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
Marty Gillan Home from the Forest Try A Little Kindness
Lucio Agostini Pan Am Young and Old Once Upon a Hundred Years
Haunted 1-2-5 ST
Ray Griff My Rocky Mountain Home Canada "My Native Land"
Ted Daigle Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
VXN Running Out ST
Sweet Somethings My Guy (From My Girl) hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Bonnie Scots Scotland 'Ra Brave Laugh and Cry
Bonnie Scots Coulter's Candy Laugh and Cry
Langley Schools Music Project Your Sixteen Wix - Brown Elementary School
Cargo Child of the Playroom Front Side, Back Side
Moosetracks Cry A Little Tear ST
Cyrus Eden You Came For Me First Offense (EP)
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Tooth Decay Commercials For Free (EP)
Trevor Dandy Lord I Come to Thee Don't Cry Little Tree
The Fringe Token For My Mind Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Stefan Gnys Machine English Oaks and Evangeline
Hugh Dixon Guitar Soco Guitar Solo (acetate)
Chantettes Wayward Wind Remember.....
Canadian Beadles I'm Coming Home Three Faces North
Chantettes Bamboo Remember.....
Pat's People Our Father Today
VXN No More Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)
Lucio Agostini Introduction Once Upon a Hundred Years
Nucleus Johnny Peace Johnny Peace b/w Ernie's Gone (picture sleeve)
Hank Noble & His Red River Valley Boys Things That Might Have Been Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You
Dutch Mason Tighten Up On It Half Ain't Been Told
Sunshyne Dixie Medley (Traditional) The Raven (EP)
Sheila Graham Stormy ST
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
David Fromager Innocent Times If What You Said Was True
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Season of the Witch ST
Walter Boudreau Synchronisation I Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Emtidi Tr„ume Saat
No Exit Energy Crisis ST
Athenians of Toronto Everybody's Everything San Skoteiniazei
David Wiffen Climb the Stairs Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
November Grief Infanticide To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre o a b a Awake in th Red Desert
King Herbert And the Knights Let It Be With Jack Harden
Plateau Under the Big House My Life b/w Under the Big House
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Skarecrow Standin' by the Keyhole Blues...Live at the Explorer
Spring Fever Spring Fever Woodstock
Stompin' Tom Connors Streets of Toronto Northland's Own
Hugh Dixon Esquire Shuffle (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Jack London & the Sparrows I'll be the Boy ST
Opposite Help Us Make it Through the Night Help Us Make It
Benge Money Man Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Black Knight Master Of Disaster Master of Disaster (EP)
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre is yr car 2 soft 4 th road Awake in th Red Desert
Rock-a-tunes Maria Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Wanda Unda Landa Chip Dip
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers A Stranger in Your Own World The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Art Snider Silly Jilly Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Pepper Tree The Gypsy Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Sweet Somethings Do You Wanna Dance hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
David Fromager My Woman Left Me If What You Said Was True
Nina Dunn Stay and Dance If You Want My Love (Do It) b/w Stay and Dance
The Organization Change in the Weather ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Cat Piss Year Zero
Mantra Beatrices (D'arcy Draper) ST
David Fromager Radio Madness If What You Said Was True
Sound Sett I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding & Jerry Butler) 1966-1967
Les 409 Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago
Langley Schools Music Project Calling Occupants Wix - Brown Elementary School
Moonstone Finas Birthday Song ST
Billy Martin Egg Roll Strawberry Soul
Ellison Freedom (Vincent Marandola) ST
The Fringe Executive Dream Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Lewis Baloue Bon Voyage Romantic Times
Emtidi Touch The Sun Saat
Sheila Graham Son of a Preacher Man ST
New Day They're Callin' Me Back Home They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around
Jensen Sisters Let a Raindrop be a Tear for You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Listen Here Chip Dip
Ray Griff That Old Montana Moon Canada "My Native Land"
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Hugh Dixon Saints Go Marching Inn The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
David Cup of Tea ST
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Silver Bells Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre my mouths on fire Awake in th Red Desert
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Hi-Fives Mo-Shun Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Medium Two by Two ST
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
Nihilist Spasm Band The Byron Bog No Record
Pat's People What Have They Done to the Rain Today
Sound Sett Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Tribute to Pretty Maidens Prayer Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground
Reign Ghost Pudsy's Parable Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Perth County Conspiracy Woman for All Seasons ST
Sheila Graham By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
Robert Armes Bobcaygeon Songs for Icarus
Robert Armes Requiem Songs for Icarus
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Who You Frontin' For (Remix) Year Zero
Rockadrome There You Go Again Royal American 20th Century Blues

Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

Rehearsal 1985-09

Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Haggath

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09 tape

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09_tape track list_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_03

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape track list_02

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape

Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

Strawberry Soul

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

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