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
Brazda Brothers Civilization ST
Jarvis Street Revue Heidi-Ho (Let Her Go) Mr. Oil Man
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Carrington, Don Trio A Song for My Father Makin' It Happen
Nihilist Spasm Band The Byron Bog No Record
Dunn, Willie Protest Song Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Pepper Tree The Gypsy Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Athenians of Toronto 26 or 6 to 4 San Skoteiniazei
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Blue Dye Home Grown Stuff
November Grief T.W.O.D. To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Urine Trouble Year Zero
Garden Bower Gord’s Dream Etc. w/ Trains
Palmer, John Solitude Shorelines
Stonefield, The Morning Hours Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Armes, Robert Put Your Cards on the Table Songs for Icarus
Arcade Fire Headlights Look like Diamonds ST
British North American Act See How Free In the Beginning
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Funny Feeling Home Grown Stuff
Gentlemen of Horror Rough Hike ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
New Creation Where Are You Going? Troubled
Claman, Dolores Odd Couplet #2 Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Gargoyle Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You ST
Graham, Sheila The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart ST
Riverson Take Me (Rayburn Blake) ST
Rockadrome There You Go Again Royal American 20th Century Blues
Ardels Stereo Popeye Rhythm & Blues
Armes, Robert Song for Icarus Songs for Icarus
Rascalz Just Bein' Blunt Really Livin'
Emtidi Touch The Sun Saat
Sedum Shadows Anatomy of a Shadow Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
No Exit Do You Wanna Join? ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Roads to New York Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Compilation David Foster - Listen to Daddy Unselfconsciously Canadian
Gryfe, Barbara One Child What the World Needs Now
Mathieson, Peter Yonge Street Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
Ladykiller Ice Woman Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Garden Bower O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela Etc. w/ Trains
Pepper Tree Carry On Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Mock Duck Sitting on Top of the World Test Record
Wiffen, David Abilene Live at the Bunkhouse
David Cup of Tea ST
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Reflections ST
No Exit No Exit ST
Opposite We Say Yeah Help Us Make It
Rogers, Thornton J. Out in the West Out in the West b/w The Blues
Baloue, Lewis Summer's Moon L'amour
Daigle, Ted Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
Mitchell, Ronney Sandy The Five Man Cargo
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Huckle Wild Blue Yonder Wild Blue Yonder
Griff, Ray The Last of the Winfield Amateurs Canada "My Native Land"
Compilation New Brands - Ace Up His Sleeve International Master Discovery Records
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Canadian Beadles Leah Three Faces North
Langley Schools Music Project Your Sixteen Wix - Brown Elementary School
Stonemen In the Evening In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Souls of Inspyration Sun Shines in the Winter ST
Jarvis Street Revue Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song) Mr. Oil Man
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face Unselfconsciously Canadian
Fabulous PJ's What Do You Want Me to Do? What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 1) (Dick Kelder) ST
Agostini, Lucio Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers What Does it Take The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Gargoyle Brian Dunfield - Too Late ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Casino Royale James Bond 007
Moonstone In Case ST
Mystique No Return Black Rider
Canadian Beadles I Just Don't Think it's Fair Three Faces North
Strange Movies (I Can) Feel It Coming (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
Jeremy Dormouse hollywood heaven Toad Rejects
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
Spring Fever Watch Yourself Woodstock
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Mantra Dick's Song (Dick Kelder) ST
Ellison Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Ya Habibi The Montreal Scene
Compilation Shades of Blond - All Your Love International Master Discovery Records
Boudreau, Walter Passion Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Scott Markle, Derek Could She Fly ST
Jensen Sisters I Want to Give You My Love Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Memory Lane The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Hit The Breaks Year Zero
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 1 B.C. Centennial Song
Huckle Rolling River Wild Blue Yonder
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia The Undertaker's Ball ST
Lord Ryur Heroes After Heroes Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Carrington, Don Trio Breaking Up is Hard to Do Makin' It Happen
Daigle, Ted Ruby Ruby b/w When You Said You All
Brégent Je t'Aime Poussière Des Regrets
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band People Who Created Me Commercials For Free (EP)
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
London, Jack & the Sparrows If You Don't Want My Love ST
Connors, Stompin' Tom May, The Millright's Daughter Northland's Own
Rascalz Gal Business Really Livin'
Hi-Fives Fujikami The Warrior Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Greenwood, John The Princess My Sailboat and Me
Taylor, Stephanie I Don't Know Where I Stand (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Brazda Brothers Gemini ST
Georges Leningrad lollipon lady Made In Taiwan

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