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
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Untitled (Make the Answer "Yes") ST
Jerry Palmer Walking Home String of Hits
Walter Boudreau Passion Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Moonstone Focus ST
November Grief Requiem (For Mother Earth) To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Lucio Agostini Cocktails In New York Once Upon a Hundred Years
Lord Ryur Heroes After Heroes Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Ellison Untruth Story (Vincent Marandola) ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Take a Long Last Look (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
Moonstone Hope You Come See ST
Braineaters Closet Case Planet X
Chantettes Harry Was a Communist Remember.....
Ted Daigle Ballad of a Teenage Queen Teenage Time
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Ellison Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola) ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre fires in the tempul Awake in th Red Desert
Shagnasty All My Teachers Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre th deacon bros in barbados Awake in th Red Desert
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Vic Vogel Close to You Montreal Bandleader
Pepper Tree Blue Caravan Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
A Joint Effort Battle of New Orleans Final Effort
Billy Martin Egg Roll Strawberry Soul
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Eric's Madness Invisible Roots
King Herbert And the Knights Ode to Billy Joe With Jack Harden
Barbara Gryfe Don't Give Up What the World Needs Now
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Gravel Road ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Jazz Compo No. 2 "The Beak" ST
Opposite Don't Say I Love You Help Us Make It
George Hauschild & Carole But For Love Penticton b/w But For Love
Blind Owl Roads ST
Billy Martin Funky Feelin' Strawberry Soul
No Exit They'll Never Know ST
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Swords of Gold ST
Vicky and the Coins Old Fashioned Girl ST
Langley Schools Music Project I Get Around Wix - Brown Elementary School
Plastic Cloud You Don't Care ST
Ray Griff Jacket River Canada "My Native Land"
Moonstone In Case ST
Dennis Walton Sweeter Love Sweeter Love
Marty Gillan Time and Love Try A Little Kindness
Ronney Mitchell I Feel the Earth Move The Five Man Cargo
Roger Rodier Listen to these chords I play (Celeste) Upon Velveatur
Ted Daigle Young & Beautiful Teenage Time
Moosetracks Happily Day Is Done ST
Stephanie Taylor I'm Going to Make You Love Me "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Les 409 Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago
Huckle Wild Blue Yonder Wild Blue Yonder
Stonemen In the Evening In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Haunted Searching For My Baby ST
Hank Noble & His Red River Valley Boys I`ll Spend My Life Loving You Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You
Bonnie Scots Coulter's Candy Laugh and Cry
Five Man Cargo Memories Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You
Bent Wind Goin' to the City Sussex
Uncertain Land of 1000 Dances Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
King Beezz She Belongs to Me Gloria b/w She Belongs to Me
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Lewis Baloue So Be in Love With Me Romantic Times
British North American Act All the World is In Your Eyes In the Beginning
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Grazin' in the Grass Chip Dip
Blind Owl The Old Man ST
Pat's People Take Our Bread Today
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Michael-Jon Rosenberg The High ST
Intersystems Lately Number One
Stompin' Tom Connors My Swisha Miss Northland's Own
Randy Bishop Childhood Song to Christopher Robin I Sing A Soft Song
Nerve Odd Fellows - Cretonia (1982) (unreleased) Penchant b/w Preludes
Lewis Baloue Bringing You a Rose Romantic Times
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Rascalz Just Bein' Blunt Really Livin'
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Goin' Back Up North Northland's Own
Ted Daigle Farewell Adelita Teenage Time
Jack London & the Sparrows Give My Love to Sally ST
EQ Late 4 The Studio Swellsville
Chantettes Man Come Into Egypt Remember.....
Original Bones Rollin' Over ST
Michel & the French Canadians Cause I Believe Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Raphaels I Change My Mind Someday b/w I Change My Mind
Riverson Stoney Day (Brian Edwards, Lisa Eisenhardt (Lisa Hartt)) ST
Brégent Le chien Poussière Des Regrets
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Three ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre boomerang th floating oranges Sonic Horses I
Trevor Dandy When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Blues in Your Room ST (psych cover)
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Two ST
Cargo Initial Mailing Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
Blind Owl Hooked On You ST
R. Taylor Dean My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
September (1) Celebration Blue Lady b/w Celebration
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck One Glass for Wine Home Grown Stuff
Braineaters Screw You Planet X
Reign Ghost The Gum Wrapper Song ST
Medium Give Me a Peace ST
John Palmer Return Shorelines
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Athenians of Toronto 26 or 6 to 4 San Skoteiniazei

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

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

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

The Chessmen - Mustang b/w Meadowlands

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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London Experimental Jazz Quartet - Invisible Roots

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Compilation - International Master Discovery Records

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Shades of Blond - All Your Love

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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

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

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