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
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	fires in the tempul	Awake in th Red Desert	02:11
Randy Bishop	Felicitas	I Sing A Soft Song	04:26
Huckle	Flowers	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	03:09
Compilation	Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:35
Mike Harris	Rippling Water Jig	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	01:53
Moosetracks	Lest We Forget	ST	03:50
Stonemen	Faded Colors	In the Evening b/w Faded Colors	02:50
Reign Ghost	Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy	ST	04:11
Pat's People	Dona Dona	Today	03:32
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Ardels	Heads Up	Rhythm & Blues	02:06
Joker's Memory	A Jokers Memory Part Three	ST	03:35
Other Half	Evil Ways	ST	04:30
Mantra	Beatrices (D'arcy Draper)	ST	03:15
Spring Fever	Gimme Shelter	Woodstock	04:00
Chantettes	Harry Was a Communist	Remember.....	02:57
Langley Schools Music Project	Sweet Caroline	Wix - Brown Elementary School	02:58
Souls of Inspyration	Seasons of Change	ST	05:22
Gordon Lightfoot	Movin'	Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)	02:30
Canadian Beadles	I'm Coming Home	Three Faces North	02:20
The Shouter's	In The Evening	In The Evening b/w Can I Help It	02:44
Chantettes	Come and Go With Me	Remember.....	02:32
Perth County Conspiracy	Hindsight	ST	03:39
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	she's a very good cook	Awake in th Red Desert	02:17
Gargoyle	Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree	ST	04:39
Brazda Brothers	Your Kingdom	ST	04:06
Cargo	Say Goodbye	Front Side, Back Side	02:53
Rockadrome	Good Dream	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:38
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Christmas	Oasis	ST	06:10
Lewis Baloue	I Thought The World Of You	L'amour	02:34
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
David	House of the Rising Sun	ST	03:41
Souls of Inspyration	Pursuit	ST	02:45
Other Half	100 lbs. Clay	ST	03:17
Blind Owl	Happy To Be Alive	ST	03:16
Garden Bower	Lonesome Bill’s Blues	Etc. w/ Trains	02:40
Riverson	Stoney Day (Brian Edwards, Lisa Eisenhardt (Lisa Hartt))	ST	04:28
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Athenians of Toronto	San Skoteiniazei	San Skoteiniazei	04:39
David Wiffen	Mule Skinner Blues	Live at the Bunkhouse	02:16
Riverson	Hermit Glen (Rayburn Blake)	ST	03:06
Jarvis Street Revue	Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song)	Mr. Oil Man	04:44
Skarecrow	Wine Wine Wine	Blues...Live at the Explorer	05:06
Plastic Cloud	Art's a Happy Man	ST	03:13
Huckle	The Sunshine Shuffle	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	03:32
Arcade Fire	No Cars Go	ST	06:02
New Day	Gotta Spread Some Love Around	They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around	04:09
Stefan Gnys	Horizoning	English Oaks and Evangeline	03:52
Story Structure	I Told You (Instrumental Mix)	I Told You	04:55
Spring	Shine	Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind	02:52
Rascalz	Quest for Rhyme	Really Livin'	04:03
Rockadrome	Ain't It a Shame	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:14
Guess Who	American Woman	American Woman (split with Christie, Cliff Richards & Arlene Harden)	05:09
Rascalz	Gal Business	Really Livin'	02:51
Lewis Baloue	Summer's Moon	L'amour	03:49
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Echoes and a Dream	Midnight Passion	Echoes and a Dream	04:18
Nihilist Spasm Band	The Byron Bog	No Record	11:21
Nihilist Spasm Band	Dog Face Man	No Record	07:53
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Maritime Waltz	Northland's Own	01:54
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	Blues in Your Room	ST (psych cover)	03:27
John Greenwood	Give Us Love	My Sailboat and Me	03:59
Garden Bower	18 Bricker	Etc. w/ Trains	02:47
Walter Boudreau	Synchronisation II	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	07:10
Catseye	Rhythms of an Empty Room	Catseye	05:53
Derek Scott Markle	Hey Hoe	ST	02:40
Chantettes	There But For Fortune	Remember.....	02:58
Jeff Moore & Friends	Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore)	The Youngest Son	06:04
Pat's People	To-day	Today	03:19
Huckle	Minstrel Song	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	03:26
Jarvis Street Revue	Mr. Oil Man	Mr. Oil Man	12:27
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	Hay Gee	"Coming Out"	05:02
Mantra	Hopscotch (Part 3) (Dick Kelder)	ST	01:16
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	Silent Night	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	03:17
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	Spain is for Old Ladies	Invisible Roots	05:56
Trooper	Mr. Big	3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)	03:22
Humble Sponge	Barabbas	Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas	04:02
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Moosetracks	This Place is No Place to be Happy	ST	04:06
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	Colourless	ST	05:17
Don Carrington Trio	Breaking Up is Hard to Do	Makin' It Happen	06:43
Jerry Palmer	Head Over Heels in Love	String of Hits	01:40
Lewis Baloue	Love Showered Me	L'amour	04:01
EQ	Funky Oasis	Swellsville	03:30
No Exit	Energy Crisis	ST	01:40
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Tyrant	Hooked On You	Hooked On You b/w Carol	03:12
The Amen	Peter Zeus	Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus	02:28
Original Bones	Rollin' Over	ST	03:09
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	You Know The Science	Year Zero	03:39
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Northwind	ST	03:21
Twice Upon a Never	A World of Our Own	Twice Upon a Never	02:14
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	heart flash us	Sonic Horses I	03:20
Lewis Baloue	Bringing You a Rose	Romantic Times	04:42
Ronney Mitchell	Fools Rush in	The Five Man Cargo	02:48
Ronney Mitchell	Just a Little Bit More Baby	The Five Man Cargo	03:24
John Palmer	Better Later Than Never	Shorelines	04:52

Rarest Canadian Music

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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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Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

Jimmy Apostle & the Willows - I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

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Ellison - ST

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Perth County Conspiracy - ST

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Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

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

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Kings - Switchin'

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Spring - Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind

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Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

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Joker's Memory - ST

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

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Bent Wind - Sussex

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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

The Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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Jim Brown - The First See Hear

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Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra - James Bond 007

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - "Coming Out"

Chessmen - Mustang b/w Meadowlands

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London Experimental Jazz Quartet - Invisible Roots

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Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record

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Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

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D.N.A. - Because I Love You b/w Seashell

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Compilation - International Master Discovery Records

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Shades of Blond - All Your Love

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