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
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Mitchell, Ronney Quando Quando The Five Man Cargo
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Who You Frontin' For (Remix) Year Zero
Spring Fever Mama, What About Your Daughter Woodstock
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre yu sing Awake in th Red Desert
Uncertain Land of 1000 Dances Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
No Exit They'll Never Know ST
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
Armes, Robert Imagine a World With No Music Songs for Icarus
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Madonna ST
David Flight of the Egyptian Army ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck No one in Particular Home Grown Stuff
Blind Owl Hooked On You ST
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
Claman, Dolores Later Latin Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Other Half In Passing ST
Graham, Sheila 24 Hours of Loneliness ST
Skeptical Eye My Life Is The Devil's Playground
Dove, Ronnie and the Ron-Als Beach Rat Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Mittoo, Jackie Totally Together Stepping Tiger
Lecor, Tex John McNally Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Brégent Métamorphoses du vampire Poussière Des Regrets
Rodier, Roger Just fine Upon Velveatur
Mitchell, Ronney Will it go Round in Circles? The Five Man Cargo
Sound Sett I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding & Jerry Butler) 1966-1967
Armes, Robert 2-2 Blues Songs for Icarus
Mason, Dutch Baby Please Don't Go Half Ain't Been Told
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Funny Feeling Home Grown Stuff
Wiffen, David Since I Fell For You Live at the Bunkhouse
Ellison Satanic (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Rock and Soul Chip Dip
Palmer, John Seedling of Light Shorelines
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Wanda Unda Landa Chip Dip
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone What's Come Over Me? "Coming Out"
New Creation Sodom and Gomorrah Troubled
New Creation Countdown to Revolution! Troubled
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre mountain lake Sonic Horses I
Compilation Buddy Victor - Didn’t' We Unselfconsciously Canadian
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Time is of the Essence Invisible Roots
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Brégent La mélancolie Poussière Des Regrets
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Scott Markle, Derek Southern Lady ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Blue Dye Home Grown Stuff
Adanac Reply The Other One What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Stage 3: Bossanova The Optic Earful
Moonstone Cointreau ST
Arcade Fire Vampire Forest Fire ST
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Passive & Blue Commercials For Free (EP)
Opposite Help Us Make it Through the Night Help Us Make It
Huckle The Sunshine Shuffle Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Martin, Billy Watermelon Man Strawberry Soul
Jeremy Dormouse Baby Blue Toad
Harris, Mike Norwegian Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
A Joint Effort Bus Song Final Effort
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band People Who Created Me Commercials For Free (EP)
Scott Markle, Derek Could She Fly ST
Connors, Stompin' Tom My Swisha Miss Northland's Own
Skarecrow Standin' by the Keyhole Blues...Live at the Explorer
Gargoyle Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree ST
King Herbert And the Knights Sissy Strut With Jack Harden
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Realize ST (psych cover)
King Herbert And the Knights Let's Get Together With Jack Harden
Perth County Conspiracy So Many Things ST
Latremouille, Fred Tossin' and Turnin' Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding Silver Bells Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Moonstone Relative Hoak ST
Mason, Dutch Lights Are On But Nobody's Home Half Ain't Been Told
King Herbert And the Knights Ooga Boogaloo With Jack Harden
Greenwood, John The Princess My Sailboat and Me
Medium Stars ST
Calgary Range Riders Rocky Mountain Rhythm Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair
Langley Schools Music Project Saturday Night Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) State Of The Art Year Zero
Gillan, Marty Lalena Try A Little Kindness
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
Jeremy Dormouse I Need a Friend Toad
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra For Your Eyes Only James Bond 007
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Canadian Beadles I Just Don't Think it's Fair Three Faces North
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Summertime Chip Dip
Fromager, David Radio Madness If What You Said Was True
Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Ellison Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Griff, Ray Garrington Canada "My Native Land"
Harris, Mike Country Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Let Him Go ST (psych cover)
Taylor, Stephanie Softly as I Leave You "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Dandy, Trevor Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
Riverson Take Me (Rayburn Blake) ST
Boudreau, Walter Synchronisation I Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Griff, Ray Calgary, Alberta Canada "My Native Land"
Mittoo, Jackie Special Mission Stepping Tiger
Moonstone Hope You Come See ST

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