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
Ray Griff Curley Canada "My Native Land"
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Mike Harris Maple Sugar Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Arcade Fire Vampire Forest Fire ST
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Edible Wallpaper Invisible Roots
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Robert Armes Bobcaygeon Songs for Icarus
David Wiffen Don't Think Twice Live at the Bunkhouse
Lewis Baloue It's a New Day Romantic Times
VXN Running Out ST
Sweet Somethings Going Out of My Head - Can't Take My Eyes Off You hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
The Shouter's In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
Perth County Conspiracy Take Your Time ST
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Jazz Widow Waltz Invisible Roots
Marty Gillan Raindrops Keep Fallin' Try A Little Kindness
Benge Money Man Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Haunted 1-2-5 ST
Ronney Mitchell Tonight My Love, Tonight The Five Man Cargo
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Intermission Poetry Home Grown Stuff
Ronney Mitchell Fools Rush in The Five Man Cargo
Blind Owl Roads ST
Other Half Warm Summer's Night ST
Something Evil The Great Winnipeg Riot Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Jack London & the Sparrows Dream on Dreamer ST
Canadian Beadles I Lost Your Love Last Night Three Faces North
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal East The Montreal Scene
Garden Bower Gord’s Dream Etc. w/ Trains
Ray Griff Canada Canada "My Native Land"
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Story Structure I Told You (Instrumental Mix) I Told You
Liska Rose Cry Out Loud
Ardels Unchain My Heart Rhythm & Blues
John Greenwood My Sailboat and Me My Sailboat and Me
Dolores Claman Western Panorama Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Calgary Range Riders Rocky Mountain Rhythm Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair
Catseye I Met a Girl Out in the Country Catseye
Dutch Mason C.C. Rider Half Ain't Been Told
Diodes The Curse - War Raw / War (split with The Curse)
No Exit Parliament Swindle ST
Other Half In Passing ST
Stephanie Taylor Softly as I Leave You "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Cyrus Eden Horizon First Offense (EP)
Langley Schools Music Project In My Room Wix - Brown Elementary School
Raphaels I Change My Mind Someday b/w I Change My Mind
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Take a Long Last Look (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
Moosetracks Lest We Forget ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Luke's Guitar The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Ronney Mitchell Sandy The Five Man Cargo
Ted Daigle No One Else Teenage Time
The Chessmen Meadowlands Mustang b/w Meadowlands
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Neil Young My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)
Canadian Beadles Think I'm Gonna Cry Three Faces North
High Park Sewer Side Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
David Descension ST
Roger Rodier You don't know what it's like Upon Velveatur
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Northwind ST
No Exit Decisions ST
Gargoyle Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Moon Raker James Bond 007
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Theme from Swat "Coming Out"
Haunted Shake ST
Cargo Once a Proud Man Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
Skarecrow Can't Judge a Book Blues...Live at the Explorer
Twice Upon a Never Early in the Morning Twice Upon a Never
Cargo Say Goodbye Front Side, Back Side
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Boys Brigade Black + White Live Off-The-Floor Demo
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle I'll Take Romance ST
Lewis Baloue Even Rainbows Turn Blue L'amour
King Herbert And the Knights Chicken Strut With Jack Harden
Jeremy Dormouse birds of joy Toad Rejects
The Fringe Inside Lookin' Out Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Arcade Fire The Woodland National Anthem ST
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground
David Wiffen Driving Wheel Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
EQ Come Alive Swellsville
Black Knight Born To Rock Master of Disaster (EP)
Billy Martin Funky Feelin' Strawberry Soul
Ray Griff If it Hadn't Been for Music Canada "My Native Land"
Ardels Stereo Popeye Rhythm & Blues
David Fromager Innocent Times If What You Said Was True
Ardels Alley Oop Rhythm & Blues
The Fringe Token For My Mind Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Twice Upon a Never A World of Our Own Twice Upon a Never
Guess Who American Woman American Woman (split with Christie, Cliff Richards & Arlene Harden)
John Palmer Mandalla Shorelines
Huckle Gather The Children Wild Blue Yonder
Hugh Dixon Silly Bo Dilly (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Billy Martin One More Time Strawberry Soul
Sheila Graham Son of a Preacher Man ST
David Wiffen Since I Fell For You Live at the Bunkhouse
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Summertime Chip Dip
Gargoyle Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 ST
Vic Vogel Close to You Montreal Bandleader
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Destroy the Nihilistic Picnic Invisible Roots
Stonemen In the Evening In the Evening b/w Faded Colors

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

Vancouver, British Columbia → Toronto → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

Harlem, New York, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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

FEATURED

Ellison - ST

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Perth County Conspiracy - ST

Stratford, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

FEATURED

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

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Kings - Switchin'

Vancouver, British Columbia; Oakville, Ontario

FEATURED

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

Barrie, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joker's Memory - ST

Ottawa, Ontario

FEATURED

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Bent Wind - Sussex

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jim Brown - The First See Hear

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra - James Bond 007

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - ST

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - "Coming Out"

Philadelphia, USA → Florida, USA → Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Chessmen - Mustang b/w Meadowlands

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

London Experimental Jazz Quartet - Invisible Roots

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

D.N.A. - Because I Love You b/w Seashell

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Mannequin Demo

Boys Brigade

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

Rehearsal 1985-09

Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Haggath

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09 tape

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09_tape track list_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_03

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape track list_02

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape

Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

Strawberry Soul

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

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