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.

Bent Wind - Sussex - Vinyl Side 2

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Reaction

Black Knight - Master of Disaster

George Cook - Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley

Rockadrome - Royal American 20th Century Blues BACK

Moonstone - ST

Sweet Somethings - hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'

Siggy Magic & the Hey Ho Band - Commercials For Free (EP)

Frankie

Stephanie Taylor - "I Don't Know Where I Stand"

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

David

Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 02

Bob Bryden

Plastic Cloud - ST

Les 409 acetate label one-of-a-kind garage artifact

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - Coming Out

Joker's Memory - ST

Ablaze - Psychopath b/w Sadistic Dream

Hank Snow - Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)

Phillip Werren - Electronic Music (1968-1971)

Squires - The Sultan b/w Aurora

Natalie Pollock & John Turner

Michel & the French Canadians - Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Sweet Somethings He's My Soul Baby hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Amen, The Peter Zeus Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Birth of the New Dragon Mine The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Langley Schools Music Project In My Room Wix - Brown Elementary School
Canadian Beadles Steady Guy Three Faces North
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre th deacon bros in barbados Awake in th Red Desert
New Creation Where Are You Going? Troubled
David Alvin J. Ashtray ST
Riverson Can't Live Without You (Franki Hart) ST
Dixon, Hugh Esquire Shuffle (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Greenwood, John There is Peace My Sailboat and Me
Werren, Phillip Polish Wedding music Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Blind Owl Open Your Window ST
Catseye I Met a Girl Out in the Country Catseye
Dixon, Glenn As Our Days Fly By Reflections
Bonnie Scots Scotland 'Ra Brave Laugh and Cry
Gnys, Stefan English Oaks English Oaks and Evangeline
Organization, The Superstar ST
Golden Earrings My Situation My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Roads to New York Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Ellison Unchanged World (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand, Robert Cager, Christian Tremblay) ST
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre whn u cum into me Sonic Horses I
Medium Give Me a Peace ST
Black Knight Metal Screams Master of Disaster (EP)
Blind Owl Nova Scotia Morning ST
Skarecrow Bring It On Home to Me Blues...Live at the Explorer
Cyrus Eden Wasteland First Offense (EP)
Huckle She's Coming Home Wild Blue Yonder
Liska You Make Me Smile Again Cry Out Loud
Humble Sponge Lady Is Love Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia O Come ST
Palmer, Jerry Walking Home String of Hits
Grimes Rosa Geidi Primes
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Hop The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Baloue, Lewis Like To See You Again L'amour
Langley Schools Music Project To Know Him is to Love Him Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Sweet Somethings My Guy (From My Girl) hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Pat's People Get To-Gether Today
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Bonnie Scots The Drunken Man Laugh and Cry
Ellison Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Georges Leningrad Bad smells Made In Taiwan
Mitchell, Ronney Sandy The Five Man Cargo
Haunted Searching For My Baby ST
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers A Stranger in Your Own World The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Gillan, Marty Try a Little Kindness Try A Little Kindness
Claman, Dolores Western Panorama Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Gryfe, Barbara Sunrise Sunset What the World Needs Now
Fabulous PJ's What Do You Want Me to Do? What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Bear Paws Kitch-Ogamah Kitche-Ogamah
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre yu sing Awake in th Red Desert
Griff, Ray Friends and Neighbors Canada "My Native Land"
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Langley Schools Music Project Mandy Wix - Brown Elementary School
Huckle Beautiful You Are Wild Blue Yonder
Liska Dagger of the Soul Cry Out Loud
Other Half Warm Summer's Night ST
Bent Wind Mystify Sussex
Moore, Jeff & Friends Blind Man (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
Huckle Flower To The Sun Wild Blue Yonder
Reign Ghost Curio Shop ST
Mathieson, Peter Yonge Street Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
EQ Bring it On Swellsville
Mason, Dutch Lights Are On But Nobody's Home Half Ain't Been Told
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Phil Phil
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra On Her Majesty's Secret Service James Bond 007
Triaxe Persecution Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Reprise Royal American 20th Century Blues
Shagnasty Ringing in My Ear Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Lightfoot, Gordon Movin' Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)
Riverson Take Me (Rayburn Blake) ST
Chantettes Gay Hawaiian Melody Remember.....
Pat's People Michael Today
Haunted Montreal Blues ST
Sweet Somethings Frosty Friday hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Teah, Johnny & The Jubilee Mountain Boys Sad Whistle Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre an ode to d a levy Awake in th Red Desert
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Boudreau, Walter Imagination Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) State Of The Art Year Zero
Taylor, Stephanie Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Braineaters Screw You Planet X
Riverson Eleanor Rigby (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) ST
Stonefield, The Deep Shades of Blue Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Gentlemen of Horror Bank ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Other Half Evil Ways ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Dr. No James Bond 007
Skarecrow Standin' by the Keyhole Blues...Live at the Explorer
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra James Bond Theme James Bond 007
Dixon, Hugh Green Green Grass of Home (vocals: Pat Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Latremouille, Fred Tossin' and Turnin' Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
November Grief Recuring Nightmares To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Mason, Dutch Ain't Nobody's Business Half Ain't Been Told
Martin, Billy One More Time Strawberry Soul
Jarvis Street Revue 300 South Mr. Oil Man
Mittoo, Jackie Totally Together Stepping Tiger
Compilation David Foster - Listen to Daddy Unselfconsciously Canadian

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