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
Sound Sett She Ain't No Use to Me (Dave Bingham & Roger Mayne, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Jeremy Dormouse freight train Toad Rejects
King Herbert And the Knights Ode to Billy Joe With Jack Harden
Perth County Conspiracy Woman for All Seasons ST
EQ Inner Thoughts Swellsville
Jensen Sisters Dancin' in the Autumn Breeze Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
VXN Just a Game ST
Strange Movies What A Drag (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
Ardels Georgia On My Mind Rhythm & Blues
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle You Are Too Beautiful ST
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Count Baculis ST
Twice Upon a Never California Dreamin' Twice Upon a Never
Moonstone David ST
Noble, Hank & His Red River Valley Boys Things That Might Have Been Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You
Scott Markle, Derek Could She Fly ST
Catseye Images Catseye
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Harris, Mike London Hornipie Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Blues in Your Room ST (psych cover)
Langley Schools Music Project Desperado Wix - Brown Elementary School
Sweet Somethings The Wedding hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Ardels I'll Go Crazy Rhythm & Blues
Moonstone In Case ST
November Grief The Aftermath To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
London, Jack & the Sparrows You Don’t Want Me Now ST
Cargo Talk With Us Front Side, Back Side
Braineaters Closet Case Planet X
Snider, Art "Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show) Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
409, Les They Say They Say b/w Born in Chicago
Mitchell, Ronney It's Your Thing The Five Man Cargo
Graham, Sheila Gentle On My Mind ST
New Creation Where Are You Going? Troubled
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone Sunshine "Coming Out"
Riverson Winter Garden (Brian Edwards) ST
Young, Neil My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)
Cargo Initial Mailing Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
Gryfe, Barbara I'll Never Fall in Love Again What the World Needs Now
Jarvis Street Revue Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song) Mr. Oil Man
Rodier, Roger Let's see some happyness Upon Velveatur
Taylor, Stephanie Marion's Theme (Dou Riley) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Ardels Alley Oop Rhythm & Blues
Catseye Rhythms of an Empty Room Catseye
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra You Only Live Twice James Bond 007
Skarecrow Rest Assured Blues...Live at the Explorer
Brégent Dans ma maison Poussière Des Regrets
Other Half Summertime ST
Compilation Joe Vassos - Leavin' on a Jet Plane Unselfconsciously Canadian
EQ Hostile Swellsville
Taylor, Stephanie Feeling Groovy "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Cargo Black Window Front Side, Back Side
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
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Mason, Dutch Lights Are On But Nobody's Home Half Ain't Been Told
November Grief Exit Life (With China White) To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Jeremy Dormouse High Flying Bird Toad
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre heard ya tellin Awake in th Red Desert
Griff, Ray Calgary, Alberta Canada "My Native Land"
Bent Wind Sacred Cows Sussex
Morissette, Alanis Fate Stay With Me Fate Stay With Me (picture disc)
Echoes and a Dream Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) Echoes and a Dream
Huckle The Sunshine Shuffle Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Brégent Je t'Aime Poussière Des Regrets
Jeremy Dormouse Who Do You Love Toad
Fringe, The Executive Dream Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Gryfe, Barbara Reunion With the Reserves What the World Needs Now
Grimes Beast Infection Geidi Primes
Fiander, Gerry So Long, Goodbye So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)
Compilation Joe Vassos - New World Unselfconsciously Canadian
Jeremy Dormouse Baby Blue Toad
Mitchell, Joni You Dream Flat Tires Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Griff, Ray Piano Man Canada "My Native Land"
London, Jack & the Sparrows Leavin' Blues (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground
British North American Act If You're Looking for Honey In the Beginning
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Organization, The Who Ever Finds This ST
Langley Schools Music Project Calling Occupants Wix - Brown Elementary School
Ardels Stereo Popeye Rhythm & Blues
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Snider, Art Denise Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Bonnie Scots Jeanie McCall Laugh and Cry
Taylor, Stephanie Softly as I Leave You "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck No one in Particular Home Grown Stuff
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Live and Let Die James Bond 007
Huckle Get Down Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Christmas Just Suppose ST
Palmer, Jerry Gotta Learn to Twist String of Hits
Original Bones Say it With gentle ST
Lecor, Tex Je t'amène avec moi Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Claman, Dolores Odd Couplet #2 Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Brown, Jim Roy Cooper - Prelude to 1984 The First See Hear
Catseye I Met a Girl Out in the Country Catseye
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre an ode to d a levy Awake in th Red Desert
Walton, Dennis Sweeter Love Sweeter Love
Baloue, Lewis As the Boats Go By Romantic Times
Carrington, Don Trio Dingus Makin' It Happen
Mystique No Return Black Rider
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Sweet Summer Day 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