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
Reign Ghost Pudsy's Parable Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Terry & The Pyrates Keep On Dancin' Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone
Barbara Gryfe Don't Give Up What the World Needs Now
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook and Sling The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre now, according to paragraph C Awake in th Red Desert
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) The Bassment Show Year Zero
Les 409 Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
Derek Scott Markle A Better Way ST
David Wiffen Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
EQ Let it be Known Swellsville
Ray Griff Garrington Canada "My Native Land"
Haunted Horror Show ST
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part One ST
David Take My Hand ST
Vicky and the Coins When the Saints Go Marching In ST
Something Evil Die Children Die Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers You Got the Green Light The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Sound Sett You're a Better Man Than I (Mike & Brian Hugg) 1966-1967
Stephanie Taylor Marion's Theme (Dou Riley) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre an ode to d a levy Awake in th Red Desert
New Creation Eternity Ahead Troubled
Stefan Gnys Evangeline English Oaks and Evangeline
London Experimental Jazz Quartet The Sound of Next Year's Echo Invisible Roots
Ardels I'll Go Crazy Rhythm & Blues
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Scarlet Ribbons Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Little Pony Home Grown Stuff
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre she, still and curling Awake in th Red Desert
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Rock and Soul Chip Dip
The Stonefield Morning Hours Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Jeff Moore & Friends Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Duet: Photomodifications The Optic Earful
David Fromager My Woman Left Me If What You Said Was True
Spring Shine Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Jerry Palmer Head Over Heels in Love String of Hits
Mantra Depend on Somebody (D'arcy Draper) ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre leevin th electrik citee (2) Sonic Horses I
Joni Mitchell You Dream Flat Tires Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Bear Paws House of the Rising Sun Kitche-Ogamah
Haunted Searching For My Baby ST
Tex Lecor Ste-Scholastique Blues Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Jensen Sisters Let a Raindrop be a Tear for You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Walter Boudreau Danse Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Billy Martin One More Time Strawberry Soul
Teenage Head Tearin' Me Apart Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
David Fromager Chains If What You Said Was True
Ray Griff Canada Canada "My Native Land"
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Groovin ST
Lucio Agostini Centennial Caravan Once Upon a Hundred Years
Derek Scott Markle Could She Fly ST
King Herbert And the Knights Sing a Simple Song With Jack Harden
Trooper Mr. Big 3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)
King Herbert And the Knights Ode to Billy Joe With Jack Harden
New Day Gotta Spread Some Love Around They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around
Garden Bower You’ve Got Me On Fire Etc. w/ Trains
VXN Putting Love Aside ST
Tex Lecor Ti-bicycle Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Northland's Own
Stompin' Tom Connors Movin' On to Rouyn Northland's Own
Sweet Somethings Summertime hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Ray Griff Mama, This One's for You Canada "My Native Land"
Ardels Dream Lover Rhythm & Blues
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Ray Griff That Old Montana Moon Canada "My Native Land"
King Herbert And the Knights You Make Me So Very Happy With Jack Harden
Emtidi Love Time Rain Saat
Emtidi Die Reise Saat
Skarecrow I Got to Have It Blues...Live at the Explorer
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Realize ST (psych cover)
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never
Langley Schools Music Project Venus and Mars Wix - Brown Elementary School
Michael-Jon Rosenberg You Don't Know Happiness ST
Stephanie Taylor Softly as I Leave You "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
November Grief Intro To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Hugh Dixon Blues Stay Away From Me The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Jerry Palmer Come Along With Me String of Hits
Gargoyle George Dawber - Remembering Morris ST
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
Nerve Penchant Penchant b/w Preludes
Lucio Agostini Pan Am Young and Old Once Upon a Hundred Years
Riverson I'll be There (Brian Edwards) ST
Trevor Dandy Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Lewis Baloue I Thought The World Of You L'amour
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Sunrise Waltz Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Athenians of Toronto Proud Mary San Skoteiniazei
Rockadrome Inside Out, Inside In Royal American 20th Century Blues
Robert Armes Bobcaygeon Songs for Icarus
Barbara Gryfe Jerusalem of Gold What the World Needs Now
Sound Sett Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) 1966-1967
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Sound Sett I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart) 1966-1967
Gordon Lightfoot Talking Freight Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)
Rascalz Just Bein' Blunt Really Livin'
Ablaze Sadistic Dream Psychopath
Brazda Brothers Gemini ST
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Pepper Tree Blue Caravan Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Don Carrington Trio MacArthur Park Makin' It Happen
Sheila Graham The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart ST

ST

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

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

1987-05-24_Sacrifice + Ablaze + Faulkwolf_Bathurst Theatre (Toronto)_orange original flyer reduced

ST

ST

Glenn-Copeland, Beverly

Sussex

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

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

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