Rarest Canadian Music

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.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Air I Breathe "Coming Out"
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Oil in the Ground "Coming Out"
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Joe College & the Rulers It Ain't Allright (With Me) It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
Fred Latremouille Mashed Potato Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Grimes Rosa Geidi Primes
Skarecrow Hey Mr. Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
Barbara Gryfe If I Were a Rich Girl What the World Needs Now
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers Roll Over Beethoven Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook & Sling Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Bonnie Scots The Drunken Man Laugh and Cry
Les Bel Kanto A Kind of Break Down A Kind of Break Down b/w Dors (promo)
Cyrus Eden Rock You To The Limit First Offense (EP)
Opposite One Night Help Us Make It
Bear Paws Standing by the River Kitche-Ogamah
King Herbert And the Knights Chicken Strut With Jack Harden
Guess Who American Woman American Woman (split with Christie, Cliff Richards & Arlene Harden)
Heat Rocking Chair Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair
Pepper Tree The Gypsy Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Ronney Mitchell Tonight My Love, Tonight The Five Man Cargo
Jerry Palmer Celebration Day String of Hits
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground
New Creation Wind Troubled
Ray Griff Mama, This One's for You Canada "My Native Land"
Billy Martin Funky Feelin' Strawberry Soul
Fabulous PJ's Proud Mary What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Reign Ghost Breast Stroke Blues Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Catseye Days Gone By Catseye
Bear Paws Can't You See Kitche-Ogamah
Les 409 They Say They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Walk Your Head Around Home Grown Stuff
Adanac Reply The Other One What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Garden Bower O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela Etc. w/ Trains
Garden Bower Gord’s Dream Etc. w/ Trains
King Herbert And the Knights I Believe With Jack Harden
Jarvis Street Revue Mr. Oil Man Mr. Oil Man
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Eric's Madness Invisible Roots
The Fringe Executive Dream Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
Marty Gillan She's a Woman (Terry Frewer) Try A Little Kindness
Perth County Conspiracy Hindsight ST
George Hauschild & Carole Penticton Penticton b/w But For Love
David Wiffen More Often Than Not Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Vicky and the Coins Bill Bailey ST
British North American Act Only a Dream In the Beginning
David Alvin J. Ashtray ST
Langley Schools Music Project In My Room Wix - Brown Elementary School
Lucio Agostini Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Perth County Conspiracy Hurdy-Gurdy Man ST
Spring Fever Woodstock (Joni Mitchell) Woodstock
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Jackie Mittoo Sugar Jar Stepping Tiger
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als I'm Happy Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Dutch Mason Walkin' Blues Half Ain't Been Told
Papa Bears Medicine Show Baroque ST
Sweet Somethings Will You Love Me Tomorrow hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Arcade Fire Headlights Look like Diamonds ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Medium In Between ST
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Rainbow ST
Billy Martin Prayer Meetin' Strawberry Soul
Dutch Mason Ain't Nobody's Business Half Ain't Been Told
Marty Gillan Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday Try A Little Kindness
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Blue Dye Home Grown Stuff
Huckle I Surrender Wild Blue Yonder
Arcade Fire Vampire Forest Fire ST
Andre Beaupre The Saga of Wayne Gretzky The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II
Joy Tears to be Cried Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Echoes and a Dream Thank You (Led Zeppelin) Echoes and a Dream
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Jazz Widow Waltz Invisible Roots
November Grief Recuring Nightmares To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Lewis Baloue Summer's Moon L'amour
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Jackie Mittoo Stepping Tiger Stepping Tiger
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Blues in Your Room ST (psych cover)
Ronney Mitchell Fools Rush in The Five Man Cargo
Dolores Claman Summer Walk Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Ellison Freedom (Vincent Marandola) ST
Haunted Out of Time ST
Athenians of Toronto Proud Mary San Skoteiniazei
Pepper Tree Carry On Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
The Fringe Flower Generation Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Golden Earrings Nothing Much My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
Athenians of Toronto San Skoteiniazei San Skoteiniazei
Perth County Conspiracy So Many Things ST
Jerry Palmer Travelin' Shoes String of Hits
Brazda Brothers 20th Century ST
Rascalz Really Livin' Really Livin'
Chantettes Donna Remember.....
Nick Ayoub Quintet Ya Habibi The Montreal Scene
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
Roger Rodier While my castles burning Upon Velveatur
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Season of the Witch ST
Lewis Baloue Romance For Two L'amour

I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

ST

Compilation

ST

GUESS289-color

Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

45-Something Evil-Die Children Die VINYL 02

45-Something Evil-Die Children Die VINYL 01

45-Something Evil-The Great Winnipeg Riot BACK

Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

Something Evil

Heat

45-Heat - Brighouse bw Rocking Chair VINYL 02

Switchin'

Diodes' Paul Robinson @ Black Swan, Ottawa March 1978 courtesy Cameron Muir

Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind

David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

1987-05-24_Sacrifice + Ablaze + Faulkwolf_Bathurst Theatre (Toronto)_orange original flyer reduced

ST

ST

Glenn-Copeland, Beverly

Sussex

Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

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