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
Dolores Claman Summer Walk Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Jarvis Street Revue Mr. Business Man Mr. Oil Man
Canadian Beadles Funny Feeling Three Faces North
Nihilist Spasm Band When in London Sleep at the York Hotel No Record
Compilation David Foster - Listen to Daddy Unselfconsciously Canadian
Liska All My Love Cry Out Loud
Dutch Mason Ain't Nobody's Business Half Ain't Been Told
Athenians of Toronto 26 or 6 to 4 San Skoteiniazei
Mike Harris Country Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
David Wiffen Times are Getting' Hard Live at the Bunkhouse
Randy Bishop (A World of) Black And Brown I Sing A Soft Song
David Fromager Girl from the North Country If What You Said Was True
Ted Daigle It May be Silly Teenage Time
EQ Funky Oasis Swellsville
Langley Schools Music Project Space Oddity Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Jeremy Dormouse Baby Blue Toad
Skarecrow Sea-Suckin' Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Derek Scott Markle The Circle is Changin' Around ST
Jack London & the Sparrows Our Love has Passed ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
Don Carrington Trio Breaking Up is Hard to Do Makin' It Happen
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Reflections ST
Sweet Somethings Young World hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Emtidi Die Reise Saat
Stonemen Faded Colors In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Doctor Norman Bethune ST
Sound Sett Mustang Sally (Mack Rice) 1966-1967
David Wiffen Coast to Coast Fever Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Langley Schools Music Project The Long and Winding Road Wix - Brown Elementary School
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Someone Think Home Grown Stuff
Stefan Gnys You're Not The Only One English Oaks and Evangeline
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Cryin' All Alone Chip Dip
Souls of Inspyration Seasons of Change ST
Mike Harris Orange Blossom Special Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Sound Sett Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) 1966-1967
Stephanie Taylor Windmills of Your Mind "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Robert Armes Bobcaygeon Songs for Icarus
Pat's People What Have They Done to the Rain Today
Vicky and the Coins Five Foot Two ST
Twice Upon a Never Obladi Oblada Twice Upon a Never
Huckle Hello Sunshine Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone What's Come Over Me? "Coming Out"
Mantra Dick's Song (Dick Kelder) ST
Blind Owl Spring Rain ST
Garden Bower 18 Bricker Etc. w/ Trains
Brégent Epitaphe villon Poussière Des Regrets
Moosetracks Happily Day Is Done ST
Jensen Sisters I Want to Give You My Love Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Ronney Mitchell Quando Quando The Five Man Cargo
Aftermath Do You Believe In Magic? Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Mantra Stay (D'arcy Draper) ST
Stephanie Taylor Suzanne (Leonard Cohen) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Skeptical Eye Believe in Me The Devil's Playground
Sweet Somethings Going Out of My Head - Can't Take My Eyes Off You hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als Beach Rat Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
A Joint Effort Molly and Tenbrooks Final Effort
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never
Derek Scott Markle Livin' Love ST
Grimes Rosa Geidi Primes
EQ Freestyle Swellsville
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Urine Trouble Year Zero
Skarecrow Can't Judge a Book Blues...Live at the Explorer
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Country Four Blues Country and Rock & Roll Sound
The Fringe Flower Generation Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
The Organization Back to Back ST
Brazda Brothers Blooming Flowers ST
Robert Armes Requiem Songs for Icarus
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre o a b a Awake in th Red Desert
Moosetracks Down Young Street ST
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Reign Ghost Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy ST
Ted Daigle Farewell Adelita Teenage Time
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Take a Long Last Look (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
Perth County Conspiracy Woman for All Seasons ST
Compilation Judy Singh - Emily Unselfconsciously Canadian
The Organization Who Ever Finds This ST
Emtidi Love Time Rain Saat
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Reign Ghost The Gum Wrapper Song ST
Original Bones I Went Walkin' ST
Stephanie Taylor Working on a Groove Thing "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Stephanie Taylor Softly as I Leave You "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck One Glass for Wine Home Grown Stuff
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Bird Woman of Bath ST
Langley Schools Music Project Calling Occupants Wix - Brown Elementary School
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Teenage Time
Plastic Cloud Shadows of Your Mind ST
Langley Schools Music Project To Know Him is to Love Him Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Rockadrome Live and Love Child Royal American 20th Century Blues
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Blind Owl Open Your Window ST
November Grief Intro To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Robert Armes Lying Close Together Songs for Icarus
Braineaters London Town Planet X
New Day They're Callin' Me Back Home They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around
Brazda Brothers Civilization ST
Phillip Werren Polish Wedding music Electronic Music (1968-1971)
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Ron Martin Special With Mustard Invisible Roots

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

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