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	Length
George Cook	Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am	Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley	02:50
Bonnie Scots	Dundee Weaver	Laugh and Cry	01:29
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	Jazz Widow Waltz	Invisible Roots	05:31
A Joint Effort	Molly and Tenbrooks	Final Effort	03:37
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited	Duet: Photomodifications	The Optic Earful	03:42
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Moonstone	Relative Hoak	ST	02:28
Ablaze	Sadistic Dream	Psychopath	05:34
Haggath	Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07	Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07	20:23
Rockadrome	Very Strange	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:14
King Herbert And the Knights	Amen	With Jack Harden	03:22
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	You Know The Science	Year Zero	03:39
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Mannequin Demo	05:02
Ardels	Linda Lou	Rhythm & Blues	02:23
Spring Fever	Spring Fever	Woodstock	04:17
Derek Scott Markle	The Circle is Changin' Around	ST	01:55
Stefan Gnys	The Pleasant Land of Counterpane	English Oaks and Evangeline	04:36
Joy	Tears to be Cried	Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried	02:37
Ardels	Lonely Hours	Rhythm & Blues	03:13
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Rockadrome	Thirteen Miles Down	Royal American 20th Century Blues	02:20
Ray Griff	D-Dogies	Canada "My Native Land"	04:02
Gentlemen of Horror	Bank	Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)	00:59
Lost Soul Dept.	Pot Belly	Wild-Weekend b/w Pot Belly	02:22
Ardels	I'll Go Crazy	Rhythm & Blues	02:19
Sacrifice	Turn in Your Grave	The Exorcism	03:51
Huckle	The Sunshine Shuffle	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	03:32
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Jerry Palmer	Oh, Lucky Me	String of Hits	02:27
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Moosetracks	Airplane Over the Rockies	ST	01:21
Jensen Sisters	You Light Up My Life	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:12
Moosetracks	Hangman	ST	02:53
Adanac Reply	The Other One	What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One	03:02
Hazel McKirdy	Mama Didn't Lie	End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie	02:03
John Palmer	Solitude	Shorelines	04:38
Sheila Graham	Son of a Preacher Man	ST	02:32
Randy Bishop	Two Jugglers	I Sing A Soft Song	02:55
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Original Bones	One More Night	ST	02:05
Mantra	Depend on Somebody (D'arcy Draper)	ST	03:35
Roger Rodier	My spirits calling	Upon Velveatur	05:05
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Bear Paws	Standing by the River	Kitche-Ogamah	05:35
Barbara Gryfe	People (Lovers) Such As	What the World Needs Now	03:06
Derek Scott Markle	Could it Be	ST	03:03
Lucio Agostini	Skiing in Québec	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:30
Chantettes	Un Canadian Errant	Remember.....	03:27
Tex Lecor	The Draveur	Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)	02:55
Don Carrington Trio	If I Were a Carpenter	Makin' It Happen	04:15
Catseye	Am I the One	Catseye	03:46
David Fromager	Concrete City Life	If What You Said Was True	02:20
Brégent	Le chien	Poussière Des Regrets	01:44
Jeremy Dormouse	the immortal st. canthor	Toad Rejects	03:14
No Exit	No Exit	ST	02:41
Bear Paws	All for the Love a Girl	Kitche-Ogamah	03:11
No Exit	Decisions	ST	01:29
John Greenwood	My Sailboat and Me	My Sailboat and Me	04:41
Robert Armes	Fallen Star	Songs for Icarus	04:28
Skarecrow	Can't Judge a Book	Blues...Live at the Explorer	03:28
Christmas	Sorry I Bore You Victoria	ST	02:58
Stompin' Tom Connors	My Home Cradled Out in the Waves	Northland's Own	02:26
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Cryin' All Alone	Chip Dip	03:04
Barbara Gryfe	Don't Give Up	What the World Needs Now	02:08
Ellison	Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola)	ST	04:25
VXN	Not Only in Love	ST	03:54
Grimes	Avi	Geidi Primes	02:35
Huckle	Beyonder	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	04:25
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎	Truck Drivers Boogie	Country and Rock & Roll Sound	03:07
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	I'm Not Guilty	ST (psych cover)	03:47
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Sacrifice	1985-10_Slaughter - Dave, Sacrifice - Joe_CKLN FM fundraising_Interviews	Interviews 1985 + First Live Show	00:39
Nihilist Spasm Band	The Byron Bog	No Record	11:21
Bonnie Scots	Lizzie Lindsay	Laugh and Cry	03:33
Gargoyle	Ian Young - Child of the Sea	ST	01:21
Pat's People	Turn, Turn, Turn	Today	03:23
Don Carrington Trio	Breaking Up is Hard to Do	Makin' It Happen	06:43
Skarecrow	Mule Skinner Blues	Blues...Live at the Explorer	02:28
Spade Nielsen	Fuddle Duddle	Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)	02:31
Robert Armes	Imagine a World With No Music	Songs for Icarus	03:02
David	Lovely Lady	ST	03:30
Original Bones	Lady Anne	ST	03:05
Tex Lecor	Je t'amène avec moi	Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)	01:50
Reign Ghost	Solar Nice	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	02:33
Ronney Mitchell	I've Got to be Me	The Five Man Cargo	02:48
New Creation	New Creation	Troubled	02:01
Threads Of Fybre	Believe Me	Mama b/w Believe Me	02:57
John Greenwood	The Princess	My Sailboat and Me	04:12
Spring Fever	Watch Yourself	Woodstock	03:36
Don And Adrian	River Run You Down	River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down	04:27
Sound Sett	Dead Sea (Bruce MacGregor modified)	1966-1967	02:05
Pat's People	Take Our Bread	Today	02:18
Jarvis Street Revue	Mr. Business Man	Mr. Oil Man	02:41
Barbara Gryfe	I'll Never Fall in Love Again	What the World Needs Now	03:14
Dutch Mason	Polk Salad Annie	Half Ain't Been Told	03:44
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Gravel Road	ST	02:28
Nomads Four	Be On Your Way	Be On Your Way b/w Come On Home	02:33
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Hugh Dixon	Chopin's Nocturne	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	03:33

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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Clockwork - Cybernaut b/w Mean Lady

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Hi Octane Band - Shakey Ground b/w Feelings

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Something Evil - Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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The Other Half - ST

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The Haunted - ST

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Wheeeee! Demo

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Christmas - ST

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Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

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Caribou - ST

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Laurie Ingalls - Cheap Champagne

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Sacrifice - Interviews 1985 + First Live Show

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Sacrifice - The Exorcism

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Sacrifice - Turn In Your Grave (demo)

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Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends - Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends

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Ablaze - Psychopath

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May Run - Days Into Years

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Gerry Fiander - So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)

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Moonstone - ST

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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New Creation - Troubled

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Haggath - Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

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Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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