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
British North American Act	I'll Find a Way	In the Beginning	02:05
John Palmer	Better Later Than Never	Shorelines	04:52
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Country Cooking	Phil	04:07
Lucio Agostini	Cocktails In New York	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:09
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎	Country Four Blues	Country and Rock & Roll Sound	02:40
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Joe College & the Rulers	Working Class Hero	It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero	02:11
The Stonefield	Morning Hours	Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours	04:34
Skarecrow	I'm A Man	Blues...Live at the Explorer	06:48
Opposite	A Dark Night	Help Us Make It	03:21
Stephanie Taylor	Marion's Theme (Dou Riley)	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	03:01
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Mike Harris	By the Fireside	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:28
Lewis Baloue	Don't Stop It Now	Romantic Times	05:10
David Fromager	Radio Madness	If What You Said Was True	02:28
Ellison	Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola)	ST	04:25
Georges Leningrad	Bad smells	Made In Taiwan	03:05
The Amen	Peter Zeus	Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus	02:28
Tex Lecor	John McNally	Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)	04:04
Moosetracks	Airplane Over the Rockies	ST	01:21
Jeff Moore & Friends	Both Sides (Jeff Moore)	The Youngest Son	02:52
Langley Schools Music Project	Help Me, Rhonda	Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger	02:14
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Reign Ghost	Solar Nice	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	02:33
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Smile Maria Smile	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	02:31
Billy Martin	Egg Roll	Strawberry Soul	03:02
Stephanie Taylor	I Don't Know Where I Stand (Joni Mitchell)	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	03:32
Echoes and a Dream	Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull)	Echoes and a Dream	04:31
Rockadrome	Live and Love Child	Royal American 20th Century Blues	01:38
Jeff Moore & Friends	Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore)	The Youngest Son	03:34
Sacrifice	The Shining - Sacrifice	The Exorcism	02:46
David Wiffen	Abilene	Live at the Bunkhouse	01:50
Bear Paws	Kitch-Ogamah	Kitche-Ogamah	03:46
Stompin' Tom Connors	The World Goes Round (Expo 67 Montreal)	Northland's Own	02:58
Art Snider	Nasty Arthur	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	02:29
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎	Roads to New York	Country and Rock & Roll Sound	03:22
Jerry Palmer	Travelin' Shoes	String of Hits	02:04
Langley Schools Music Project	Good Vibrations	Wix - Brown Elementary School	04:02
Jerry Palmer	Hey, Sweet Baby	String of Hits	02:29
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	leevin th electrik citee	Sonic Horses I	09:01
Marty Gillan	If You Go Away	Try A Little Kindness	03:20
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎	Riverside Waltz	Country and Rock & Roll Sound	03:20
Caribou	Les goelands	ST	04:27
Evolution Expantion	Blow Up	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	02:39
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎	Modern Rock	Country and Rock & Roll Sound	02:23
Johnny Teah & The Jubilee Mountain Boys	Sad Whistle	Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome	02:13
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	all th brite eyez deep in the rivr bed	Sonic Horses I	04:04
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Chantettes	Un Canadian Errant	Remember.....	03:27
Ronney Mitchell	Sandy	The Five Man Cargo	03:37
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Comin' Home	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	05:21
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Comin' Home	Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)	05:22
September (1)	Celebration	Blue Lady b/w Celebration	03:26
Skarecrow	More Than Once	Blues...Live at the Explorer	04:18
VXN	Which One Are You	ST	03:11
Fabulous PJ's	What Do You Want Me to Do?	What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary	02:45
Brégent	La mélancolie	Poussière Des Regrets	04:25
Huckle	Wild Night	Wild Blue Yonder	04:07
EQ	Inner Thoughts	Swellsville	02:50
Rockadrome	Very Strange	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:14
Lucio Agostini	Pastorale	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:54
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Reflections	ST	08:05
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
John Greenwood	Blessed	My Sailboat and Me	02:13
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	In A Bad Way (Remix)	Year Zero	03:03
November Grief	Requiem (For Mother Earth)	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	01:35
Twice Upon a Never	Butterfly of Love	Twice Upon a Never	02:45
Robert Armes	Lying Close Together	Songs for Icarus	06:23
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	Snowfall	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	02:43
Ronney Mitchell	I've Got to be Me	The Five Man Cargo	02:48
Barbara Gryfe	Colours of the Rainbow	What the World Needs Now	02:44
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Café Symphony	ST	03:22
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Sweet Somethings	Hold On, I'm Comin'	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:19
Robert Armes	Put Your Cards on the Table	Songs for Icarus	03:48
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	gold minrs	Sonic Horses I	04:10
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Montreal West	The Montreal Scene	05:16
Marty Gillan	One Act Play (Howie Vickers (The Collectors))	Try A Little Kindness	03:47
Chantettes	Come and Go With Me	Remember.....	02:32
Haunted	Shake	ST	02:22
Stephanie Taylor	Softly as I Leave You	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	02:52
Strange Movies	What A Drag	(I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag	02:45
Georges Leningrad	lollipon lady	Made In Taiwan	03:31
Barbara Gryfe	I'll Never Fall in Love Again	What the World Needs Now	03:14
Roger Rodier	The Key	Upon Velveatur	04:01
Liska	All My Love	Cry Out Loud	04:09
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	You Only Live Twice	James Bond 007	02:25
Sugluk	Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:35
Jerry Palmer	Got a Love	String of Hits	02:22
The Organization	Crocadile Rock	ST	03:45
Arcade Fire	Headlights Look like Diamonds	ST	04:25
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Roger Rodier	You don't know what it's like	Upon Velveatur	04:11
Spring Fever	Mama, What About Your Daughter	Woodstock	02:38
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Take a Long Last Look (Joyce Hahn vocals)	ST	02:22

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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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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Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

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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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Perth County Conspiracy - ST

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Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

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

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Kings - Switchin'

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

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

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Joker's Memory - ST

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

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