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
Joy Ready to Move Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Adanac Reply What Would It Be Like? What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Ardels Stereo Popeye Rhythm & Blues
Jack London & the Sparrows Leavin' Blues (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Lord Ryur Pact With The Sinner Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Riverson Can't Live Without You (Franki Hart) ST
Canadian Beadles I Lost Your Love Last Night Three Faces North
Compilation Buddy Victor - Didn’t' We Unselfconsciously Canadian
Reign Ghost More Than I Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Speak Of The Devil Year Zero
Canadian Beadles Mojo Workout Three Faces North
King Herbert And the Knights Chicken Strut With Jack Harden
Ray Griff Piano Man Canada "My Native Land"
Riverson Medallion Castle (Brian Edwards) ST
Rockadrome Royal American Twentieth Century Blues Royal American 20th Century Blues
Souls of Inspyration Dil Kusha (Heart's Happiness) ST
Mystique Wake Up Screamin' Black Rider
John Greenwood Hey, Minstrel Boy My Sailboat and Me
Spring You Were Blind Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Garden Bower You’ve Got Me On Fire Etc. w/ Trains
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Year Zero Year Zero
Mantra Depend on Somebody (D'arcy Draper) ST
Pat's People What Have They Done to the Rain Today
Derek Scott Markle The Circle is Changin' Around ST
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
Reign Ghost Black Ode ST
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als I'm Happy Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Hugh Dixon Yellow Bird The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Derek Scott Markle A Better Way ST
Reign Ghost Breadbox Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Mystique No Return Black Rider
David Wiffen You'll Never Make a Dollar That Way Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Compilation David Foster - Listen to Daddy Unselfconsciously Canadian
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle I'll Take Romance ST
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Groovin ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Thunderball James Bond 007
Stephanie Taylor Marion's Theme (Dou Riley) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
George Hauschild & Carole But For Love Penticton b/w But For Love
Stompin' Tom Connors Little Wawa Northland's Own
Jim Brown Bp Nichol - Another Day Older The First See Hear
Spring Fever A Long Time Coming Woodstock
Gentlemen of Horror God Knows you by Name Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Plastic Cloud You Don't Care ST
Mike Harris Bill Cheatem Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Athenians of Toronto Light My Fire San Skoteiniazei
David Wiffen Climb the Stairs Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Souls of Inspyration Pursuit ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre gold minrs Sonic Horses I
Shagnasty Ringing in My Ear Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey #1 ST
Hugh Dixon Silly Bo Dilly (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Nina Dunn Stay and Dance If You Want My Love (Do It) b/w Stay and Dance
Don And Adrian River Run You Down River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down
Billy Martin Moon Ride Strawberry Soul
Walter Boudreau Synchronisation I Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Souls of Inspyration Stranger ST
Tex Lecor The Draveur Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Song From Beads ST
Brazda Brothers Civilization ST
John Greenwood There is Peace My Sailboat and Me
Stefan Gnys Evangeline English Oaks and Evangeline
Ellison Unchanged World (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand, Robert Cager, Christian Tremblay) ST
Sunshyne Eclypse & Sunny Day (Ross Barrett and Ken Spence) The Raven (EP)
VXN Putting Love Aside ST
Lost Soul Dept. Wild-Weekend Wild-Weekend b/w Pot Belly
Hi-Fives Fujikami The Warrior Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Marty Gillan One Act Play (Howie Vickers (The Collectors)) Try A Little Kindness
Barbara Gryfe Reunion With the Reserves What the World Needs Now
Blind Owl Roads ST
Stompin' Tom Connors The World Goes Round (Expo 67 Montreal) Northland's Own
Plateau Under the Big House My Life b/w Under the Big House
Legacy Come With Me Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs
British North American Act See How Free In the Beginning
Compilation Buddy Victor - The More I See You Unselfconsciously Canadian
Ray Griff Mama, This One's for You Canada "My Native Land"
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia The Undertaker's Ball ST
Marty Gillan Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday Try A Little Kindness
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Snowfall Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Trevor Dandy Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Alanis Morissette Fate Stay With Me Fate Stay With Me (picture disc)
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Chantettes Hush Little Baby Remember.....
Sheila Graham By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook & Sling Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
EQ Funky Oasis Swellsville
John Greenwood Give Us Love My Sailboat and Me
Rockadrome Very Strange Royal American 20th Century Blues
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Season of the Witch ST
Reign Ghost Reaching ST
Cyrus Eden Horizon First Offense (EP)
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling ST
Ted Daigle Red Hen Hop Teenage Time
Bent Wind Sacred Cows Sussex
Barry Ennis School Days Mountain of Ice b/w School Days
Skarecrow Can't Judge a Book Blues...Live at the Explorer
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Love Won't let Me Wait "Coming Out"
VXN Which One Are You ST
Blind Owl Spring Rain ST

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

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

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