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
Nihilist Spasm Band Oh Brian Dibb No Record
Huckle Wild Blue Yonder Wild Blue Yonder
Mike Harris Orange Blossom Special Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Northwind ST
Compilation New Brands - Ace Up His Sleeve International Master Discovery Records
David Fromager Chains If What You Said Was True
Dutch Mason Gonna Move to the Country Half Ain't Been Told
Lewis Baloue Let's Fall in Love Tonight L'amour
New Reality Moments of Silence Demo Tape
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Dolores Claman Wilderness West Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Jack London & the Sparrows Sparrows and Daisies ST
Peter Mathieson Heaven Help the Fool Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Take a Long Last Look (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
David Because I'm Black ST
Arcade Fire I'm Sleeping in a Submarine ST
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Jeff Moore & Friends Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Jeremy Dormouse Suzanne Toad
Sound Sett Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) 1966-1967
Perth County Conspiracy If You Can Want ST
A Joint Effort Molly and Tenbrooks Final Effort
Emtidi Tr„ume Saat
November Grief Grass Is Gold To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Compilation Buddy Victor - Didn’t' We Unselfconsciously Canadian
Ladykiller Ice Woman Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Twice Upon a Never Come the Day Twice Upon a Never
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground
Shagnasty All My Teachers Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Ardels Heads Up Rhythm & Blues
Jeremy Dormouse Portrait for Marianne Toad
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Bear Paws Standing by the River Kitche-Ogamah
Original Bones Rollin' Over ST
Circle C Burn Burn (promo)
Mike Harris Bill Cheatem Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 2 B.C. Centennial Song
Ellison Freedom (Vincent Marandola) ST
Sedum Shadows Anatomy of a Shadow Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Alexander Brott & Donald McGill Canada: Case History (Earle Birney) - Erosion (E.J. Pratt) - Children of Martha (Gilean Douglas) - Quiet (Marjorie Pickthall) - Paul Bunyan (A Legend of his return to St. Eustache) (Arthur S. Bourinot Sept for Seven: Seven Brief Movements Combining the Arts of Music and Poetry - A Setting of Five Canadian Poems, Introduced by Musical Prelude and concluded with a Postlude
Fabulous PJ's What Do You Want Me to Do? What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Vic Vogel Booze is Beautiful Montreal Bandleader
EQ Freestyle Swellsville
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre leevin th electrik citee Sonic Horses I
EQ Late 4 The Studio Swellsville
Moonstone Top Heavy ST
Lewis Baloue It's a New Day Romantic Times
Emtidi Touch The Sun Saat
Tyrant Carol Hooked On You b/w Carol
Robert Armes Requiem Songs for Icarus
Ardels Unchain My Heart Rhythm & Blues
Nerve Odd Fellows - Cretonia (1982) (unreleased) Penchant b/w Preludes
Sunshyne The Raven (David Sinclair) The Raven (EP)
Arcade Fire The Woodland National Anthem ST
Glenn Dixon As Our Days Fly By Reflections
Jim Brown Al Neil Trio - Lombardo The First See Hear
Moonstone Said Gently ST
Canadian Beadles Fool of the Year Three Faces North
R. Taylor Dean Poor Girl My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
John Greenwood My Sailboat and Me My Sailboat and Me
Robert Armes Lying Close Together Songs for Icarus
Ray Griff D-Dogies Canada "My Native Land"
Langley Schools Music Project To Know Him is to Love Him Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Langley Schools Music Project You're so Good to Me Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
David Wiffen Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
Marty Gillan Colours Try A Little Kindness
The Organization I Believe in Music ST
Chantettes Un Canadian Errant Remember.....
Riverson Between the Lines (Brian Edwards) ST
Grimes Beast Infection Geidi Primes
Lewis Baloue Things Just Happen That Way L'amour
Rockadrome Royal American Twentieth Century Blues Royal American 20th Century Blues
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
New Creation Wind Troubled
Other Half Evil Ways ST
Terry & The Pyrates Keep On Dancin' Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Emtidi Love Time Rain Saat
Ronnie Fray & The Playboys The Vulture Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture
Mystique Wake Up Screamin' Black Rider
VXN Not Only in Love ST
Dolores Claman Western Panorama Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Stompin' Connors Tom The Flyin' C.P.R. Northland's Own
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Other Half Swinging Shepherd ST
Ted Daigle Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als I'm Happy Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Ray Griff Alberta My Alberta Canada "My Native Land"
Jeremy Dormouse October Morning Toad
Shagnasty Ringing in My Ear Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
Ray Griff Maple Leaf Canada "My Native Land"
Spring Shine Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Lewis Baloue My Whole Life L'amour
A Joint Effort Greed for Gold Final Effort
Andre Beaupre The Saga of Wayne Gretzky The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II
Canadian Beadles Mojo Workout Three Faces North
Lord Ryur Heroes After Heroes Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes

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

ST

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

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