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

Plastic Cloud - ST

Bob Bryden

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
Pepper Tree Message Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Huckle Rolling River Wild Blue Yonder
Taylor, Stephanie Long and Winding Road "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Tribute to Pretty Maidens Prayer Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Liska All My Love Cry Out Loud
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Daigle, Ted It May be Silly Teenage Time
High Park Sewer Side Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
Bent Wind Look at Love Sussex
Georges Leningrad Main name est Eva Braun Made In Taiwan
London, Jack & the Sparrows Leavin' Blues (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Pat's People Michael Today
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding Scarlet Ribbons Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Sweet Somethings The Wedding hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Year Zero Year Zero
London, Jack & the Sparrows Sparrows and Daisies ST
Scott Markle, Derek Daddy's 100 Proof ST
Gryfe, Barbara What the World Needs Now What the World Needs Now
Agostini, Lucio Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Pillsville The Montreal Scene
Lord Ryur Heroes After Heroes Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Benge Black Sky Lullaby Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
O'Boie, Billy and the Country Jewels I Love My Gal I Love My Gal b/w Little Rosa (picture sleeve)
Dakus, Wes & the Club 93 Rebels Surfs U Rite Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)
Skarecrow Mule Skinner Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Other Half Thoughts ST
Echoes and a Dream Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) Echoes and a Dream
Skarecrow I Got to Have It Blues...Live at the Explorer
Plastic Cloud You Don't Care ST
King Herbert And the Knights You Make Me So Very Happy With Jack Harden
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
Lord Ryur Pact With The Sinner Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers What Does it Take The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Martin, Billy Prayer Meetin' Strawberry Soul
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Wiffen, David Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
Griff, Ray Jimmy, Luke and Me Canada "My Native Land"
Garden Bower This Woman (live) Etc. w/ Trains
Moonstone Murk ST
Griff, Ray Piano Man Canada "My Native Land"
Latremouille, Fred Tossin' and Turnin' Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Graham, Sheila By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
Sweet Somethings Pot of Gold hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Dunn, Willie Walking Eagle Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Noble, Hank & His Red River Valley Boys Things That Might Have Been Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Café Symphony ST
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Song From Beads ST
Mittoo, Jackie Mystic World Stepping Tiger
Palmer, Jerry Love's Come to Me String of Hits
Huckle Gabriola Day Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Gentlemen of Horror God Knows you by Name Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud
Rodier, Roger The Key Upon Velveatur
Armes, Robert Epilogue Songs for Icarus
Jeremy Dormouse Small Man Toad
Other Half Evil Ways ST
Gargoyle Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) ST
Cargo Habits and Jails Front Side, Back Side
Twice Upon a Never Pussy Willows, Cat Tails Twice Upon a Never
Connors, Stompin' Tom My Home Cradled Out in the Waves Northland's Own
Gillan, Marty You've Made Me So Very Happy Try A Little Kindness
Twice Upon a Never A World of Our Own Twice Upon a Never
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre she's a very good cook Awake in th Red Desert
Chantettes This Land is Your Land Remember.....
Plastic Cloud Art's a Happy Man ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) In A Bad Way (Remix) Year Zero
Brott, Alexander & Donald McGill Canada: Case History (Earle Birney) - Erosion (E.J. Pratt) - Children of Martha (Gilean Douglas) - Quiet (Marjorie Pickthall) - Paul Bunyan (A Legend of his return to St. Eustache) (Arthur S. Bourinot Sept for Seven: Seven Brief Movements Combining the Arts of Music and Poetry - A Setting of Five Canadian Poems, Introduced by Musical Prelude and concluded with a Postlude
Palmer, John Solitude Shorelines
Organization, The Back to Back ST
Skarecrow Can't Judge a Book Blues...Live at the Explorer
Reign Ghost More Than I Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Sweet Somethings My Guy (From My Girl) hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Agostini, Lucio Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Huckle I Surrender Wild Blue Yonder
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Flyin' C.P.R. Northland's Own
Michel & the French Canadians Cause I Believe Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Black Knight Born To Rock Master of Disaster (EP)
Fromager, David Catch Him If You Can If What You Said Was True
Dandy, Trevor It's a Long Journey Don't Cry Little Tree
Brazda Brothers My Little Girl ST
Arcade Fire Vampire Forest Fire ST
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
D.N.A. Seashell Because I Love You b/w Seashell
Langley Schools Music Project Help Me, Rhonda Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
Armes, Robert Requiem Songs for Icarus
Grimes Beast Infection Geidi Primes
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre the canada council juree prson is missing Sonic Horses I
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Times are Changing Home Grown Stuff
Gargoyle John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) ST
Threads Of Fybre Believe Me Mama b/w Believe Me
Jeremy Dormouse By the Way Toad
New Creation Songs to Sing Troubled
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Speak Of The Devil Year Zero
Fromager, David Girl from the North Country If What You Said Was True
Mason, Dutch Dust My Broom Half Ain't Been Told

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