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	Length
Les 409	Born in Chicago	They Say b/w Born in Chicago	02:50
Catseye	Days Gone By	Catseye	05:15
Willie Dunn	Walking Eagle	Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12	07:01
Moosetracks	Hangman	ST	02:53
Twice Upon a Never	Last Round	Twice Upon a Never	02:21
Opposite	Don't Say I Love You	Help Us Make It	03:02
David Wiffen	Slice of Life	Live at the Bunkhouse	01:50
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers	Roll Over Beethoven	Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say	04:40
Rock-a-tunes	You're Some Kind of Nice	Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)	01:42
New Creation	Dig! (The Origin of Man)	Troubled	02:59
Stompin' Tom Connors	My Swisha Miss	Northland's Own	02:04
Langley Schools Music Project	Your Sixteen	Wix - Brown Elementary School	02:21
The Haunted	Montreal Blues	ST	04:04
Jensen Sisters	You Walked Into My Life	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:12
Stephanie Taylor	Suzanne (Leonard Cohen)	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	03:06
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	Someone Think	Home Grown Stuff	03:51
Cargo	Black Window	Front Side, Back Side	04:02
Derek Scott Markle	Could She Fly	ST	04:01
Catseye	River	Catseye	04:03
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Lucio Agostini	Skiing in Québec	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:30
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	The Undertaker's Ball	ST	02:54
VXN	Could it Be	ST	04:06
Skarecrow	I Got to Have It	Blues...Live at the Explorer	02:48
Robert Armes	Requiem	Songs for Icarus	03:30
Moonstone	Cointreau	ST	03:30
Bonnie Scots	Scotland 'Ra Brave	Laugh and Cry	01:38
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Perth County Conspiracy	Woman for All Seasons	ST	04:13
Fred Latremouille	Tossin' and Turnin'	Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato	01:54
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
David	Cup of Tea	ST	02:13
Cargo	Once a Proud Man	Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way	01:40
Huckle	Good Morning	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	02:53
Catseye	Am I the One	Catseye	03:46
Perth County Conspiracy	If You Can Want	ST	04:29
Mantra	Dick's Song (Dick Kelder)	ST	03:51
Robert Armes	Sun Song	Songs for Icarus	03:25
September (1)	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w Celebration	02:39
The Nerve	Odd Fellows - Mr. Handshake (1982) (unreleased)	Penchant b/w Preludes	04:38
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Biggy Twiggy Band	I Don't Want That to Change	Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change	03:31
Jeremy Dormouse	Believe Me	Toad	03:20
Riverson	Can't Live Without You (Franki Hart)	ST	03:07
Moonstone	David	ST	04:27
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Madonna	ST	02:59
Sheila Graham	Stormy	ST	02:35
Riverson	Stoney Day (Brian Edwards, Lisa Eisenhardt (Lisa Hartt))	ST	04:28
David Wiffen	Four in the Mornin'	Live at the Bunkhouse	03:43
Original Bones	I Went Walkin'	ST	03:43
Sidewinders	Can't You Feel the Fire	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:55
Terry & The Pyrates	Keep On Dancin'	Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone	02:21
Marty Gillan	Lalena	Try A Little Kindness	03:42
VXN	Putting Love Aside	ST	04:02
Laurie Ingalls	Devil's Daughter	Cheap Champagne	03:56
Hank Snow	I'm Movin' On	Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:49
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	Blues in Your Room	ST (psych cover)	03:27
Caribou	Trou perce	ST	02:33
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Soul Kitchen	ST	13:55
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Rock and Soul	Chip Dip	03:57
Opposite	Party in My Home	Help Us Make It	01:58
Gargoyle	Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree	ST	04:39
Sheila Graham	Without You	ST	02:22
Gargoyle	Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love	ST	02:14
Sweet Somethings	Frosty Friday	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:45
Stonemen	Faded Colors	In the Evening b/w Faded Colors	02:50
Gentlemen of Horror	Rich Kids	Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)	01:23
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Gentlemen of Horror	Rich Kids	ST (EP) (skeleton cover)	01:22
Lewis Baloue	Bon Voyage	Romantic Times	04:25
Sacrifice	1985-07-30_Sacrifice_Urbinati, Rico_CKLN FM Arg Rock interview	Interviews 1985 + First Live Show	05:02
Spring Fever	A Long Time Coming	Woodstock	04:49
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Billy Martin	It's Your Life	Strawberry Soul	02:42
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	fires in the tempul	Awake in th Red Desert	02:11
Gargoyle	Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters)	ST	01:27
Art Snider	It Was a Very Good Year	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	02:38
Bent Wind	The Lions	Sussex	05:28
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Reflections	ST	08:05
Huckle	Get Down	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	04:11
Shades of Blond	All Your Love	All Your Love	02:12
Boys Brigade	Portrait	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:45
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
King Herbert And the Knights	You Make Me So Very Happy	With Jack Harden	05:09
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Flyin' C.P.R.	Northland's Own	02:38
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers	What'd I Say	Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say	04:04
Reign Ghost	Standing Room Only, Mr. Mars	ST	03:47
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Comin' Home	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	05:21
Ronney Mitchell	Welcome to the Country	The Five Man Cargo	03:39
John Greenwood	Mother's Day Love	My Sailboat and Me	02:24
Moonstone	Focus	ST	04:43
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Sunshyne	The Raven (David Sinclair)	The Raven (EP)	09:30
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	Never Mind My Job	ST (psych cover)	02:20
Bonnie Scots	Lizzie Lindsay	Laugh and Cry	03:33
Ray Griff	Our Country	Canada "My Native Land"	02:38
Jeremy Dormouse	I Need a Friend	Toad	02:12
Jack London & the Sparrows	You Don’t Want Me Now	ST	02:04

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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Ellison - ST

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Clockwork - Cybernaut b/w Mean Lady

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Hi Octane Band - Shakey Ground b/w Feelings

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Something Evil - Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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The Other Half - ST

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The Haunted - ST

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Wheeeee! Demo

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Christmas - ST

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Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

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Caribou - ST

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Laurie Ingalls - Cheap Champagne

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Sacrifice - Interviews 1985 + First Live Show

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Sacrifice - The Exorcism

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Sacrifice - Turn In Your Grave (demo)

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Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends - Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends

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Ablaze - Psychopath

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May Run - Days Into Years

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Gerry Fiander - So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)

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Moonstone - ST

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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New Creation - Troubled

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Haggath - Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

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