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
Georges Leningrad lollipon lady Made In Taiwan
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Dr. No James Bond 007
Dutch Mason Ain't Nobody's Business Half Ain't Been Told
The Shouter's In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre arbutus garden apartments 6 p m Awake in th Red Desert
Moosetracks Hangman ST
Twice Upon a Never Turtle Dove Twice Upon a Never
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Sweet Somethings My Guy (From My Girl) hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Trooper 3 Dressed Up as a 9 3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)
Ray Griff Jimmy, Luke and Me Canada "My Native Land"
Original Bones Lady Anne ST
Brazda Brothers Soldier in a Battleground ST
Lucio Agostini Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Ray Griff Maple Leaf Canada "My Native Land"
Gentlemen of Horror Rich Kids ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Gentlemen of Horror God Knows you by Name Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
David Lovely Lady ST
Art Snider Lara's Theme Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre leevin th electrik citee Sonic Horses I
Hank Snow I Don't Hurt Anymore Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)
Sound Sett Oh No (The Sound Sett) 1966-1967
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground
November Grief Intro To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Jeremy Dormouse hesitation blues Toad Rejects
Robert Armes Fallen Star Songs for Icarus
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Cat Piss Year Zero
Story Structure I Told You (7" Single Mix) I Told You
Michael-Jon Rosenberg You Don't Know Happiness 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
Catseye Hedgegate Catseye
Jeremy Dormouse Portrait for Marianne Toad
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck No one in Particular Home Grown Stuff
Art Snider "Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show) Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Langley Schools Music Project Mandy Wix - Brown Elementary School
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Langley Schools Music Project I Get Around Wix - Brown Elementary School
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
Grimes Venus In Fleurs Geidi Primes
Black Knight Born To Rock Master of Disaster (EP)
Georges Leningrad Main name est Eva Braun Made In Taiwan
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Two ST
David Wiffen Since I Fell For You Live at the Bunkhouse
Biggy Twiggy Band Mama Won't Let You Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Silhouette ST
Spring Fever She Taught My Katie Woodstock
Grimes Gambang Geidi Primes
Jackie Mittoo Special Mission Stepping Tiger
Ardels Lonely Hours Rhythm & Blues
Perth County Conspiracy Welcome Surprise ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Country Cooking Phil
VXN Could it Be ST
King Herbert And the Knights You Make Me So Very Happy With Jack Harden
Huckle Get Down Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Smile Maria Smile The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Skarecrow I'm A Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
Sheila Graham Little Green Apples ST
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
Black Knight Metal Screams Master of Disaster (EP)
Derek Scott Markle I Don't Know For Certain ST
Robert Armes Put Your Cards on the Table Songs for Icarus
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Dolores Claman Western Panorama Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Sunshyne Dixie Medley (Traditional) The Raven (EP)
Riverson Stoney Day (Brian Edwards, Lisa Eisenhardt (Lisa Hartt)) ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Someone Think Home Grown Stuff
Ellison Satanic (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Brégent Le chien Poussière Des Regrets
Medium Stars ST
Huckle She's Coming Home Wild Blue Yonder
Don Carrington Trio A Song for My Father Makin' It Happen
Jack London & the Sparrows Give My Love to You ST
Jensen Sisters You Light Up My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Northwest Company Hard to Cry Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All
Jackie Mittoo Russian Satelite Stepping Tiger
Skeptical Eye The Devil's Playground The Devil's Playground
Phillip Werren Polish Wedding music Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Moosetracks Cry A Little Tear ST
Skarecrow Wee Wee Baby Blues...Live at the Explorer
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
Liska All My Love Cry Out Loud
Skeptical Eye Mama Does'n Understand The Devil's Playground
Papa Bears Medicine Show Taking My Time ST
Glenn Dixon Silence (The Cold Hours Come) Reflections
David House of the Rising Sun ST
Chantettes There But For Fortune Remember.....
Jensen Sisters I Want to Give You My Love Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Original Bones The Verses of the Fool ST
Skarecrow Sea-Suckin' Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
David Wiffen You Don't Know My Mind Live at the Bunkhouse
Gargoyle Brian Dunfield - Too Late ST
Opposite We Say Yeah Help Us Make It
Cargo Child of the Playroom Front Side, Back Side
Chantettes Come and Go With Me Remember.....
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Go Tell it On the Mountain Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Huckle Ocean Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)

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