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
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Sweet Summer Day ST
Stephanie Taylor I'm Going to Make You Love Me "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
John Palmer Seedling of Light Shorelines
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Truck Drivers Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Hank Noble & His Red River Valley Boys I`ll Spend My Life Loving You Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You
Plastic Cloud Face Behind the Sun ST
Stefan Gnys English Oaks English Oaks and Evangeline
Catseye Hedgegate Catseye
April Wine Gimme Love The Whole World's Going Crazy (test pressing)
New Creation Countdown to Revolution! Troubled
Compilation New Brands - Ace Up His Sleeve International Master Discovery Records
Huckle Gabriola Day Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Nihilist Spasm Band Destroy the Nations No Record
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Never Mind My Job ST (psych cover)
Spade Nielsen What's Happening Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
The Stonefield Deep Shades of Blue Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Jeff Moore & Friends Blind Man (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
Brazda Brothers Civilization ST
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Royal Family Sometimes Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Huckle Beyonder Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Ray Griff Mama, This One's for You Canada "My Native Land"
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Don Carrington Trio Make Me Smile Makin' It Happen
Don Carrington Trio Dingus Makin' It Happen
John Greenwood The Princess My Sailboat and Me
Jensen Sisters I Want to Give You My Love Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Rascalz Quest for Rhyme Really Livin'
Catseye Images Catseye
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Plateau Mambo ST
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Song From Beads ST
Trevor Dandy Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
No Exit No Exit ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Christmas Your Humble Suitor ST
Sacrifice Beyond Death The Exorcism
New Creation Sodom and Gomorrah Troubled
Dis Band Fall Down Go Boom Gone Dead Out
November Grief Recuring Nightmares To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
David Fromager Concrete City Life If What You Said Was True
Sound Sett She Ain't No Use to Me (Dave Bingham & Roger Mayne, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Papa Bears Medicine Show Taking My Time ST
Stefan Gnys Machine English Oaks and Evangeline
Stompin' Tom Connors The World Goes Round (Expo 67 Montreal) Northland's Own
Sacrifice Burned at the Stake The Exorcism
Jack London & the Sparrows Give My Love to You ST
Dis Band Opening Interview Gone Dead Out
David Fromager My Woman Left Me If What You Said Was True
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Year Zero Year Zero
David Cup of Tea ST
A Joint Effort Greed for Gold Final Effort
Hugh Dixon Green Green Grass of Home (vocals: Pat Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Thunderball James Bond 007
Jerry Palmer Hey, Sweet Baby String of Hits
Haggath Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07 Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07
Rockadrome There You Go Again Royal American 20th Century Blues
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre an ode to d a levy Awake in th Red Desert
Lorne Ranger Come On French Fried Freedom
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Jazz Compo No. 2 "The Beak" ST
Brégent Je t'Aime Poussière Des Regrets
Skeptical Eye My Life Is The Devil's Playground
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Comin' Home The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
David Wiffen Four in the Mornin' Live at the Bunkhouse
Derek Scott Markle The Circle is Changin' Around ST
Stephanie Taylor Marion's Theme (Dou Riley) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang James Bond 007
Lorne Ranger French Fried Freedom French Fried Freedom
Jerry Palmer Celebration Day String of Hits
David Little Boys ST
Garden Bower You’ve Got Me On Fire Etc. w/ Trains
Sunshyne Eclypse & Sunny Day (Ross Barrett and Ken Spence) The Raven (EP)
Plastic Cloud Dainty General Rides ST
Georges Leningrad lollipon lady Made In Taiwan
The Organization I Believe in Music ST
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone What's Come Over Me? "Coming Out"
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Skarecrow Ain't Gonna Pop 'Dem Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
Jerry Palmer Gotta Learn to Twist String of Hits
Derek Scott Markle A Better Way ST
Jolly Tambourine Man Lisa Burger Wheeeee! Demo
Brégent La mélancolie Poussière Des Regrets
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet #2 Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Langley Schools Music Project Calling Occupants Wix - Brown Elementary School
Hi Octane Band Shakey Ground Shakey Ground b/w Feelings
Skarecrow Mule Skinner Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Athenians of Toronto Proud Mary San Skoteiniazei
Vicky and the Coins Old Fashioned Girl ST
Ronney Mitchell Good Luck Charm - She's Not You The Five Man Cargo
Dis Band One Man Army Gone Dead Out
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Huckle Ocean Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) State Of The Art Year Zero
No Exit Do You Wanna Join? ST
Barbara Gryfe Sunrise Sunset What the World Needs Now
Opposite Land of 1000 Dances Help Us Make It
Marty Gillan Time and Love Try A Little Kindness
Dis Band Gone Dead Out Gone Dead Out

Ready to Rock b/w (with Gerry Fiander)

Gerry Fiander with Elvis Presley (History Van R&R Vol 1)

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison / Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)

Gone Dead Out

Dis Band

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out CASSETTE 02

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out CASSETTE 01

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out BACK

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out FRONT FOLDOUT

My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)

ST

Cybernaut b/w Mean Lady

Shakey Ground b/w Feelings

45-Hi Octane Band - Shakey Ground VINYL 02

Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

45-Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path VINYL 02

ST

ST

Minutes From Downtown '82

Minutes From Downtown

CASSETTE - Minutes From Downtown - ST DEMO FRONT

Wheeeee! Demo

Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

ST

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

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