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
Sweet Somethings	Summertime	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:16
The Mix	Maybe (Face To The Wall)	Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:25
A Joint Effort	Molly and Tenbrooks	Final Effort	03:37
Stephanie Taylor	Working on a Groove Thing	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	02:50
David	Take My Hand	ST	03:50
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Bird She Fly Low	ST	03:50
Randy Bishop	Wonderful Angel	I Sing A Soft Song	02:35
The Nerve	Odd Fellows - Cretonia (1982) (unreleased)	Penchant b/w Preludes	04:54
Mike Harris	Country Waltz	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:24
Nihilist Spasm Band	When in London Sleep at the York Hotel	No Record	04:59
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	Free to be Free	ST (psych cover)	03:05
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	leevin th electrik citee (2)	Sonic Horses I	10:09
Blind Owl	Hooked On You	ST	03:02
Langley Schools Music Project	Calling Occupants	Wix - Brown Elementary School	05:21
David	Alvin J. Ashtray	ST	03:09
Bonnie Scots	Scotland 'Ra Brave	Laugh and Cry	01:38
Jack London & the Sparrows	Glad to Be With You	ST	02:10
Thornton Rogers J.	The Blues	Out in the West b/w The Blues	02:11
Lost Soul Dept.	Wild-Weekend	Wild-Weekend b/w Pot Belly	02:08
Willie Dunn	Ballad of a Pavillion	Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12	09:01
Sedum Shadows	Thinking Away	Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow	02:26
Robert Armes	2-2 Blues	Songs for Icarus	03:30
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Rainbow	ST	03:32
The Organization	Back to Back	ST	02:50
New Creation	Dig! (The Origin of Man)	Troubled	02:59
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Ya Habibi	The Montreal Scene	04:34
Blind Owl	The Old Man	ST	03:33
Arcade Fire	Headlights Look like Diamonds	ST	04:25
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
John Palmer	Cloud	Shorelines	05:17
Boys Brigade	Voices	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:27
Original Bones	Say it With gentle	ST	03:38
Ultimate Image	Rains of Autumn	It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn	02:35
Barbara Gryfe	I'll Never Fall in Love Again	What the World Needs Now	03:14
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Wait and See	ST	04:00
Jim Brown	Roy Cooper - Prelude to 1984	The First See Hear	07:03
Liska	Angela	Cry Out Loud	04:15
Fred Latremouille	Mashed Potato	Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato	02:26
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	I'll Take Romance	ST	02:14
New Creation	Eternity Ahead	Troubled	02:49
The Fringe	Inside Lookin' Out	Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo	04:20
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Christmas	Oasis	ST	06:10
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als	Beach Rat	Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy	02:12
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	Someone Think	Home Grown Stuff	03:51
Ray Griff	My Rocky Mountain Home	Canada "My Native Land"	02:52
Jerry Palmer	Sweet Lorene	String of Hits	02:11
Plastic Cloud	Epistle to Paradise	ST	03:35
Story Structure	I Told You (Extended Mix)	I Told You	06:33
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	Edible Wallpaper	Invisible Roots	04:01
Lewis Baloue	As the Boats Go By	Romantic Times	03:10
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	my mouths on fire	Awake in th Red Desert	04:20
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Here Is	Year Zero	01:08
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	is yr car 2 soft 4 th road	Awake in th Red Desert	00:32
Mantra	Hopscotch (Part 2) (Dick Kelder)	ST	00:32
John Palmer	Seedling of Light	Shorelines	02:20
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	O Come	ST	01:47
Phillip Werren	Dance Music I	Electronic Music (1968-1971)	12:55
Bear Paws	Can't You See	Kitche-Ogamah	04:11
Mike Harris	Andy's Favorite Jig	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:02
Shagnasty	Ringing in My Ear	Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers	03:26
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
David Fromager	Radio Madness	If What You Said Was True	02:28
Spring Fever	A Long Time Coming	Woodstock	04:49
Rockadrome	Royal American Twentieth Century Blues	Royal American 20th Century Blues	04:51
Jensen Sisters	I'm Gonna Love You	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:11
Jerry Palmer	Love's Come to Me	String of Hits	02:50
Twice Upon a Never	Turtle Dove	Twice Upon a Never	02:16
Other Half	Warm Summer's Night	ST	03:03
Vicky and the Coins	Girl From Ipanema	ST	02:55
Compilation	Jim Wheeler and the Spokes - Secret Spy	International Master Discovery Records	02:59
Reign Ghost	Eyes Knows, So Does Ears	ST	09:11
Huckle	Get Down	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	04:11
New Day	Gotta Spread Some Love Around	They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around	04:09
Uncertain	Land of 1000 Dances	Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout	02:05
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	What a Lovely Place to be Buried	ST	03:09
British North American Act	Don't Run Away	In the Beginning	02:37
David Wiffen	Slice of Life	Live at the Bunkhouse	01:50
David Wiffen	Four in the Mornin'	Live at the Bunkhouse	03:43
Souls of Inspyration	Stranger	ST	03:02
Echoes and a Dream	Yesterday's Tomorrow	Echoes and a Dream	03:22
Huckle	Wild Blue Yonder	Wild Blue Yonder	04:14
Marty Gillan	Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday	Try A Little Kindness	02:34
Golden Earrings	My Situation	My Situation b/w Nothing Much	02:09
Sheila Graham	Son of a Preacher Man	ST	02:32
Christmas	Jungle Fabulous	ST	20:59
Caribou	Libre	ST	04:12
Jim Brown	Lloyd Burritt - The Hollow Men	The First See Hear	02:04
Marty Gillan	Home from the Forest	Try A Little Kindness	02:40
Mike Harris	London Hornipie	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	01:57
Sheila Graham	The Letter	ST	02:28
Jeremy Dormouse	blackberry quadrille	Toad Rejects	22:34
Raphaels	Someday	Someday b/w I Change My Mind	02:36
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Year Zero	Year Zero	01:58

Rarest Canadian Music

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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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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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