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
Other Half Don't Think Twice ST
Armes, Robert Requiem Songs for Icarus
Gillan, Marty Time and Love Try A Little Kindness
David Never Been In Love ST
Griff, Ray Piano Man Canada "My Native Land"
Teah, Johnny & The Jubilee Mountain Boys Sad Whistle Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome
Mock Duck Home Made Jam Test Record
Moonstone In Case ST
Baloue, Lewis Where Did My Love Go Away Romantic Times
Rascalz Quest for Rhyme Really Livin'
Bonnie Scots The Drunken Man Laugh and Cry
Tyrant Carol Hooked On You b/w Carol
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Plateau Mambo ST
Moore, Jeff & Friends Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Sweet Somethings Summertime hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Harris, Mike Chinese Breakdown Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Pepper Tree The Gypsy Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Nothing Beautiful ST
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Jazz Compo No. 2 "The Beak" ST
Sweet Somethings He's My Soul Baby hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Blues for McHugh The Montreal Scene
Jeremy Dormouse Suzanne Toad
Moosetracks Down Young Street ST
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre leevin th electrik citee (2) Sonic Horses I
Ablaze Psycho Path Psychopath
EQ Swellsville Swellsville
Taylor, Stephanie Working on a Groove Thing "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Vicky and the Coins When the Saints Go Marching In ST
Skeptical Eye My Life Is The Devil's Playground
Mason, Dutch Mannish Boy Half Ain't Been Told
Gillan, Marty If You Go Away Try A Little Kindness
Sedum Shadows Thinking Away Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Spring You Were Blind Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Scott Markle, Derek Southern Lady ST
Cargo Say Goodbye Front Side, Back Side
Sound Sett Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen) 1966-1967
Agostini, Lucio Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Shouter's, The In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
Ratherford, Michael Hard Drugs Hard Drugs
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Walkin' the Dog Chip Dip
Medium I'll Love Everyone at Last ST
Story Structure I Told You (Instrumental Mix) I Told You
Northwest Company Hard to Cry Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All
Catseye River Catseye
Skeptical Eye Concealed Truth The Devil's Playground
Grimes Venus In Fleurs Geidi Primes
Mason, Dutch Tighten Up On It Half Ain't Been Told
VXN Putting Love Aside Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)
EQ Help a Bruva Out Swellsville
Mathieson, Peter Yonge Street Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
Ladykiller Still Madly in Love Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Jeremy Dormouse Small Man Toad
Brégent Mon frère Poussière Des Regrets
Palmer, John Better Later Than Never Shorelines
Brazda Brothers Lonely Time ST
September (1) Celebration Blue Lady b/w Celebration
Rockadrome Live and Love Child Royal American 20th Century Blues
Graham, Sheila 24 Hours of Loneliness ST
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Song The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Jeremy Dormouse Portrait for Marianne Toad
Gnys, Stefan I Wish I Knew English Oaks and Evangeline
Nerve Odd Fellows - Mr. Handshake (1982) (unreleased) Penchant b/w Preludes
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle You Are Too Beautiful ST
Lecor, Tex Le frigidaire Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Langley Schools Music Project Good Vibrations Wix - Brown Elementary School
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre th deacon bros in barbados Awake in th Red Desert
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Rogers, Thornton J. The Blues Out in the West b/w The Blues
Armes, Robert Imagine a World With No Music Songs for Icarus
Dandy, Trevor Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
Mantra Dick's Song (Dick Kelder) ST
Griff, Ray Canada Canada "My Native Land"
Mock Duck Hurt On Me Test Record
Mitchell, Ronney Just a Little Bit More Baby The Five Man Cargo
Bear Paws Kitch-Ogamah Kitche-Ogamah
409, Les Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
Skarecrow Bring It On Home to Me Blues...Live at the Explorer
Jarvis Street Revue Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song) Mr. Oil Man
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Twice Upon a Never Obladi Oblada Twice Upon a Never
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited The Alphatype Beep The Optic Earful
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Agostini, Lucio Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Dakus, Wes & the Club 93 Rebels Dog Food Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)
Compilation Shades of Blond - All Your Love International Master Discovery Records
Pat's People Richman's Spiritual Today
Plastic Cloud You Don't Care ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Modern Rock Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Fringe, The Token For My Mind Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
VXN Not Only in Love ST
Mitchell, Ronney Sandy The Five Man Cargo
Gryfe, Barbara Colours of the Rainbow What the World Needs Now
Spring Fever She Moves Me Woodstock
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud
Ennis, Barry School Days Mountain of Ice b/w School Days
EQ Inner Thoughts Swellsville
Wiffen, David Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
Fromager, David Concrete City Life If What You Said Was True

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