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
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Reprise Royal American 20th Century Blues
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre normal is not returning Sonic Horses I
Ray Griff Maple Leaf Canada "My Native Land"
Rascalz The Roughest (We Are) Really Livin'
Original Bones Steamboat Whistle Blues ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Casino Royale James Bond 007
Walter Boudreau Boul Chaumont Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Laurie Ingalls Peace Country Cheap Champagne
May Run Separation Day Days Into Years
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre th deacon bros in barbados Awake in th Red Desert
The Haunted Searching For My Baby ST
Marty Gillan One Act Play (Howie Vickers (The Collectors)) Try A Little Kindness
Huckle Gather The Children Wild Blue Yonder
Ladykiller Still Madly in Love Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Stormbringer The Curse The Curse b/w Evil Mind
Don Carrington Trio Higher Makin' It Happen
Ray Griff Jimmy, Luke and Me Canada "My Native Land"
Jackie Mittoo Russian Satelite Stepping Tiger
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Hop The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Robert Armes Fallen Star Songs for Icarus
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal West The Montreal Scene
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Walk Your Head Around Home Grown Stuff
Clockwork Cybernaut Cybernaut b/w Mean Lady
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Plateau Mambo ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Little Pony Home Grown Stuff
Sound Sett Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Stefan Gnys Machine English Oaks and Evangeline
Northwest Company Get Away From it All Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All
Willie Dunn Protest Song Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Plateau Under the Big House My Life b/w Under the Big House
Vicky and the Coins Girl From Ipanema ST
Plastic Cloud Dainty General Rides ST
Catseye River Catseye
Moonstone Hope You Come See ST
Nick Ayoub Quintet Ya Habibi The Montreal Scene
Ronney Mitchell Time Alone Will Tell The Five Man Cargo
New Creation The Status Quo Song Troubled
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Gerry Fiander So Long, Goodbye So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)
Perth County Conspiracy Hindsight ST
Skeptical Eye Ghet-ti Train The Devil's Playground
May Run Save Me Days Into Years
Derek Scott Markle Hey Hoe ST
Black Knight Metal Screams Master of Disaster (EP)
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Chip's Groove Chip Dip
David Wiffen Times are Getting' Hard Live at the Bunkhouse
May Run The Promise Days Into Years
Laurie Ingalls You Were Wrong Cheap Champagne
British North American Act If You're Looking for Honey In the Beginning
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck No one in Particular Home Grown Stuff
Blind Owl Song To the Wind ST
Langley Schools Music Project Desperado Wix - Brown Elementary School
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
November Grief The Aftermath To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Gentlemen of Horror God Knows you by Name ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Dis Band I'm Tired Gone Dead Out
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia The Undertaker's Ball ST
Michael-Jon Rosenberg What a Lovely Place to be Buried ST
Don Carrington Trio Dingus Makin' It Happen
Mantra Dick's Song (Dick Kelder) ST
Benge Black Sky Lullaby Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Cargo Child of the Playroom Front Side, Back Side
Vicky and the Coins When the Saints Go Marching In ST
Tex Lecor The Draveur Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Mystique Wake Up Screamin' Black Rider
Medium My Lady Lies Forever ST
Moosetracks Lest We Forget ST
Athenians of Toronto Proud Mary San Skoteiniazei
Billy Martin If You Care Strawberry Soul
Barry Ennis School Days Mountain of Ice b/w School Days
Jerry Palmer Oh, Lucky Me String of Hits
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Mantra Depend on Somebody (D'arcy Draper) ST
Canadian Beadles Whole Lot of Shakin Going On Three Faces North
Bloodstone I'm Your Man Toronto b/w I'm Your Man
Stompin' Tom Connors Luke's Guitar The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
David Wiffen Climb the Stairs Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Stefan Gnys Soliloguy English Oaks and Evangeline
Uncertain Wipeout Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Colourless ST
Clymaxe R. U. Cumming? R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues
Perth County Conspiracy Take Your Time ST
Caribou Le blues sale ST
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als I'm Happy Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Hugh Dixon Green Green Grass of Home (vocals: Pat Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
New Creation Countdown to Revolution! Troubled
No Exit No Exit ST
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Symphony #1 In A, B, C, D, etc. The Optic Earful
King Herbert And the Knights Lucille With Jack Harden
Ardels Theme Rhythm & Blues
Neil Young My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)
Robert Armes Epilogue Songs for Icarus
A Joint Effort Bus Song Final Effort
No Exit Bureaucracy ST
Original Bones Rollin' Over ST
Platinum Blonde Hey Hey You Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets
Braineaters Modern Man Pt 2 Planet X

Ready to Rock b/w (with Gerry Fiander)

Gerry Fiander with Elvis Presley (History Van R&R Vol 1)

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison / Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)

Gone Dead Out

Dis Band

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out CASSETTE 02

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out CASSETTE 01

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out BACK

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out FRONT FOLDOUT

My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)

ST

Cybernaut b/w Mean Lady

Shakey Ground b/w Feelings

45-Hi Octane Band - Shakey Ground VINYL 02

Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

45-Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path VINYL 02

ST

ST

Minutes From Downtown '82

Minutes From Downtown

CASSETTE - Minutes From Downtown - ST DEMO FRONT

Wheeeee! Demo

Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

ST

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

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