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
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre gold minrs Sonic Horses I
Bear Paws Lady of the Nite Kitche-Ogamah
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Chiliwack Year Zero
Connors, Stompin' Tom May, The Millright's Daughter Northland's Own
Snider, Art Exodus Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Rascalz Just Bein' Blunt Really Livin'
Mittoo, Jackie Totally Together Stepping Tiger
Jeremy Dormouse Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy Toad
Baloue, Lewis Like To See You Again L'amour
Walton, Dennis Sweeter Love Sweeter Love
Mantra Drifter (D'arcy Draper) ST
Mitchell, Ronney Time Alone Will Tell The Five Man Cargo
Burgundy Lady Blue Lady Blue b/w Ex-Lovin' Man
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding Snowfall Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Original Bones Steamboat Whistle Blues ST
Martin, Billy Stax Strawberry Soul
Canadian Beadles Leah Three Faces North
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Baloue, Lewis Let's Fall in Love Tonight L'amour
Nomads Four Be On Your Way Be On Your Way b/w Come On Home
Jeremy Dormouse High Flying Bird Toad
Jeremy Dormouse I Need a Friend Toad
Moore, Jeff & Friends Is It You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Bear Paws Season of the Wind Kitche-Ogamah
Plastic Cloud Epistle to Paradise ST
Liska All My Love Cry Out Loud
Jeremy Dormouse Young Face Toad
Connors, Stompin' Tom Streets of Toronto Northland's Own
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone Theme from Swat "Coming Out"
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Northern Gentleman Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman
Organization, The Crocadile Rock ST
Ellison Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola) ST
Mantra Simple Joys (D'arcy Draper) ST
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Fromager, David Innocent Times If What You Said Was True
Bel Kanto, Les A Kind of Break Down A Kind of Break Down b/w Dors (promo)
Graham, Sheila The Letter ST
Nielsen, Spade Fuddle Duddle Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
Opposite We Say Yeah Help Us Make It
Skarecrow Rest Assured Blues...Live at the Explorer
Cyrus Eden Rock You To The Limit First Offense (EP)
Spring Fever Woodstock (Joni Mitchell) Woodstock
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Moose Head ST
Langley Schools Music Project To Know Him is to Love Him Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Brown, Jim Bruce Clarke - Of Spiralling Why The First See Hear
Sound Sett I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart) 1966-1967
Greenwood, John Give Us Love My Sailboat and Me
Rock-a-tunes Maria Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Mathieson, Peter Yonge Street Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
New Creation Dig! (The Origin of Man) Troubled
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Noble, Hank & His Red River Valley Boys I`ll Spend My Life Loving You Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You
EQ Late 4 The Studio Swellsville
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Urine Trouble Year Zero
Scott Markle, Derek A Better Way ST
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Peterborough Postman Northland's Own
Reign Ghost More Than I Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part One ST
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Grazin' in the Grass Chip Dip
Hi-Fives Fujikami The Warrior Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Connors, Stompin' Tom Carolyne Northland's Own
Connors, Stompin' Tom My Swisha Miss Northland's Own
Gillan, Marty If You Go Away Try A Little Kindness
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never
Griff, Ray My Rocky Mountain Home Canada "My Native Land"
EQ Funky Oasis Swellsville
Brazda Brothers Blooming Flowers ST
Langley Schools Music Project God Only Knows Wix - Brown Elementary School
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Hit The Breaks Year Zero
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Funny Feeling Home Grown Stuff
Gryfe, Barbara Jerusalem of Gold What the World Needs Now
Triaxe Persecution Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
Mantra Beatrices (D'arcy Draper) ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra From Russia With Love James Bond 007
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Porno Groove Year Zero
Ardels Linda Lou Rhythm & Blues
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Dixon, Hugh Saints Go Marching Inn The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Reign Ghost Pudsy's Parable Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Palmer, John Colours For the Shoreline Shorelines
Souls of Inspyration Dil Kusha (Heart's Happiness) ST
Jeremy Dormouse the immortal st. canthor Toad Rejects
Graham, Sheila Aquarius ST
Twice Upon a Never A World of Our Own Twice Upon a Never
Echoes and a Dream Yesterday's Tomorrow Echoes and a Dream
Fromager, David Catch Him If You Can If What You Said Was True
Jeremy Dormouse fly around my pretty little miss Toad Rejects
Rodier, Roger Listen to these chords I play (Celeste) Upon Velveatur
London, Jack & the Sparrows Dream on Dreamer ST
London, Jack & the Sparrows Give My Love to Sally ST
Jarvis Street Revue 300 South Mr. Oil Man
Griff, Ray Garrington Canada "My Native Land"
Sweet Somethings The Wedding hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Griff, Ray Piano Man Canada "My Native Land"
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
New Creation Yet Still Time Troubled

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