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	Length
Robert Armes	Lying Close Together	Songs for Icarus	06:23
Ardels	Theme	Rhythm & Blues	03:20
Spring Fever	A Long Time Coming	Woodstock	04:49
Huckle	Rolling River	Wild Blue Yonder	04:41
Tex Lecor	Le frigidaire	Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)	02:57
Billy Martin	Stax	Strawberry Soul	03:09
Hank Snow	I Don't Hurt Anymore	Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:56
Grimes	Grisgris	Geidi Primes	03:22
Billy Martin	Watermelon Man	Strawberry Soul	03:30
Derek Scott Markle	Daddy's 100 Proof	ST	01:13
Pepper Tree	The Gypsy	Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)	02:53
Alexander Brott & Donald McGill	Canada: Case History (Earle Birney) - Erosion (E.J. Pratt) - Children of Martha (Gilean Douglas) - Quiet (Marjorie Pickthall) - Paul Bunyan (A Legend of his return to St. Eustache) (Arthur S. Bourinot	Sept for Seven: Seven Brief Movements Combining the Arts of Music and Poetry - A Setting of Five Canadian Poems, Introduced by Musical Prelude and concluded with a Postlude	14:29
David Wiffen	Courtin' in the Kitchen	Live at the Bunkhouse	02:55
Lucio Agostini	Cocktails In New York	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:09
Ray Griff	Our Country	Canada "My Native Land"	02:38
Black Knight	Warlords Wrath	Master of Disaster (EP)	05:19
Les Bel Kanto	A Kind of Break Down	A Kind of Break Down b/w Dors (promo)	03:05
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	What Child is This	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	03:11
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Jeremy Dormouse	freight train	Toad Rejects	01:55
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Gravel Road	ST	02:28
Ultimate Image	It's a Hard Life	It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn	02:54
Stormbringer	Evil Mind	The Curse b/w Evil Mind	05:28
Stompin' Tom Connors	My Swisha Miss	Northland's Own	02:04
Fabulous PJ's	What Do You Want Me to Do?	What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary	02:45
Stephanie Taylor	Softly as I Leave You	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	02:52
Chantettes	Gay Hawaiian Melody	Remember.....	01:16
John Greenwood	Hey, Minstrel Boy	My Sailboat and Me	03:04
Hugh Dixon	Saints Go Marching Inn	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	03:51
EQ	Let it be Known	Swellsville	03:41
Cargo	Black Window	Front Side, Back Side	04:02
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Don't Despair	ST	02:59
Jim Brown	Lloyd Burritt - The Hollow Men	The First See Hear	02:04
The Chessmen	Meadowlands	Mustang b/w Meadowlands	02:33
Derek Scott Markle	The Circle is Changin' Around	ST	01:55
Randy Bishop	Childhood Song to Christopher Robin	I Sing A Soft Song	03:45
Mantra	Stay (D'arcy Draper)	ST	02:58
Plastic Cloud	Shadows of Your Mind	ST	04:18
Roger Rodier	Just fine	Upon Velveatur	03:59
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Humble Sponge	Lady Is Love	Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas	02:57
Sidewinders	Gift to the Sun	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:09
Brégent	Dans ma maison	Poussière Des Regrets	07:09
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Jack London & the Sparrows	Give My Love to Sally	ST	02:52
Cargo	Initial Mailing	Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing	04:19
Stompin' Tom Connors	My Home Cradled Out in the Waves	Northland's Own	02:26
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	o a b a	Awake in th Red Desert	02:29
Sound Sett	Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen)	1966-1967	04:00
Vicky and the Coins	Cotton Fields	ST	02:33
Sugluk	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	05:25
Stephanie Taylor	Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell)	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	02:41
Reign Ghost	Standing Room Only, Mr. Mars	ST	03:47
Mantra	Hopscotch (Part 3) (Dick Kelder)	ST	01:16
Mynah Birds	The Mynah Bird Song	The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song	03:11
Jerry Palmer	Love's Come to Me	String of Hits	02:50
Robert Armes	Bobcaygeon	Songs for Icarus	04:39
VXN	Just a Game	ST	04:29
Liska	Tear Away My Heart	Cry Out Loud	03:31
Blind Owl	Open Your Window	ST	04:08
Chantettes	Jamaica Farewell	Remember.....	01:32
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	whn u cum into me	Sonic Horses I	06:40
Canadian Beadles	Love Walk Away	Three Faces North	02:47
Jerry Palmer	Celebration Day	String of Hits	02:07
Mantra	Beatrices (D'arcy Draper)	ST	03:15
Ronney Mitchell	Quando Quando	The Five Man Cargo	02:32
Marty Gillan	One Act Play (Howie Vickers (The Collectors))	Try A Little Kindness	03:47
Garden Bower	Lord I’m Tired	Etc. w/ Trains	02:36
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	heart flash us	Sonic Horses I	03:20
Glenn Dixon	As Our Days Fly By	Reflections	01:27
Hugh Dixon	Silly Bo Dilly (Dixon)	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	02:52
Cargo	I Found a Way	Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way	03:13
King Herbert And the Knights	Lucille	With Jack Harden	02:45
Skeptical Eye	Tortured From Inside	The Devil's Playground	04:19
Sound Sett	You're a Better Man Than I (Mike & Brian Hugg)	1966-1967	03:24
Lewis Baloue	Bringing You a Rose	Romantic Times	04:42
New Day	Gotta Spread Some Love Around	They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around	04:09
Mantra	Tomorrow Without You (D'arcy Draper)	ST	05:32
Twice Upon a Never	Last Round	Twice Upon a Never	02:21
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Platinum Blonde	Hey Hey You	Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets	02:36
Stefan Gnys	I Wish I Knew	English Oaks and Evangeline	03:48
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Country Cooking	Phil	04:07
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Circle C	Burn	Burn (promo)	02:57
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	Edible Wallpaper	Invisible Roots	04:01
Barbara Gryfe	What the World Needs Now	What the World Needs Now	02:32
Grimes	Caladan	Geidi Primes	02:25
Skeptical Eye	Concealed Truth	The Devil's Playground	01:02
Huckle	The Sunshine Shuffle	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	03:32
Dutch Mason	Gonna Move to the Country	Half Ain't Been Told	03:38
Phillip Werren	Dance Music II	Electronic Music (1968-1971)	05:03
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	You Are Too Beautiful	ST	02:57
Ardels	I'll Go Crazy	Rhythm & Blues	02:19
Rock-a-tunes	You're Some Kind of Nice	Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)	01:42
Sound Sett	Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels)	1966-1967	02:47
Medium	The Mouse	ST	05:06
British North American Act	Corduroy Coat	In the Beginning	02:11
Jeff Moore & Friends	Blind Man (Christina Becker)	The Youngest Son	02:25
Emtidi	Die Reise	Saat	10:15

Rarest Canadian Music

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Christmas - ST

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Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

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Caribou - ST

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Laurie Ingalls - Cheap Champagne

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Sacrifice - Interviews 1985 + First Live Show

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Sacrifice - The Exorcism

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Sacrifice - Turn In Your Grave (demo)

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Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends - Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends

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Ablaze - Psychopath

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May Run - Days Into Years

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Gerry Fiander - So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)

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Moonstone - ST

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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New Creation - Troubled

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Haggath - Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

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Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

Jimmy Apostle & the Willows - I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

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Ellison - ST

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Perth County Conspiracy - ST

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Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

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Something Evil - Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

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Kings - Switchin'

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Spring - Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind

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