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.

Bent Wind - Sussex - Vinyl Side 2

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Reaction

Black Knight - Master of Disaster

George Cook - Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley

Rockadrome - Royal American 20th Century Blues BACK

Moonstone - ST

Sweet Somethings - hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'

Siggy Magic & the Hey Ho Band - Commercials For Free (EP)

Frankie

Stephanie Taylor - "I Don't Know Where I Stand"

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

David

Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 02

Bob Bryden

Plastic Cloud - ST

Les 409 acetate label one-of-a-kind garage artifact

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - Coming Out

Joker's Memory - ST

Ablaze - Psychopath b/w Sadistic Dream

Hank Snow - Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)

Phillip Werren - Electronic Music (1968-1971)

Squires - The Sultan b/w Aurora

Natalie Pollock & John Turner

Michel & the French Canadians - Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Bear Paws Season of the Wind Kitche-Ogamah
Mason, Dutch Gonna Move to the Country Half Ain't Been Told
Moore, Jeff & Friends Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Wiffen, David Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
Fringe, The I Don't Want To Live Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Chantettes Jamaica Farewell Remember.....
Plastic Cloud Shadows of Your Mind ST
Huckle Beautiful You Are Wild Blue Yonder
Skarecrow My Coffee's Gettin' Cold Blues...Live at the Explorer
Canadian Beadles Mojo Workout Three Faces North
Gnys, Stefan Another Time Another Place English Oaks and Evangeline
New Day They're Callin' Me Back Home They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around
Benge Black Sky Lullaby Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Armes, Robert Epilogue Songs for Icarus
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Pot O' Gold Home Grown Stuff
Bent Wind Goin' to the City Sussex
Vines, Norris and The Luvlines Feel The Warm Give In b/w Feel The Warm
Gillan, Marty Try a Little Kindness Try A Little Kindness
Organization, The Who Ever Finds This ST
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Ya Ya Chip Dip
Rodier, Roger The Key Upon Velveatur
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
April Wine Shotdown The Whole World's Going Crazy (test pressing)
Grimes Caladan Geidi Primes
London, Jack & the Sparrows Dream on Dreamer ST
Skeptical Eye Tortured From Inside The Devil's Playground
Greenwood, John Blessed My Sailboat and Me
Dove, Ronnie and the Ron-Als Beach Rat Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Broadway Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Reign Ghost Curio Shop ST
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Blues in Your Room ST (psych cover)
EQ Funky Oasis Swellsville
Medium Stars ST
Lightfoot, Gordon Talking Freight Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)
Skeptical Eye Concealed Truth The Devil's Playground
Stormbringer The Curse The Curse b/w Evil Mind
Shagnasty Ringing in My Ear Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Other Half Eve of Destruction ST
Palmer, John Mandalla Shorelines
Rockadrome Live and Love Child Royal American 20th Century Blues
VXN Putting Love Aside Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Ronney Will it go Round in Circles? The Five Man Cargo
Mason, Dutch C.C. Rider Half Ain't Been Told
Boudreau, Walter Imagination Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 3) (Dick Kelder) ST
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers You Got the Green Light The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Pat's People Our Father Today
Moosetracks Lest We Forget ST
Original Bones Drop Down Mama ST
Ultimate Image It's a Hard Life It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia The Undertaker's Ball ST
Jeremy Dormouse hesitation blues Toad Rejects
Snow, Hank I'm Movin' On Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)
Jeremy Dormouse Small Man Toad
Sweet Somethings Will You Love Me Tomorrow hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang James Bond 007
Shouter's, The In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
College, Joe & the Rulers Working Class Hero It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
EQ Late 4 The Studio Swellsville
Medium I'll Love Everyone at Last ST
Mason, Dutch Polk Salad Annie Half Ain't Been Told
Mason, Dutch Gamblin' Fever Half Ain't Been Told
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) In A Bad Way (Remix) Year Zero
Garden Bower This Woman (live) Etc. w/ Trains
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck One Ring Jane Home Grown Stuff
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Mystique Beyond the Four Winds Black Rider
Latremouille, Fred Tossin' and Turnin' Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love ST
Taylor, Stephanie Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Moon Raker James Bond 007
Brown, Jim Wayne Carr - Timbral Changes The First See Hear
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Edible Wallpaper Invisible Roots
Ardels Dream Lover Rhythm & Blues
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone Hay Gee "Coming Out"
Reign Ghost More Than I Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Chessmen Mustang Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
Catseye Images Catseye
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Time is of the Essence Invisible Roots
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
September (1) Celebration Blue Lady b/w Celebration
Moonstone Hope You Come See ST
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Free to be Free ST (psych cover)
Dunn, Nina Stay and Dance If You Want My Love (Do It) b/w Stay and Dance
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra You Only Live Twice James Bond 007
Five Man Cargo Memories Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You
Wiffen, David Abilene Live at the Bunkhouse
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon What a Lovely Place to be Buried ST
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Cryin' All Alone Chip Dip
Beaupre, Andre The Saga of Wayne Gretzky The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II
Sound Sett Oh No (The Sound Sett) 1966-1967
Armes, Robert Requiem Songs for Icarus
Armes, Robert Bobcaygeon Songs for Icarus
Connors, Stompin' Tom The World Goes Round (Expo 67 Montreal) Northland's Own
Gillan, Marty Sweet Caroline Try A Little Kindness
Mantra Midnigh Train (D'arcy Draper) ST
Langley Schools Music Project Your Sixteen Wix - Brown Elementary School
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice

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