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
Joni Mitchell You Dream Flat Tires Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Royal Family Solitude Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Sweet Somethings Frosty Friday hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Robert Armes Song for Icarus Songs for Icarus
Jerry Palmer Sweet Lorene String of Hits
Bear Paws Standing by the River Kitche-Ogamah
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
Original Bones I Went Walkin' ST
Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels Dog Food Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) In A Bad Way (Remix) Year Zero
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Boys Brigade Mannequin Mannequin Demo
Arcade Fire Vampire Forest Fire ST
Huckle Gabriola Day Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Tex Lecor Le frigidaire Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Gargoyle George Dawber - Remembering Morris ST
Ronney Mitchell Sandy The Five Man Cargo
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra From Russia With Love James Bond 007
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre arbutus garden apartments 6 p m Awake in th Red Desert
Spring Fever Gimme Shelter Woodstock
British North American Act Only a Dream In the Beginning
Marty Gillan You've Made Me So Very Happy Try A Little Kindness
Souls of Inspyration Eyes of Nature ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Moon Raker James Bond 007
Moosetracks Lest We Forget ST
Roger Rodier You don't know what it's like Upon Velveatur
Opposite Higher and Higher Help Us Make It
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
David Wiffen Blue Live at the Bunkhouse
Canadian Beadles Love Walk Away Three Faces North
Ted Daigle Sweet Little Sixteen Teenage Time
EQ Let it be Known Swellsville
Bear Paws All for the Love a Girl Kitche-Ogamah
Don And Adrian River Run You Down River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down
Ted Daigle Ruby Ruby b/w When You Said You All
George Cook Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Broadway Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Clymaxe Walkin' Blues R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Country Cooking Phil
Sheila Graham By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Moose Head ST
Grimes Zoal, Face Dancer Geidi Primes
David Wiffen Mule Skinner Blues Live at the Bunkhouse
Billy Martin Funky Feelin' Strawberry Soul
Jack London & the Sparrows Leavin' Blues (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Georges Leningrad lollipon lady Made In Taiwan
Riverson I'll be There (Brian Edwards) ST
Terry & The Pyrates Someone Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone
Skarecrow Hey Mr. Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
Art Snider Exodus Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Tex Lecor Je t'amène avec moi Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Gentlemen of Horror Rich Kids Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
A Joint Effort Greed for Gold Final Effort
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Hugh Dixon Chopin's Nocturne The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Stompin' Tom Connors The Maritime Waltz Northland's Own
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre o a b a Awake in th Red Desert
Vic Vogel Close to You Montreal Bandleader
New Creation All is Well Troubled
Garden Bower 18 Bricker Etc. w/ Trains
Other Half Summertime ST
Shagnasty Ringing in My Ear Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Jarvis Street Revue Heidi-Ho (Let Her Go) Mr. Oil Man
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Silent Night Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
John Palmer Cloud Shorelines
Jack London & the Sparrows I'll be the Boy ST
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Boys Brigade Touch Glass Mannequin Demo
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Moosetracks Judith Wills ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers A Stranger in Your Own World The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Roger Rodier Listen to these chords I play (Celeste) Upon Velveatur
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Hit The Breaks Year Zero
Jeff Moore & Friends For You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Original Bones Rollin' Over ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Luke's Guitar The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Stormbringer The Curse The Curse b/w Evil Mind
Gargoyle Ian Young - Child of the Sea ST
Souls of Inspyration Sun Shines in the Winter ST
Sheila Graham The Letter ST
Jeremy Dormouse By the Way Toad
Hank Snow I'm Movin' On Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)
Spade Nielsen What's Happening Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
Jeremy Dormouse the immortal st. canthor Toad Rejects
Mike Harris Patty the Coon Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre heart flash us Sonic Horses I
Ted Daigle Red Hen Hop Teenage Time
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Summertime Chip Dip
Jensen Sisters I'm Gonna Love You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Legacy Gimme My Drugs Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs
Sound Sett Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Braineaters Johnny Planet X
Stompin' Tom Connors The Peterborough Postman Northland's Own
Matlows Only You If You Were Mine // Only You
Plastic Cloud Shadows of Your Mind ST
Grimes Venus In Fleurs Geidi Primes
Compilation New Brands - Ace Up His Sleeve International Master Discovery Records
Robert Armes Imagine a World With No Music Songs for Icarus

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