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
Ardels Heads Up Rhythm & Blues
Sheila Graham Aquarius ST
Mock Duck Home Made Jam Test Record
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Love Won't let Me Wait "Coming Out"
Legacy Come With Me Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs
Hugh Dixon Chopin's Nocturne The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
New Creation Eternity Ahead Troubled
Stephanie Taylor Working on a Groove Thing "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Emtidi Die Reise Saat
Garden Bower You’ve Got Me On Fire Etc. w/ Trains
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Ellison Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Goldfinger James Bond 007
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Pot O' Gold Home Grown Stuff
Rock-a-tunes Maria Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Don Carrington Trio MacArthur Park Makin' It Happen
Jeremy Dormouse freight train Toad Rejects
Compilation Buddy Victor - The More I See You Unselfconsciously Canadian
Opposite Oh Mamy Blue Help Us Make It
Mike Harris Norwegian Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Riverson Stoney Day (Brian Edwards, Lisa Eisenhardt (Lisa Hartt)) ST
Hugh Dixon Esquire Shuffle (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Walter Boudreau Synchronisation I Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Vicky and the Coins B Jam Boogie ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Let's Make Up Your Mind (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Blues in Your Room ST (psych cover)
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Never Mind My Job ST (psych cover)
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Ardels I'll Go Crazy Rhythm & Blues
Huckle Lady Goldberry Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Langley Schools Music Project Calling Occupants Wix - Brown Elementary School
Twice Upon a Never Pussy Willows, Cat Tails Twice Upon a Never
The Shouter's In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
Lucio Agostini Cocktails In New York Once Upon a Hundred Years
John Greenwood Jig My Sailboat and Me
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Season of the Witch ST
Papa Bears Medicine Show Wait and See ST
Jack London & the Sparrows Sparrows and Daisies ST
Ultimate Image Rains of Autumn It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Billy Martin Phillie Dog Strawberry Soul
Georges Leningrad chanson italienne Made In Taiwan
Moonstone Black Blind Light ST
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
Stompin' Tom Connors Goin' Back Up North Northland's Own
David Fromager Out on the Weekend If What You Said Was True
Stompin' Tom Connors The World Goes Round (Expo 67 Montreal) Northland's Own
Riverson Medallion Castle (Brian Edwards) ST
Grimes Caladan Geidi Primes
Something Evil The Great Winnipeg Riot Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Three ST
Lucio Agostini Canadians on the Go-Go Once Upon a Hundred Years
Canadian Beadles Mojo Workout Three Faces North
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
The Organization Change in the Weather ST
Jeff Moore & Friends Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Bear Paws Season of the Wind Kitche-Ogamah
Hank Snow I'm Movin' On Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Go Tell it On the Mountain Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Ray Griff Canadian Pacific Canada "My Native Land"
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
Spring Fever A Long Time Coming Woodstock
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Durocher ST
Canadian Beadles I Lost Your Love Last Night Three Faces North
Liska Missing You Cry Out Loud
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers Roll Over Beethoven Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say
Joy Tears to be Cried Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Art Snider Sweet Caroline Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Gargoyle Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) ST
Pat's People Richman's Spiritual Today
Brazda Brothers Calm River ST
Ultimate Image It's a Hard Life It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Gargoyle Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre an ode to d a levy Awake in th Red Desert
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Cryin' All Alone Chip Dip
Lewis Baloue Let's Fall in Love Tonight L'amour
Cargo I Found a Way Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
No Exit Do You Wanna Join? ST
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
David Wiffen Since I Fell For You Live at the Bunkhouse
The Organization I Believe in Music ST
Skeptical Eye Concealed Truth The Devil's Playground
Story Structure I Told You (Instrumental Mix) I Told You
Haunted Out of Time ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Cat Piss Year Zero
Stompin' Tom Connors The Northern Gentleman Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman
Nerve Penchant Penchant b/w Preludes
Jim Brown Bp Nichol - Another Day Older The First See Hear
Phillip Werren Dance Music I Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Catseye Images Catseye
Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels Dog Food Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)
David Fromager Catch Him If You Can If What You Said Was True
Medium I'll Love Everyone at Last ST
Chantettes Jamaica Farewell Remember.....
Stefan Gnys Evangeline English Oaks and Evangeline

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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

FEATURED

Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

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

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

FEATURED

Ellison - ST

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Perth County Conspiracy - ST

Stratford, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

FEATURED

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

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Kings - Switchin'

Vancouver, British Columbia; Oakville, Ontario

FEATURED

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Barrie, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joker's Memory - ST

Ottawa, Ontario

FEATURED

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

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

FEATURED

Bent Wind - Sussex

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jim Brown - The First See Hear

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra - James Bond 007

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - ST

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - "Coming Out"

Philadelphia, USA → Florida, USA → Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Chessmen - Mustang b/w Meadowlands

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

London Experimental Jazz Quartet - Invisible Roots

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

D.N.A. - Because I Love You b/w Seashell

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

ST

Compilation

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

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