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
Canadian Beadles Think I'm Gonna Cry Three Faces North
Cargo Rural Route One Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
Glenn Dixon One By One Reflections
The Organization Don't Let the Green Grass Fool Ya ST
Mantra Beatrices (D'arcy Draper) ST
Thornton Rogers J. Out in the West Out in the West b/w The Blues
Michel & the French Canadians Cause I Believe Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal East The Montreal Scene
Christmas Jungle Fabulous ST
Dis Band CKLN Interview continued and Intro Gone Dead Out
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
Liska You Make Me Smile Again Cry Out Loud
Jolly Tambourine Man The Apple Strudel Man Wheeeee! Demo
Phillip Werren Dance Music II Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Plastic Cloud Art's a Happy Man ST
The Amen Peter Zeus Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus
The Chessmen Meadowlands Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Lorne Ranger French Fried Freedom French Fried Freedom
Rascalz Perfect Check Up Really Livin'
Blind Owl Roads ST
John Palmer Seedling of Light Shorelines
Les 409 They Say They Say b/w Born in Chicago
Randy Bishop Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning I Sing A Soft Song
May Run Smile Days Into Years
Moonstone Murk ST
George Cook Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley
Athenians of Toronto 26 or 6 to 4 San Skoteiniazei
Robert Armes Woman in Toronto Songs for Icarus
Rogues I Can't Hold Out Much Longer I Can't Hold Out Much Longer b/w I'll Make It Up To You
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre heart flash us Sonic Horses I
Perth County Conspiracy So Many Things ST
Jack London & the Sparrows Leavin' Blues (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Spring Fever Mama, What About Your Daughter Woodstock
Chantettes This Land is Your Land Remember.....
Robert Armes Someday Songs for Icarus
Chantettes There But For Fortune Remember.....
Humble Sponge Barabbas Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
Skarecrow I Got to Have It Blues...Live at the Explorer
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Robert Armes Song for Icarus Songs for Icarus
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Jazz Widow Waltz Invisible Roots
Jeff Moore & Friends Both Sides (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Take a Long Last Look (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau I'm Not Guilty ST (psych cover)
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Moose Head ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn u cum into me Sonic Horses I
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Silver Bells Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Marty Gillan She's a Woman (Terry Frewer) Try A Little Kindness
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
Reign Ghost Pudsy's Parable Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Emtidi Saat Saat
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck One Glass for Wine Home Grown Stuff
Braineaters London Town Planet X
Canadian Beadles Love Walk Away Three Faces North
David Wiffen Since I Fell For You Live at the Bunkhouse
Compilation New Brands - Ace Up His Sleeve International Master Discovery Records
John Palmer The Wheel Shorelines
Langley Schools Music Project Wild Fire Wix - Brown Elementary School
Stompin' Tom Connors The Northern Gentleman Northland's Own
Glenn Dixon Sunset Reflections
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers What Does it Take The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Skeptical Eye Sad Jazz The Devil's Playground
Cargo Black Window Front Side, Back Side
Ardels Stereo Popeye Rhythm & Blues
Chantettes Bamboo Remember.....
Jeremy Dormouse Portrait for Marianne Toad
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Speak Of The Devil Year Zero
Jensen Sisters I Can't Deny Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Art Snider "Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show) Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
A Joint Effort My Man Final Effort
Mock Duck My Time Test Record
Jeff Moore & Friends Is It You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Huckle Gather The Children Wild Blue Yonder
Mock Duck Introduction - Ground Hog Test Record
Twice Upon a Never A World of Our Own Twice Upon a Never
Gentlemen of Horror Rough Hike ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Brazda Brothers Lonely Time ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Live and Let Die James Bond 007
Mantra Simple Joys (D'arcy Draper) ST
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
John Greenwood 3/4 Time My Sailboat and Me
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Sweet Somethings The Wedding hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Souls of Inspyration Seasons of Change ST
Jeremy Dormouse birds of joy Toad Rejects
No Exit Downtown Weekend ST
Sacrifice 1986-02_Terry Sadler interviews Sacrifice_Interviews Interviews 1985 + First Live Show
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Sweet Somethings Summertime hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Brazda Brothers Gemini ST
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Huckle Flowers Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Chantettes Freight Train Remember.....
Vicky and the Coins Five Foot Two ST
Reign Ghost Breadbox Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Don And Adrian Lord When I’m Down River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down
Robert Armes 2-2 Blues Songs for Icarus

Ready to Rock b/w (with Gerry Fiander)

Gerry Fiander with Elvis Presley (History Van R&R Vol 1)

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison / Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)

Gone Dead Out

Dis Band

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out CASSETTE 02

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out CASSETTE 01

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out BACK

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out FRONT FOLDOUT

My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)

ST

Cybernaut b/w Mean Lady

Shakey Ground b/w Feelings

45-Hi Octane Band - Shakey Ground VINYL 02

Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

45-Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path VINYL 02

ST

ST

Minutes From Downtown '82

Minutes From Downtown

CASSETTE - Minutes From Downtown - ST DEMO FRONT

Wheeeee! Demo

Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

ST

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

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