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
Harris, Mike Country Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Sunrise Waltz Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Baloue, Lewis Where Did My Love Go Away Romantic Times
Nielsen, Spade Fuddle Duddle Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Mason, Dutch Dust My Broom Half Ain't Been Told
Opposite Help Us Make it Through the Night Help Us Make It
Christmas Just Suppose ST
Ice On the Radio On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Style 386 Year Zero
Reign Ghost Mother's Got Troubles Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Langley Schools Music Project Help Me, Rhonda Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Graham, Sheila The Letter ST
Skeptical Eye Mama Does'n Understand The Devil's Playground
Matlows If You Were Mine If You Were Mine // Only You
Chantettes This Land is Your Land Remember.....
Moonstone Hope You Come See ST
Dove, Ronnie and the Ron-Als I'm Happy Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Compilation Buddy Victor - The More I See You Unselfconsciously Canadian
Agostini, Lucio Canadians at Work Once Upon a Hundred Years
Daigle, Ted Red Hen Hop Teenage Time
Taylor, Stephanie Windmills of Your Mind "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Destroy the Nihilistic Picnic Invisible Roots
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Broadway Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Two and The Montreal Scene
Lecor, Tex Ste-Scholastique Blues Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Gnys, Stefan I Wish I Knew English Oaks and Evangeline
Original Bones Sit Down ST
Greenwood, John Every Time I Think of You I Smile My Sailboat and Me
Bishop, Randy Wonderful Angel I Sing A Soft Song
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Truck Drivers Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Bloodstone I'm Your Man Toronto b/w I'm Your Man
Langley Schools Music Project Sweet Caroline Wix - Brown Elementary School
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Emtidi Saat Saat
Original Bones Friend of the Devil ST
Moore, Jeff & Friends Both Sides (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Symphony #1 In A, B, C, D, etc. The Optic Earful
Jensen Sisters You Walked Into My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Mitchell, Joni Wild Things Run Fast Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Gillan, Marty Sweet Caroline Try A Little Kindness
Chantettes Man Come Into Egypt Remember.....
Jeremy Dormouse Baby Blue Toad
Sunshyne Dixie Medley (Traditional) The Raven (EP)
November Grief Requiem (For Mother Earth) To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Spring Fever Mama, What About Your Daughter Woodstock
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
Chantettes Sail Away Remember.....
Palmer, John Better Later Than Never Shorelines
Riverson Empty Sky (Brian Edwards - Rayburn Blake) ST
Skarecrow Rest Assured Blues...Live at the Explorer
Skarecrow I'm A Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
Vines, Norris and The Luvlines Give In Give In b/w Feel The Warm
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre fires in the tempul Awake in th Red Desert
Jeremy Dormouse By the Way Toad
Brazda Brothers Your Kingdom ST
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Free to be Free ST (psych cover)
Gargoyle Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 ST
Lecor, Tex Le frigidaire Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Sweet Summer Day ST
Mitchell, Ronney Tonight My Love, Tonight The Five Man Cargo
Huckle Minstrel Song Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Gillan, Marty If You Go Away Try A Little Kindness
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 2 B.C. Centennial Song
Spring Shine Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) In A Bad Way (Remix) Year Zero
Skeptical Eye Concealed Truth The Devil's Playground
Bear Paws Kitch-Ogamah Kitche-Ogamah
Opposite One Night Help Us Make It
Bent Wind The Lions Sussex
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Montreal East The Montreal Scene
Brazda Brothers Calm River ST
Mantra Midnigh Train (D'arcy Draper) ST
Garden Bower Lord I’m Tired Etc. w/ Trains
Emtidi Love Time Rain Saat
Reign Ghost Breadbox Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band People Who Created Me Commercials For Free (EP)
Riverson Clear Night (Rayburn Blake) ST
Jarvis Street Revue Mr. Business Man Mr. Oil Man
Fringe, The I Don't Want To Live Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Mittoo, Jackie Russian Satelite Stepping Tiger
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding Little Toy Trains Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Arcade Fire Old Flame ST
November Grief T.W.O.D. To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Black Knight Master Of Disaster Master of Disaster (EP)
Fray, Ronnie & The Playboys Mean Mama Blues Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture
Bel Kanto, Les A Kind of Break Down A Kind of Break Down b/w Dors (promo)
Huckle Gather The Children Wild Blue Yonder
Clymaxe Walkin' Blues R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues
Bishop, Randy I Sing a Soft Song I Sing A Soft Song
Wiffen, David Since I Fell For You Live at the Bunkhouse
Chantettes Come and Go With Me Remember.....
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone Hay Gee "Coming Out"
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Reprise Royal American 20th Century Blues

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