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 When in London Sleep at the York Hotel No Record
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Modigliani ST
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Don't Despair ST
Canadian Beadles Think I'm Gonna Cry Three Faces North
Papa Bears Medicine Show Golden Girl ST
Mike Harris Patty the Coon Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
The Organization Happiness ST
Reign Ghost Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy ST
Reign Ghost Reaching ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
November Grief The Aftermath To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Vic Vogel Booze is Beautiful Montreal Bandleader
Souls of Inspyration Sun Shines in the Winter ST
Catseye I Met a Girl Out in the Country Catseye
The Organization Back to Back ST
Mystique No Return Black Rider
Reign Ghost Standing Room Only, Mr. Mars ST
Christmas Just Suppose ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
The Organization Who Ever Finds This ST
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Blind Owl Hooked On You ST
Barbara Gryfe I'll Never Fall in Love Again What the World Needs Now
Rockadrome Good Dream Royal American 20th Century Blues
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Ron Martin Special With Mustard Invisible Roots
D.N.A. Seashell Because I Love You b/w Seashell
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Ronney Mitchell Welcome to the Country The Five Man Cargo
Lewis Baloue It's a New Day Romantic Times
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Commercials for Free Commercials For Free (EP)
Joe College & the Rulers Working Class Hero It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
Caribou Quebec te veux ST
Cyrus Eden Horizon First Offense (EP)
Story Structure I Told You (Extended Mix) I Told You
The Subhumans Death to the Sickoids Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Jeff Moore & Friends Flying So High (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
Jack London & the Sparrows You Don’t Want Me Now ST
David Hey Jude ST
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
King Herbert And the Knights Ooga Boogaloo With Jack Harden
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra You Only Live Twice James Bond 007
Robert Armes Epilogue Songs for Icarus
Moonstone In Case ST
Rascalz The Roughest (We Are) Really Livin'
Ronney Mitchell Tonight My Love, Tonight The Five Man Cargo
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Don Carrington Trio Higher Makin' It Happen
Stompin' Tom Connors Movin' On To Rouyn Movin' On To Rouyn b/w Carolyne
Bonnie Scots The Billy and the Sally Laugh and Cry
Sunshyne The Raven (David Sinclair) The Raven (EP)
Grimes Caladan Geidi Primes
The Nerve Penchant Penchant b/w Preludes
Medium The Mouse ST
Sound Sett Oh No (The Sound Sett) 1966-1967
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Symphony #1 In A, B, C, D, etc. The Optic Earful
Haggath I Bought Remington Rehearsal 1985-03-11
Jerry Palmer Gotta Learn to Twist String of Hits
Opposite We Say Yeah Help Us Make It
Jim Brown Lloyd Burritt - The Hollow Men The First See Hear
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Take a Long Last Look (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
Sheila Graham By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
Jolly Tambourine Man Scary Bowl Wheeeee! Demo
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
VXN Running Out ST
Jeremy Dormouse Young Face Toad
Randy Bishop I Sing a Soft Song I Sing A Soft Song
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
New Creation Eternity Ahead Troubled
Compilation Shades of Blond - All Your Love International Master Discovery Records
Marty Gillan Time and Love Try A Little Kindness
Sacrifice Burned at the Stake The Exorcism
Caribou Trou perce ST
New Creation Where Are You Going? Troubled
Langley Schools Music Project The Long and Winding Road Wix - Brown Elementary School
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Pat's People Michael Today
Chantettes Freight Train Remember.....
Catseye Days Gone By Catseye
Catseye River Catseye
November Grief Grass Is Gold To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Randy Bishop Two Jugglers I Sing A Soft Song
Ray Griff Canadian Pacific Canada "My Native Land"
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited The Alphatype Beep The Optic Earful
Story Structure I Told You (Instrumental Mix) I Told You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
King Beezz She Belongs to Me Gloria b/w She Belongs to Me
Jim Morrison (and The Stripes) Jim Morrison - Ready to Rock Ready to Rock b/w (with Gerry Fiander)
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Papa Bears Medicine Show Wait and See ST
Braineaters Modern Man Pt 2 Planet X
Don Carrington Trio If I Were a Carpenter Makin' It Happen
Stompin' Tom Connors The Northern Gentleman Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman
New Creation Countdown to Revolution! Troubled
Stompin' Tom Connors Goin' Back Up North Northland's Own
Guess Who American Woman American Woman (split with Christie, Cliff Richards & Arlene Harden)
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Comin' Home Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Dutch Mason Gonna Move to the Country Half Ain't Been Told
Mike Harris Chinese Breakdown Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Goldfinger James Bond 007

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