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	Length
Vicky and the Coins	Old Fashioned Girl	ST	01:58
Fred Latremouille	Tossin' and Turnin'	Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato	01:54
Hugh Dixon	Hugh's Hangout (Dixon)	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	02:10
The Other Half	Don't Think Twice	ST	03:27
Haggath	Evil Transitions	Rehearsal 1985-09	07:43
New Creation	Wind	Troubled	03:00
Opposite	Party in My Home	Help Us Make It	01:58
Johnny Teah & The Jubilee Mountain Boys	Sad Whistle	Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome	02:13
Medium	My Lady Lies Forever	ST	02:41
Original Bones	The Verses of the Fool	ST	02:14
Black Knight	Metal Screams	Master of Disaster (EP)	04:28
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Baroque	ST	02:50
Laurie Ingalls	Midnight Lady	Cheap Champagne	03:48
Skarecrow	Standin' by the Keyhole	Blues...Live at the Explorer	01:55
Jeremy Dormouse	Who Do You Love	Toad	03:22
Emtidi	Love Time Rain	Saat	02:54
Brazda Brothers	Calm River	ST	02:38
Garden Bower	This Woman (live)	Etc. w/ Trains	03:29
Jerry Palmer	Love's Come to Me	String of Hits	02:50
Huckle	Beautiful You Are	Wild Blue Yonder	04:27
Huckle	I Surrender	Wild Blue Yonder	03:33
John Palmer	Mandalla	Shorelines	05:08
B.C. Centennial Spots	B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3	B.C. Centennial Song	00:29
The Diodes	The Curse - War	Raw / War (split with The Curse)	01:37
New Reality	Here He Goes	Demo Tape	04:40
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Don't Despair	ST	02:59
B.C. Centennial Spots	B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 2	B.C. Centennial Song	01:17
Grimes	Avi	Geidi Primes	02:35
Michel & the French Canadians	Cause I Believe	Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)	02:16
Sound Sett	Mustang Sally (Mack Rice)	1966-1967	03:05
Hank Snow	I'm Movin' On	Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:49
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Lewis Baloue	Things Just Happen That Way	L'amour	04:21
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Jarvis Street Revue	Mr. Oil Man	Mr. Oil Man	12:27
Reign Ghost	Travels of Blue Paradox	ST	05:00
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Joe College & the Rulers	Working Class Hero	It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero	02:11
Haggath	I Bought Remington	Rehearsal 1985-03-11	01:24
Dutch Mason	Tighten Up On It	Half Ain't Been Told	03:42
D.N.A.	Seashell	Because I Love You b/w Seashell	04:08
Ice	Soul Searcher	On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher	04:01
The Other Half	Thoughts	ST	04:06
Jeremy Dormouse	hesitation blues	Toad Rejects	02:31
Ray Griff	The Last of the Winfield Amateurs	Canada "My Native Land"	03:35
Bear Paws	Devil Is On the Run	Kitche-Ogamah	03:39
Gargoyle	Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You	ST	02:41
Mynah Birds	The Mynah Bird Hop	The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song	02:20
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	State Of The Art	Year Zero	01:28
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Plateau Mambo	ST	02:09
Pat's People	Turn, Turn, Turn	Today	03:23
Langley Schools Music Project	You're so Good to Me	Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger	02:49
Georges Leningrad	lollipon lady	Made In Taiwan	03:31
Opposite	Baby Why	Help Us Make It	02:27
High Park	Let Go the Lifeline	Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side	01:58
Rascalz	Kibbles 'N Bits	Really Livin'	04:10
Randy Bishop	Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning	I Sing A Soft Song	13:40
Cargo	I Found a Way	Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way	03:13
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Summertime	Chip Dip	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Spade Nielsen	What's Happening	Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)	02:45
Haggath	Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07	Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07	20:23
Dutch Mason	Walkin' Blues	Half Ain't Been Told	04:04
John Greenwood	Jig	My Sailboat and Me	01:40
Art Snider	"Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show)	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	02:06
Huckle	Wild Night	Wild Blue Yonder	04:07
VXN	Putting Love Aside	ST	04:02
Hugh Dixon	Blues Stay Away From Me	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	04:22
Sheila Graham	24 Hours of Loneliness	ST	01:59
Minutes From Downtown	Minutes From Downtown	Minutes From Downtown '82	03:49
EQ	Come Alive (King Otto Remix)	Swellsville	04:18
May Run	The Promise	Days Into Years	05:43
John Palmer	Cloud	Shorelines	05:17
The Organization	60 Years Ago	ST	03:26
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Langley Schools Music Project	Band On the Run	Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger	04:07
Jim Brown	Wayne Carr - Timbral Changes	The First See Hear	04:57
Medium	Stars	ST	05:35
Tex Lecor	Je t'amène avec moi	Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)	01:50
David Wiffen	Don't Think Twice	Live at the Bunkhouse	02:49
Pat's People	Less of Me	Today	02:20
Joni Mitchell	You Dream Flat Tires	Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)	02:52
British North American Act	Give Yourself a Ride	In the Beginning	02:00
David	Alvin J. Ashtray	ST	03:09
A Joint Effort	Tequilla Sunrise	Final Effort	02:35
Stormbringer	The Curse	The Curse b/w Evil Mind	03:07
Uncertain	Land of 1000 Dances	Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout	02:05
Jim Brown	Ross Barrett & Jim Brown - Tree Person	The First See Hear	03:07
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Marty Gillan	Lalena	Try A Little Kindness	03:42
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	Mannequin Demo	04:13
Canadian Beadles	Lonely Blue Boy	Three Faces North	02:39
Sound Sett	Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings)	1966-1967	02:23
Lewis Baloue	Where Did My Love Go Away	Romantic Times	04:05
Pat's People	What Have They Done to the Rain	Today	03:28
Mantra	Beatrices (D'arcy Draper)	ST	03:15
Chantettes	Harry Was a Communist	Remember.....	02:57
Bonnie Scots	Lonely Prison Cell	Laugh and Cry	02:36
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

Neil Young - My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)

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Ellison - ST

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Clockwork - Cybernaut b/w Mean Lady

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Hi Octane Band - Shakey Ground b/w Feelings

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Something Evil - Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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The Other Half - ST

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The Haunted - ST

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Wheeeee! Demo

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Christmas - ST

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Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

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Caribou - ST

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Laurie Ingalls - Cheap Champagne

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Sacrifice - Interviews 1985 + First Live Show

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Sacrifice - The Exorcism

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Sacrifice - Turn In Your Grave (demo)

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Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends - Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends

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Ablaze - Psychopath

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May Run - Days Into Years

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Gerry Fiander - So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)

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Moonstone - ST

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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New Creation - Troubled

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

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