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
Reign Ghost Travels of Blue Paradox ST
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
London, Jack & the Sparrows Sparrows and Daisies ST
Catseye Images Catseye
Gargoyle Ian Young - Child of the Sea ST
Haunted Horror Show ST
Spring Fever She's Lookin' Good Woodstock
Grimes Sardaukar Levenbrech Geidi Primes
Ardels Georgia On My Mind Rhythm & Blues
Grimes Grisgris Geidi Primes
No Exit They'll Never Know ST
Sound Sett Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) 1966-1967
Greenwood, John There is Peace My Sailboat and Me
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling ST
Lord Ryur Heroes After Heroes Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Gentlemen of Horror Bank Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Skarecrow Hey Mr. Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
Catseye I Met a Girl Out in the Country Catseye
Griff, Ray Canada Canada "My Native Land"
Armes, Robert 2-2 Blues Songs for Icarus
Cyrus Eden You Came For Me First Offense (EP)
Noble, Hank & His Red River Valley Boys I`ll Spend My Life Loving You Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You
Richards, Brad Send a Little Love My Way Right Time for Love
Brown, Jim Lionel Kearns - The Woman Who The First See Hear
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Report from Cairo The Montreal Scene
Reign Ghost Reaching ST
Reign Ghost More Than I Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 3) (Dick Kelder) ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Mathieson, Peter Yonge Street Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
Brown, Jim Ross Barrett & Jim Brown - Tree Person The First See Hear
Mock Duck My Time Test Record
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra James Bond Theme James Bond 007
New Creation Wind Troubled
Huckle Ocean Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Reign Ghost The Gum Wrapper Song ST
David Never Been In Love ST
Joy Tears to be Cried Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Intermission Poetry Home Grown Stuff
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre fires in the tempul Awake in th Red Desert
Stormbringer Evil Mind The Curse b/w Evil Mind
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Ron Martin Special With Mustard Invisible Roots
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Bonnie Scots Dundee Weaver Laugh and Cry
Rockadrome Inside Out, Inside In Royal American 20th Century Blues
Lecor, Tex The Draveur Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Ellison Satanic (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Dandy, Trevor Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Wanda Unda Landa Chip Dip
Baloue, Lewis Don't Stop It Now Romantic Times
Brown, Jim Bp Nichol - Another Day Older The First See Hear
Catseye Hedgegate Catseye
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre leevin th electrik citee (2) Sonic Horses I
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone Air I Breathe "Coming Out"
Christmas Oasis ST
Fromager, David Innocent Times If What You Said Was True
Ice On the Radio On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher
Original Bones Sit Down ST
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
London, Jack & the Sparrows I'll be the Boy ST
Opposite Ebony Eyes Help Us Make It
Riverson I'll be There (Brian Edwards) ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Moonstone Top Heavy ST
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Symphony #1 In A, B, C, D, etc. The Optic Earful
Athenians of Toronto Proud Mary San Skoteiniazei
Riverson Can't Live Without You (Franki Hart) ST
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Hook & Sling Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Agostini, Lucio Skiing in Québec Once Upon a Hundred Years
Rascalz Really Livin' Really Livin'
Terry & The Pyrates Someone Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Cryin' All Alone Chip Dip
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Speak Of The Devil Year Zero
Cook, George Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley
Plastic Cloud Civilization Machine ST
Cargo Habits and Jails Front Side, Back Side
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding Little Toy Trains Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Gryfe, Barbara Colours of the Rainbow What the World Needs Now
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone Oil in the Ground "Coming Out"
Compilation Joe Vassos - Leavin' on a Jet Plane Unselfconsciously Canadian
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Reign Ghost Eyes Knows, So Does Ears ST
Perth County Conspiracy Hindsight ST
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 2 B.C. Centennial Song
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Summertime Chip Dip
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Until Nine ST (psych cover)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Comin' Home The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Gentlemen of Horror Rich Kids ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Opposite We Say Yeah Help Us Make It
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Rock and Soul Chip Dip
EQ Play The Back Swellsville
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
Mitchell, Ronney I've Got to be Me The Five Man Cargo
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Thunderball James Bond 007
Rogues I Can't Hold Out Much Longer I Can't Hold Out Much Longer b/w I'll Make It Up To You
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Mystique Black Rider Black Rider
Bent Wind Hate Sussex
Mock Duck Introduction - Ground Hog Test Record

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