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
Reign Ghost Curio Shop ST
Billy Martin Funky Feelin' Strawberry Soul
Bent Wind Touch of Red Sussex
Compilation Jim Wheeler and the Spokes - Secret Spy International Master Discovery Records
A Joint Effort Horse with No Name Final Effort
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
A Joint Effort Greed for Gold Final Effort
New Reality Yesterday a Child Was Born Demo Tape
Jerry Palmer Sweet Lorene String of Hits
November Grief Exit Life (With China White) To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Langley Schools Music Project In My Room Wix - Brown Elementary School
Hazel McKirdy Mama Didn't Lie End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie
Bonnie Scots Scotland 'Ra Brave Laugh and Cry
Dolores Claman Western Panorama Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
A Joint Effort Battle of New Orleans Final Effort
Gordon Lightfoot Movin' Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)
Phillip Werren Polish Wedding music Electronic Music (1968-1971)
John Greenwood Mother's Day Love My Sailboat and Me
Stonemen In the Evening In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Dolores Claman Summer Walk Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
Jackie Mittoo Stepping Tiger Stepping Tiger
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Smokestack Lightning ST
Chantettes Man Come Into Egypt Remember.....
Compilation Joe Vassos - New World Unselfconsciously Canadian
King Herbert And the Knights Let It Be With Jack Harden
Haunted Searching For My Baby ST
Reign Ghost Travels of Blue Paradox ST
Chantettes There But For Fortune Remember.....
Threads Of Fybre Believe Me Mama b/w Believe Me
EQ Let it be Known Swellsville
Other Half 100 lbs. Clay ST
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Theme from Swat "Coming Out"
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Hit The Breaks Year Zero
Jensen Sisters You Walked Into My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Athenians of Toronto Opi Aniko San Skoteiniazei
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Passive & Blue Commercials For Free (EP)
Glenn Dixon Dreamer Parts 1-3 Reflections
Joy Tears to be Cried Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Art Snider Ode to Billy Joe Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Bent Wind Riverside Sussex
Brazda Brothers Nature ST
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Royal Family Sometimes Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Chantettes Jamaica Farewell Remember.....
Shades of Blond All Your Love All Your Love
Garden Bower This Woman (live) Etc. w/ Trains
Athenians of Toronto Make Me Smile San Skoteiniazei
Brazda Brothers 20th Century ST
British North American Act If You're Looking for Honey In the Beginning
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle You Are Too Beautiful ST
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
David Fromager Chains If What You Said Was True
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
David Wiffen Driving Wheel Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Vic Vogel Shadow of Your Smile and Yesterday Montreal Bandleader
Dolores Claman Wilderness West Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Bird She Fly Low ST
Echoes and a Dream Midnight Passion Echoes and a Dream
Ted Daigle Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
The Mix Maybe (Face To The Wall) Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)
Rockadrome Live and Love Child Royal American 20th Century Blues
Mock Duck Hurt On Me Test Record
Art Snider It Was a Very Good Year Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Times are Changing Home Grown Stuff
David Lovely Lady ST
The Mix Break Up Shake Up Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)
A Joint Effort Bus Song Final Effort
Skarecrow Ballad of Glen & Trevor Blues...Live at the Explorer
Grimes Caladan Geidi Primes
Souls of Inspyration Eyes of Nature ST
Georges Leningrad Bad smells Made In Taiwan
Stephanie Taylor Softly as I Leave You "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Twice Upon a Never Early in the Morning Twice Upon a Never
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Keep Your Hand Off My Girl Year Zero
Marty Gillan One Act Play (Howie Vickers (The Collectors)) Try A Little Kindness
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Nothing Beautiful ST
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Reprise Royal American 20th Century Blues
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn th toothpaste runs out Sonic Horses I
Opposite Party in My Home Help Us Make It
The Organization 60 Years Ago ST
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Don't Despair ST
Diodes The Curse - War Raw / War (split with The Curse)
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Moose Head ST
Matlows If You Were Mine If You Were Mine // Only You
Huckle Gabriola Day Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Bear Paws House of the Rising Sun Kitche-Ogamah
Jensen Sisters I'm Gonna Love You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) The Bassment Show Year Zero
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre mountain lake Sonic Horses I
Ray Griff Friends and Neighbors Canada "My Native Land"
Ray Griff If it Hadn't Been for Music Canada "My Native Land"
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Untitled (Make the Answer "Yes") ST
Perth County Conspiracy Woman for All Seasons ST
Calgary Range Riders Curly Hair Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair
Dutch Mason Mannish Boy Half Ain't Been Told
King Herbert And the Knights Chicken Strut With Jack Harden
Stefan Gnys You're Not The Only One English Oaks and Evangeline
Squires Aurora The Sultan b/w Aurora
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground

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