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
Jim Brown Ross Barrett & Jim Brown - Tree Person The First See Hear
Raphaels Someday Someday b/w I Change My Mind
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
New Reality Yesterday a Child Was Born Demo Tape
Northwest Company Hard to Cry Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Randy Bishop I Sing a Soft Song I Sing A Soft Song
Mantra Drifter (D'arcy Draper) ST
Pat's People Get To-Gether Today
David Fromager Chains If What You Said Was True
Stompin' Connors Tom The Birth of the New Dragon Mine The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Georges Leningrad Bad smells Made In Taiwan
Jack London & the Sparrows Give My Love to You ST
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Rated "X" "Coming Out"
Gargoyle Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You ST
New Creation Wind Troubled
Sound Sett Oh No (The Sound Sett) 1966-1967
Stompin' Connors Tom Emily, the Maple Leaf Northland's Own
Threads Of Fybre Mama Mama b/w Believe Me
Skeptical Eye Tortured From Inside The Devil's Playground
Stompin' Connors Tom Algoma Central No. 69 Northland's Own
Burgundy Ex-Lovin' Man Lady Blue b/w Ex-Lovin' Man
Ted Daigle Ballad of a Teenage Queen Teenage Time
Jackie Mittoo Sugar Jar Stepping Tiger
Bear Paws Season of the Wind Kitche-Ogamah
David Hey Jude ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) State Of The Art Year Zero
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Brégent Le chien Poussière Des Regrets
Jensen Sisters Let a Raindrop be a Tear for You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Hit The Breaks Year Zero
Other Half Eve of Destruction ST
Moonstone Relative Hoak ST
Chantettes Man Come Into Egypt Remember.....
Skarecrow Sea-Suckin' Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Canadian Beadles Funny Feeling Three Faces North
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
Athenians of Toronto 26 or 6 to 4 San Skoteiniazei
Ultimate Image It's a Hard Life It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Compilation Jim Wheeler and the Spokes - Secret Spy International Master Discovery Records
Jack London & the Sparrows I'll be the Boy ST
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Nothing Beautiful ST
Echoes and a Dream Life is a Love Song Echoes and a Dream
Chantettes Hush Little Baby Remember.....
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone What's Come Over Me? "Coming Out"
David Fromager Radio Madness If What You Said Was True
Barbara Gryfe I'll Never Fall in Love Again What the World Needs Now
Guess Who American Woman American Woman (split with Christie, Cliff Richards & Arlene Harden)
Fred Latremouille Mashed Potato Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Black Knight Metal Screams Master of Disaster (EP)
Other Half 100 lbs. Clay ST
Medium I'll Love Everyone at Last ST
Mystique Black Rider Black Rider
Hugh Dixon Green Green Grass of Home (vocals: Pat Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Dutch Mason Tighten Up On It Half Ain't Been Told
Mantra San Francisco Morning (D'arcy Draper) ST
Stonemen Faded Colors In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Speak Of The Devil Year Zero
New Creation The Status Quo Song Troubled
Twice Upon a Never Turtle Dove Twice Upon a Never
Rockadrome There You Go Again Royal American 20th Century Blues
John Palmer Cloud Shorelines
Ellison Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola) ST
Cyrus Eden Rock You To The Limit First Offense (EP)
Adanac Reply The Other One What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Sound Sett I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding & Jerry Butler) 1966-1967
Marty Gillan Raindrops Keep Fallin' Try A Little Kindness
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
No Exit Decisions ST
Skarecrow Bo Diddley Blues...Live at the Explorer
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Swords of Gold ST
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Stefan Gnys You're Not The Only One English Oaks and Evangeline
David Fromager Nicky If What You Said Was True
Sheila Graham Without You ST
Huckle Minstrel Song Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Luke Simmons and His Blue Mountain Boys Howlin' at the Moon Just Waitin' // Howlin' at the Moon
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
David Fromager If What You Said Was True If What You Said Was True
Original Bones Sit Down ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Urine Trouble Year Zero
Lewis Baloue Summer's Moon L'amour
Brégent Epitaphe villon Poussière Des Regrets
Huckle Gabriola Day Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Moon Raker James Bond 007
King Herbert And the Knights Lucille With Jack Harden
Braineaters Modern Man Planet X
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Country Cooking Phil
A Joint Effort Oh! Canada Final Effort
Bear Paws Can't You See Kitche-Ogamah
Canadian Beadles Steady Guy Three Faces North
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra On Her Majesty's Secret Service James Bond 007
Souls of Inspyration Pursuit ST
Jack London & the Sparrows Our Love has Passed ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Canadian Beadles I'm Coming Home Three Faces North
The Organization Happiness ST
Braineaters Modern Man Pt 2 Planet X

ST

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

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