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
Roger Rodier Just fine Upon Velveatur
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Moonstone Said Gently ST
British North American Act Only a Dream In the Beginning
Moosetracks Cry A Little Tear ST
Bonnie Scots This Land Is Your Land Laugh and Cry
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre fires in the tempul Awake in th Red Desert
The Amen Peter Zeus Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus
Triaxe Chain of Superstition Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Rated "X" "Coming Out"
Ladykiller Ice Woman Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Roger Rodier While my castles burning Upon Velveatur
Ray Griff Alberta My Alberta Canada "My Native Land"
Rascalz Gal Business Really Livin'
The Organization 60 Years Ago ST
Original Bones Lady Anne ST
Jackie Mittoo Totally Together Stepping Tiger
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Jazz Compo No. 2 "The Beak" ST
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Bear Paws All for the Love a Girl Kitche-Ogamah
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Destroy the Nihilistic Picnic Invisible Roots
Jeff Moore & Friends Is It You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Swords of Gold ST
Perth County Conspiracy So Many Things ST
A Joint Effort Winter Final Effort
Catseye Am I the One Catseye
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Summertime Chip Dip
Rascalz Whose The Hip Hopper Really Livin'
Sweet Somethings He's My Soul Baby hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
New Reality Moments of Silence Demo Tape
Billy Martin Egg Roll Strawberry Soul
Langley Schools Music Project You're so Good to Me Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Don Carrington Trio If I Were a Carpenter Makin' It Happen
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) A Mic In A Fist Year Zero
Ellison Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Medium Stars ST
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Stonemen Faded Colors In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Reign Ghost Reaching ST
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Burgundy Ex-Lovin' Man Lady Blue b/w Ex-Lovin' Man
Derek Scott Markle Southern Lady ST
Michael Ratherford Hard Drugs (Version) Hard Drugs
Chantettes Jamaica Farewell Remember.....
September (1) Celebration Blue Lady b/w Celebration
Athenians of Toronto Opi Aniko San Skoteiniazei
Mantra Beatrices (D'arcy Draper) ST
Marty Gillan Lalena Try A Little Kindness
David Fromager Girl from the North Country If What You Said Was True
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Nick Ayoub Quintet Ya Habibi The Montreal Scene
Mike Harris Wednesday Night Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
John Greenwood Hey, Minstrel Boy My Sailboat and Me
New Creation Songs to Sing Troubled
Jerry Palmer Celebration Day String of Hits
Catseye River Catseye
New Creation No Excuse Troubled
David Lovely Lady ST
New Creation Countdown to Revolution! Troubled
John Palmer Seedling of Light Shorelines
Ted Daigle Sweet Little Sixteen Teenage Time
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Gravel Road ST
Mantra San Francisco Morning (D'arcy Draper) ST
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Twice Upon a Never California Dreamin' Twice Upon a Never
Garden Bower O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela Etc. w/ Trains
John Palmer Better Later Than Never Shorelines
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
A Joint Effort Champagne Junction Final Effort
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre and th green wind Awake in th Red Desert
September (1) Blue Lady Blue Lady b/w Celebration
Lewis Baloue Bon Voyage Romantic Times
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
Derek Scott Markle Livin' Love ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre yu sing Awake in th Red Desert
Gargoyle Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) ST
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band People Who Created Me Commercials For Free (EP)
Ardels Alley Oop Rhythm & Blues
Opposite Ebony Eyes Help Us Make It
Reign Ghost Enola Gay Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Marty Gillan You've Made Me So Very Happy Try A Little Kindness
The Mix Maybe (Face To The Wall) Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)
Blind Owl Happy To Be Alive ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Walk Your Head Around Home Grown Stuff
Medium I'll Love Everyone at Last ST
Roger Rodier The Key Upon Velveatur
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Buck Shots ST
Opposite Oh Mamy Blue Help Us Make It
November Grief Recuring Nightmares To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Mantra Tomorrow Without You (D'arcy Draper) ST
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Scarlet Ribbons Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Tex Lecor Ti-bicycle Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Robert Armes Fallen Star Songs for Icarus
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Moose Head ST

I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

ST

Compilation

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

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