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.

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
Bear Paws Devil Is On the Run Kitche-Ogamah
Brazda Brothers Nature ST
Bent Wind Riverside Sussex
Teah, Johnny & The Jubilee Mountain Boys Sad Whistle Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome
Langley Schools Music Project Venus and Mars Wix - Brown Elementary School
Dandy, Trevor Lord I Come to Thee Don't Cry Little Tree
Brown, Jim Lionel Kearns - The Woman Who The First See Hear
Ablaze Psycho Path Psychopath
Matlows If You Were Mine If You Were Mine // Only You
Pepper Tree Carry On Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Scott Markle, Derek Hey Hoe ST
Echoes and a Dream Just Trying to Be Echoes and a Dream
Brazda Brothers My Little Girl ST
Moosetracks Down Young Street ST
Brown, Jim Al Neil Trio - Lombardo The First See Hear
Reign Ghost Solar Nice Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Moonstone Relative Hoak ST
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Silhouette ST
Ardels Heads Up Rhythm & Blues
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Moonstone Black Blind Light ST
No Exit Do You Wanna Join? ST
Dixon, Hugh Esquire Shuffle (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
David House of the Rising Sun ST
EQ Let it be Known Swellsville
Pat's People Turn, Turn, Turn Today
Gillan, Marty You've Made Me So Very Happy Try A Little Kindness
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Little Pony Home Grown Stuff
Original Bones One More Night ST
A Joint Effort Molly and Tenbrooks Final Effort
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Broadway Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
New Creation Dig! (The Origin of Man) Troubled
Cargo Rural Route One Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
Squires The Sultan The Sultan b/w Aurora
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Tooth Decay Commercials For Free (EP)
Chantettes Man Come Into Egypt Remember.....
Plastic Cloud Civilization Machine ST
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Plateau Mambo ST
London, Jack & the Sparrows I'll be the Boy ST
Tyrant Carol Hooked On You b/w Carol
Rascalz Perfect Check Up Really Livin'
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra On Her Majesty's Secret Service James Bond 007
November Grief The Aftermath To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Ron Martin Special With Mustard Invisible Roots
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Teenage Time
Other Half Summertime ST
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
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle I'll Take Romance ST
Baloue, Lewis Bringing You a Rose Romantic Times
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Here Is Year Zero
Ardels Linda Lou Rhythm & Blues
Palmer, John Such a Long Long Time Shorelines
Catseye Images Catseye
Mitchell, Ronney Tonight My Love, Tonight The Five Man Cargo
Bear Paws Can't You See Kitche-Ogamah
Jeremy Dormouse By the Way Toad
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Do You Agree With Me ST (psych cover)
Griff, Ray Piano Man Canada "My Native Land"
Rockadrome T.O. Town Royal American 20th Century Blues
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Summertime Chip Dip
Medium Stars ST
Huckle Minstrel Song Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Teaser Royal American 20th Century Blues
Mock Duck Home Made Jam Test Record
Skarecrow Rest Assured Blues...Live at the Explorer
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon The High ST
Other Half Thoughts ST
Guess Who American Woman American Woman (split with Christie, Cliff Richards & Arlene Harden)
Trooper Mr. Big 3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)
Walton, Dennis Jah Way to Salvation is Easy Sweeter Love
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
Reign Ghost Eyes Knows, So Does Ears ST
Organization, The Superstar ST
Baloue, Lewis It's a New Day Romantic Times
Plastic Cloud Shadows of Your Mind ST
Pat's People Our Father Today
Martin, Billy Funky Feelin' Strawberry Soul
Sunshyne Dixie Medley (Traditional) The Raven (EP)
Perth County Conspiracy Hurdy-Gurdy Man ST
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre the canada council juree prson is missing Sonic Horses I
Perth County Conspiracy Lace and Cobwebs ST
Mason, Dutch Gamblin' Fever Half Ain't Been Told
Dandy, Trevor Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Haunted Horror Show ST
London, Jack & the Sparrows Give My Love to Sally ST
Cargo Initial Mailing Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
Garden Bower Gord’s Dream Etc. w/ Trains
Brazda Brothers Walking in the Sun ST
David Flight of the Egyptian Army ST
Catseye River Catseye
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Baloue, Lewis Summer's Moon L'amour
Skarecrow Stormy Monday Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Threads Of Fybre Mama Mama b/w Believe Me
Christmas Jungle Fabulous ST
Gillan, Marty I Ain't Done Yet (Theme from the T.V. Series "The Manipulators") (Bobby Hales) Try A Little Kindness
Adanac Reply The Other One What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One

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