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
Original Bones One More Night ST
Skarecrow Bring It On Home to Me Blues...Live at the Explorer
Reign Ghost The Gum Wrapper Song ST
Joe College & the Rulers Working Class Hero It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
David Wiffen Coast to Coast Fever Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Stefan Gnys English Oaks English Oaks and Evangeline
Lewis Baloue We Danced All Night Romantic Times
Jensen Sisters I Can't Deny Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Jensen Sisters You Walked Into My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
King Herbert And the Knights Ode to Billy Joe With Jack Harden
Hugh Dixon Hot Pants (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Gentlemen of Horror Rough Hike ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Twice Upon a Never California Dreamin' Twice Upon a Never
Blind Owl Happy To Be Alive ST
Original Bones Lady Anne ST
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding My Favourite Things Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Jeremy Dormouse By the Way Toad
New Creation No Excuse Troubled
Twice Upon a Never Butterfly of Love Twice Upon a Never
No Exit Decisions ST
Ronney Mitchell I've Got to be Me The Five Man Cargo
Jackie Mittoo Harder than the Rest Stepping Tiger
Chantettes Un Canadian Errant Remember.....
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Nina Dunn Stay and Dance If You Want My Love (Do It) b/w Stay and Dance
John Palmer Seedling of Light Shorelines
Jeff Moore & Friends Both Sides (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Don Carrington Trio MacArthur Park Makin' It Happen
Spring Fever Watch Yourself Woodstock
Teenage Head Tearin' Me Apart Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Spring Fever Mama, What About Your Daughter Woodstock
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck One Ring Jane Home Grown Stuff
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Saddle Lake Guitar Rhythm Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Café Symphony ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Little Pony Home Grown Stuff
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn u cum into me Sonic Horses I
Skeptical Eye Ghet-ti Train The Devil's Playground
Vic Vogel Shadow of Your Smile and Yesterday Montreal Bandleader
Robert Armes Lying Close Together Songs for Icarus
Jeremy Dormouse hesitation blues Toad Rejects
Billy Martin Moon Ride Strawberry Soul
Catseye I Met a Girl Out in the Country Catseye
No Exit Do You Wanna Join? ST
Echoes and a Dream Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) Echoes and a Dream
George Hauschild & Carole But For Love Penticton b/w But For Love
Jeremy Dormouse you can't go back Toad Rejects
Original Bones Steamboat Whistle Blues ST
Phillip Werren Dance Music I Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Papa Bears Medicine Show Golden Girl ST
Catseye It's a Long Way Catseye
John Greenwood Blessed My Sailboat and Me
Dolores Claman Later Latin Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Jackie Mittoo Sugar Jar Stepping Tiger
Black Knight Metal Screams Master of Disaster (EP)
Ronney Mitchell It's Your Thing The Five Man Cargo
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre leevin th electrik citee Sonic Horses I
Diodes The Curse - War Raw / War (split with The Curse)
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey #1 ST
Blind Owl Spring Rain ST
Dolores Claman Western Panorama Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Liska Tear Away My Heart Cry Out Loud
November Grief Psychotopsy To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Reflections ST
Benge Money Man Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Brégent Epitaphe villon Poussière Des Regrets
Medium Give Me a Peace ST
Golden Earrings My Situation My Situation b/w Nothing Much
King Herbert And the Knights Let's Get Together With Jack Harden
Ardels Georgia On My Mind Rhythm & Blues
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Chantettes Wayward Wind Remember.....
Mantra Dick's Song (Dick Kelder) ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Emily, the Maple Leaf Northland's Own
Art Snider Something Stupid - Tea for Two Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Spain is for Old Ladies Invisible Roots
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Three ST
Brégent Je t'Aime Poussière Des Regrets
Boys Brigade Shadows Mannequin Demo
Lucio Agostini Canadians at Work Once Upon a Hundred Years
Jarvis Street Revue Heidi-Ho (Let Her Go) Mr. Oil Man
Stephanie Taylor I Don't Know Where I Stand (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Bear Paws Standing by the River Kitche-Ogamah
Bear Paws Devil Is On the Run Kitche-Ogamah
Spring Fever A Long Time Coming Woodstock
Sound Sett I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart) 1966-1967
Hugh Dixon Green Green Grass of Home (vocals: Pat Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Stefan Gnys I Wish I Knew English Oaks and Evangeline
Bent Wind Hate Sussex
Stompin' Tom Connors The World Goes Round (Expo 67 Montreal) Northland's Own
David Fromager Catch Him If You Can If What You Said Was True
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang James Bond 007
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Strange Movies What A Drag (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
Gentlemen of Horror Overhead Projector ST (EP) (skeleton cover)

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May Run - Days Into Years

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦

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Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Moonstone - ST

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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New Creation - Troubled

Coquitlam, British Columbia

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

Vancouver, British Columbia → Toronto → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

Harlem, New York, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Jimmy Apostle & the Willows - I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

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Ellison - ST

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Perth County Conspiracy - ST

Stratford, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

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

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Kings - Switchin'

Vancouver, British Columbia; Oakville, Ontario

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Spring - Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

Barrie, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Joker's Memory - ST

Ottawa, Ontario

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

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Bent Wind - Sussex

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jim Brown - The First See Hear

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra - James Bond 007

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Reign Ghost - ST

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Days Into Years

French Fried Freedom

Teenage Head (8)

Teenage Head (7)

Teenage Head (6)

Teenage Head (5)

Teenage Head (4)

Teenage Head (3)

Teenage Head (2)

Teenage Head (1)

Lorne Ranger

So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)

ST

Motherlove

Troubled

Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Mannequin Demo

Boys Brigade

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

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