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
Chantettes	Come and Go With Me	Remember.....	02:32
Blind Owl	Lingering Dreams	ST	04:38
Jensen Sisters	You Walked Into My Life	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:12
Dolores Claman	Wilderness West	Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes	02:57
Blind Owl	Roads	ST	05:11
John Palmer	Free Me	Shorelines	05:10
Marty Gillan	One Act Play (Howie Vickers (The Collectors))	Try A Little Kindness	03:47
Barbara Gryfe	Colours of the Rainbow	What the World Needs Now	02:44
Glenn Dixon	Silence (The Cold Hours Come)	Reflections	09:38
Randy Bishop	Childhood Song to Christopher Robin	I Sing A Soft Song	03:45
Garden Bower	Folsom Prison Blues	Etc. w/ Trains	02:27
Jerry Palmer	Your Love	String of Hits	02:53
Mock Duck	Sitting on Top of the World	Test Record	04:15
Les 409	Born in Chicago	They Say b/w Born in Chicago	02:50
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Mannequin Demo	04:46
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited	Duet: Photomodifications	The Optic Earful	03:42
Moonstone	Cointreau	ST	03:30
Lucio Agostini	Pan Am Young and Old	Once Upon a Hundred Years	03:40
Moosetracks	Happily Day Is Done	ST	02:57
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	You Got the Green Light	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	04:03
Phillip Werren	Polish Wedding music	Electronic Music (1968-1971)	14:55
Skarecrow	Wee Wee Baby	Blues...Live at the Explorer	04:00
Huckle	Hello Sunshine	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	02:27
VXN	Illusion of the Heart	ST	04:50
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Robert Armes	Someday	Songs for Icarus	02:39
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Ray Griff	Jimmy, Luke and Me	Canada "My Native Land"	03:35
Riverson	Winter Garden (Brian Edwards)	ST	03:19
Mynah Birds	The Mynah Bird Hop	The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song	02:20
November Grief	Intro	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	04:31
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:25
David	Alvin J. Ashtray	ST	03:09
Threads Of Fybre	Mama	Mama b/w Believe Me	02:46
Trevor Dandy	When I Prayed Last Night	Don't Cry Little Tree	02:58
Skeptical Eye	Concealed Truth	The Devil's Playground	01:02
Emtidi	Walkin' In The Park	Saat	06:38
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited	Design Variations	The Optic Earful	02:56
David Wiffen	Times are Getting' Hard	Live at the Bunkhouse	03:11
Bear Paws	All for the Love a Girl	Kitche-Ogamah	03:11
King Herbert And the Knights	Ooga Boogaloo	With Jack Harden	03:17
Dutch Mason	Baby Please Don't Go	Half Ain't Been Told	02:58
Mike Harris	Maple Sugar	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:24
Ronney Mitchell	It's Your Thing	The Five Man Cargo	03:43
Compilation	David Foster - Listen to Daddy	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:00
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Who You Frontin' For (Remix)	Year Zero	04:02
Hazel McKirdy	Mama Didn't Lie	End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie	02:03
Don Carrington Trio	If I Were a Carpenter	Makin' It Happen	04:15
The Organization	Back to Back	ST	02:50
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	Rated "X"	"Coming Out"	03:45
Huckle	Beautiful You Are	Wild Blue Yonder	04:27
Roger Rodier	Let's see some happyness	Upon Velveatur	04:56
Jeremy Dormouse	you can't go back	Toad Rejects	03:47
Caribou	Trou perce	ST	02:33
EQ	Funky Oasis	Swellsville	03:30
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	its raining all ovr th citee	Sonic Horses I	05:27
Pat's People	Richman's Spiritual	Today	02:37
EQ	Hostile	Swellsville	04:15
Walter Boudreau	Passion	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	05:01
D.N.A.	Seashell	Because I Love You b/w Seashell	04:08
Bonnie Scots	Lonely Prison Cell	Laugh and Cry	02:36
Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:31
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Moon Raker	James Bond 007	02:27
Compilation	Buddy Victor - Didn’t' We	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:06
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	Strike Out Every Name	ST (psych cover)	04:04
Art Snider	It Was a Very Good Year	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	02:38
Souls of Inspyration	Stranger	ST	03:02
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Madonna	ST	02:59
The Nerve	Penchant	Penchant b/w Preludes	03:03
Gentlemen of Horror	God Knows you by Name	Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)	01:26
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	One Glass for Wine	Home Grown Stuff	03:09
Hugh Dixon	Guitar Soco	Guitar Solo (acetate)	02:14
Jensen Sisters	Fly Away With Me	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	02:55
Jensen Sisters	Let a Raindrop be a Tear for You	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:19
Sedum Shadows	Thinking Away	Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow	02:26
Willie Dunn	Walking Eagle	Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12	07:01
Athenians of Toronto	Opi Aniko	San Skoteiniazei	02:11
Stefan Gnys	Horizoning	English Oaks and Evangeline	03:52
David	Lovely Lady	ST	03:30
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Comin' Home	Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)	05:22
No Exit	No Exit	ST	02:41
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Doctor Norman Bethune	ST	07:19
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Take a Long Last Look (Joyce Hahn vocals)	ST	02:22
Lewis Baloue	I Thought The World Of You	L'amour	02:34
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Untitled (Make the Answer "Yes")	ST	04:31
Medium	My Lady Lies Forever	ST	02:41
Cargo	Initial Mailing	Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing	04:19
Brazda Brothers	20th Century	ST	04:07
Glenn Dixon	As Our Days Fly By	Reflections	01:27
Minutes From Downtown	Minutes From Downtown	Minutes From Downtown '82	03:49
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Joker's Memory	A Jokers Memory Part One	ST	08:29
Stefan Gnys	I Wish I Knew	English Oaks and Evangeline	03:48
May Run	Be My Girl	Days Into Years	03:50
Reign Ghost	Solar Nice	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	02:33
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Hank Snow	I'm Movin' On	Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:49
Squires	Aurora	The Sultan b/w Aurora	02:07
Jim Brown	Lloyd Burritt - The Hollow Men	The First See Hear	02:04
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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The Other Half - ST

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The Haunted - ST

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Wheeeee! Demo

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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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