Keep On Dancin' Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone

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