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
Other Half Stormy Monday Blues ST
Phillip Werren Dance Music I Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Liska You Make Me Smile Again Cry Out Loud
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau God Bless ST (psych cover)
Jeff Moore & Friends Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
No Exit Energy Crisis ST
Walter Boudreau Boul Chaumont Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Eric's Madness Invisible Roots
R. Taylor Dean Poor Girl My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Elevated Platform Home Grown Stuff
Robert Armes Sun Song Songs for Icarus
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Commercials for Free Commercials For Free (EP)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn th toothpaste runs out Sonic Horses I
Huckle High For Sky Wild Blue Yonder
Ray Griff Friends and Neighbors Canada "My Native Land"
Stefan Gnys Evangeline English Oaks and Evangeline
Jeff Moore & Friends For You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
The Organization Out in the Country ST
Stephanie Taylor Marion's Theme (Dou Riley) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Hazel McKirdy End of the World End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie
Fabulous PJ's What Do You Want Me to Do? What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Sound Sett Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) 1966-1967
The Fringe Token For My Mind Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Black Knight Metal Screams Master of Disaster (EP)
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Little Toy Trains Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Ultimate Image It's a Hard Life It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone What's Come Over Me? "Coming Out"
Stephanie Taylor I Don't Know Where I Stand (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Jackie Mittoo Sugar Jar Stepping Tiger
David Wiffen Courtin' in the Kitchen Live at the Bunkhouse
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Trooper 3 Dressed Up as a 9 3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)
Athenians of Toronto Everybody's Everything San Skoteiniazei
Sound Sett You're a Better Man Than I (Mike & Brian Hugg) 1966-1967
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Song The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Christmas Your Humble Suitor ST
Robert Armes Put Your Cards on the Table Songs for Icarus
Chantettes There But For Fortune Remember.....
High Park Let Go the Lifeline Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
Nerve Odd Fellows - Mr. Handshake (1982) (unreleased) Penchant b/w Preludes
Gargoyle Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre is yr car 2 soft 4 th road Awake in th Red Desert
Riverson Take Me (Rayburn Blake) ST
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Garden Bower You’ve Got Me On Fire Etc. w/ Trains
Randy Bishop Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning I Sing A Soft Song
Sweet Somethings Frosty Friday hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
New Creation Dig! (The Origin of Man) Troubled
Vic Vogel Shadow of Your Smile and Yesterday Montreal Bandleader
Cargo Once a Proud Man Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
Thornton Rogers J. Out in the West Out in the West b/w The Blues
Jim Morrison Ready to Rock Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Do You Agree With Me ST (psych cover)
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Silhouette ST
Catseye Rhythms of an Empty Room Catseye
D.N.A. Seashell Because I Love You b/w Seashell
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Hop The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Arcade Fire My Heart is an Apple ST
Brégent La mélancolie Poussière Des Regrets
Mike Harris By the Fireside Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
David Wiffen Mule Skinner Blues Live at the Bunkhouse
New Creation Wind Troubled
Ray Griff Mama, This One's for You Canada "My Native Land"
Perth County Conspiracy I Shall be Released ST
John Greenwood There is Peace My Sailboat and Me
Ellison Freedom (Vincent Marandola) ST
Garden Bower Lord I’m Tired Etc. w/ Trains
Jeremy Dormouse Just to Hear the Bells Toad
Robert Armes Woman in Toronto Songs for Icarus
Hugh Dixon Green Green Grass of Home (vocals: Pat Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Reign Ghost Eyes Knows, So Does Ears ST
EQ Come Alive Swellsville
Reign Ghost Breadbox Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Opposite One Night Help Us Make It
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Wet Wash ST
Gargoyle Ian Young - Child of the Sea ST
Jerry Palmer Got a Love String of Hits
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Braineaters Wrong World Planet X
Ice On the Radio On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Roger Rodier The Key Upon Velveatur
Ted Daigle Legend of Chaleur Bay Teenage Time
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Jackie Mittoo Mystic World Stepping Tiger
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang James Bond 007
Gargoyle Brian Dunfield - Too Late ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck One Ring Jane Home Grown Stuff
Cargo I Found a Way Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
Sweet Somethings The Wedding hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Jerry Palmer Your Love String of Hits
Langley Schools Music Project God Only Knows Wix - Brown Elementary School
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Moon Raker James Bond 007
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Langley Schools Music Project The Long and Winding Road Wix - Brown Elementary School

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

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

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