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
Joni Mitchell You Dream Flat Tires Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Ted Daigle Farewell Adelita Teenage Time
Five Man Cargo Memories Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You
John Greenwood Hey, Minstrel Boy My Sailboat and Me
Stephanie Taylor Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Marty Gillan Colours Try A Little Kindness
Marty Gillan Lalena Try A Little Kindness
Roger Rodier Just fine Upon Velveatur
Other Half In Passing ST
Randy Bishop I Sing a Soft Song I Sing A Soft Song
Pepper Tree Message Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Opposite Party in My Home Help Us Make It
Shagnasty Ringing in My Ear Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Emtidi Tr„ume Saat
Nerve Preludes Penchant b/w Preludes
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre now, according to paragraph C Awake in th Red Desert
Moosetracks Down Young Street ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle You Are Too Beautiful ST
A Joint Effort Greed for Gold Final Effort
Lewis Baloue Summer's Moon L'amour
Echoes and a Dream Life is a Love Song Echoes and a Dream
Sweet Somethings Young World hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
Grimes Caladan Geidi Primes
Reign Ghost Pudsy's Parable Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Medium Melon ST
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Edible Wallpaper Invisible Roots
Athenians of Toronto Now More Than Ever San Skoteiniazei
Ted Daigle Ballad of a Teenage Queen Teenage Time
Legacy Come With Me Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs
Nick Ayoub Quintet Two and The Montreal Scene
Jack London & the Sparrows Dream on Dreamer ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Braineaters London Town Planet X
Gentlemen of Horror Rich Kids Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Little Pony Home Grown Stuff
Calgary Range Riders Curly Hair Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair
British North American Act See How Free In the Beginning
Huckle The Sunshine Shuffle Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn th toothpaste runs out Sonic Horses I
Ray Griff Canada Canada "My Native Land"
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Theme from Swat "Coming Out"
Jeremy Dormouse hesitation blues Toad Rejects
Vicky and the Coins Girl From Ipanema ST
Garden Bower O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela Etc. w/ Trains
Bent Wind Goin' to the City Sussex
Canadian Beadles I'm Coming Home Three Faces North
Black Knight Born To Rock Master of Disaster (EP)
Billy Martin If You Care Strawberry Soul
John Palmer Better Later Than Never Shorelines
Mike Harris Bill Cheatem Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Sedum Shadows Thinking Away Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre she's a very good cook Awake in th Red Desert
Intersystems Orange Juice & Velvet Underwear Number One
Jensen Sisters You Lit the Fire (I Want Only You) Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Don Carrington Trio A Song for My Father Makin' It Happen
Plastic Cloud Civilization Machine ST
Skarecrow Wine Wine Wine Blues...Live at the Explorer
Jackie Mittoo Totally Together Stepping Tiger
Stompin' Connors Tom My Swisha Miss Northland's Own
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Silhouette ST
Rascalz Perfect Check Up Really Livin'
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Buck Shots ST
Other Half Evil Ways ST
Thornton Rogers J. The Blues Out in the West b/w The Blues
Walter Boudreau Danse Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Phillip Werren Polish Wedding music Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Royal Family Solitude Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Mike Harris Andy's Favorite Jig Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Medium I'll Love Everyone at Last ST
Sheila Graham Aquarius ST
Catseye It's a Long Way Catseye
Athenians of Toronto San Skoteiniazei San Skoteiniazei
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre yu seem to be apeering to follo sum distant star Sonic Horses I
Other Half Stormy Monday Blues ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle I'll Take Romance ST
September (1) Blue Lady Blue Lady b/w Celebration
Compilation Buddy Victor - The More I See You Unselfconsciously Canadian
Ellison Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Squires The Sultan The Sultan b/w Aurora
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Reprise Royal American 20th Century Blues
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre its raining all ovr th citee Sonic Horses I
Uncertain Land of 1000 Dances Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
Glenn Dixon As Our Days Fly By Reflections
David Wiffen Mule Skinner Blues Live at the Bunkhouse
Blind Owl Hooked On You ST
Twice Upon a Never Last Thing On My Mind Twice Upon a Never
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground
Georges Leningrad Bad smells Made In Taiwan
Skarecrow Bo Diddley Blues...Live at the Explorer
Art Snider Lara's Theme Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
The Amen Carnivals and Cotton Candy Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus
Langley Schools Music Project Venus and Mars Wix - Brown Elementary School
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Brégent Epitaphe villon Poussière Des Regrets
Lord Ryur Heroes After Heroes Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Stompin' Connors Tom May, The Millright's Daughter Northland's Own
New Creation No Excuse Troubled
A Joint Effort Battle of New Orleans Final Effort
Lucio Agostini Skiing in Québec Once Upon a Hundred Years

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

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Crash & Burn, TORONTO, Canada. July 22 and 23, 1977. Not one, but two big nights.

February 22, 1976 we headed across the street from Steve Park's house on Forsyth St. North in HAMILTON, and into what is now called The McMaster Children's Hospital, for our first photo shoot.

It was never really a great shot, but so far it's the only picture we have of our first gig, October 17, 1975. This one came from the Westdale High School year book, which is where we played, in the "new" cafeteria they built on the ground floor courtyard

September 8, 1977 starting the new school year out in Scarberia with TEENAGE HEAD at Centennial College

Lucio Agostini - Once Upon a Hundred Years

Mutual Understanding

In Wonderland

Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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