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
Ultimate Image Rains of Autumn It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
David Wiffen Four in the Mornin' Live at the Bunkhouse
Rockadrome Live and Love Child Royal American 20th Century Blues
Moosetracks Down Young Street ST
The Stonefield Morning Hours Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Jerry Palmer Got a Love String of Hits
Randy Bishop Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning I Sing A Soft Song
Cargo Alisa Front Side, Back Side
September (1) Blue Lady Blue Lady b/w Celebration
Brad Richards Send a Little Love My Way Right Time for Love
Hugh Dixon Esquire Shuffle (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Mike Harris Bill Cheatem Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Jensen Sisters I Want to Give You My Love Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Gargoyle Ian Young - Child of the Sea ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn u cum into me Sonic Horses I
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra On Her Majesty's Secret Service James Bond 007
Cargo Dubious Front Side, Back Side
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Art Snider Edelweiss Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
No Exit Energy Crisis ST
Brégent Mon frère Poussière Des Regrets
Compilation Judy Singh - My Name is Love Unselfconsciously Canadian
Huckle Wild Blue Yonder Wild Blue Yonder
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Moosetracks Sophie ST
Riverson Empty Sky (Brian Edwards - Rayburn Blake) ST
King Herbert And the Knights I Believe With Jack Harden
Mystique No Return Black Rider
Garden Bower Lord I’m Tired Etc. w/ Trains
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jeff Moore & Friends Flying So High (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
Tex Lecor Ste-Scholastique Blues Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Pepper Tree The Gypsy Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Ya Ya Chip Dip
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Ultimate Image It's a Hard Life It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
New Day Gotta Spread Some Love Around They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around
Ted Daigle Farewell Adelita Teenage Time
Plastic Cloud Art's a Happy Man ST
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Jensen Sisters Fly Away With Me Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Tex Lecor Ti-bicycle Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Peter Mathieson Yonge Street Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
John Palmer Seedling of Light Shorelines
Garden Bower Folsom Prison Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Braineaters Wrong World Planet X
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Tooth Decay Commercials For Free (EP)
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Nerve Odd Fellows - Cretonia (1982) (unreleased) Penchant b/w Preludes
EQ Hostile Swellsville
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Mike Harris Norwegian Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Sweet Somethings Frosty Friday hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Hay Gee "Coming Out"
Nihilist Spasm Band When in London Sleep at the York Hotel No Record
Sound Sett Mustang Sally (Mack Rice) 1966-1967
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Free to be Free ST (psych cover)
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Humble Sponge Barabbas Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
Marty Gillan She's a Woman (Terry Frewer) Try A Little Kindness
Dennis Walton Sweeter Love Sweeter Love
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Riverson Eleanor Rigby (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) ST
Dolores Claman Summer Walk Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Grimes Avi Geidi Primes
Other Half Summertime ST
Ellison Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola) ST
Riverson Take Me (Rayburn Blake) ST
David Fromager Chains If What You Said Was True
Lewis Baloue It's a New Day Romantic Times
Lewis Baloue Bringing You a Rose Romantic Times
Hugh Dixon Green Green Grass of Home (vocals: Pat Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Cargo Say Goodbye Front Side, Back Side
Ray Griff Canada Canada "My Native Land"
Twice Upon a Never Butterfly of Love Twice Upon a Never
Stompin' Connors Tom My Home Cradled Out in the Waves Northland's Own
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
Ray Griff Canadian Pacific Canada "My Native Land"
A Joint Effort My Man Final Effort
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Piano Piano ST (psych cover)
Threads Of Fybre Mama Mama b/w Believe Me
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Edible Wallpaper Invisible Roots
Barbara Gryfe What the World Needs Now What the World Needs Now
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) You Know The Science Year Zero
Nihilist Spasm Band The Byron Bog No Record
King Herbert And the Knights Ode to Billy Joe With Jack Harden
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Truck Drivers Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Derek Scott Markle Goin' Thru the Town ST
Lord Ryur Heroes After Heroes Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Jackie Mittoo Russian Satelite Stepping Tiger
Stefan Gnys English Oaks English Oaks and Evangeline
Blind Owl Happy To Be Alive ST
Jeff Moore & Friends Both Sides (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
David Fromager If What You Said Was True If What You Said Was True

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

ST

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

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