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
Chantettes	Wayward Wind	Remember.....	02:26
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	all th brite eyez deep in the rivr bed	Sonic Horses I	04:04
No Exit	Do You Wanna Join?	ST	02:01
Lewis Baloue	Bringing You a Rose	Romantic Times	04:42
Shades of Blond	All Your Love	All Your Love	02:12
Lewis Baloue	Love Showered Me	L'amour	04:01
Hank Noble & His Red River Valley Boys	Things That Might Have Been	Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You	02:44
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Casino Royale	James Bond 007	02:43
Huckle	Ocean	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	03:42
Art Snider	Lara's Theme	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	02:33
No Exit	When Will They Learn?	ST	01:28
Ardels	Georgia On My Mind	Rhythm & Blues	03:34
Spring	You Were Blind	Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind	02:28
Clymaxe	Walkin' Blues	R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues	04:05
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
EQ	Let it be Known	Swellsville	03:41
Raphaels	Someday	Someday b/w I Change My Mind	02:36
Jerry Palmer	Love's Come to Me	String of Hits	02:50
Jeremy Dormouse	Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy	Toad	02:34
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Montreal East	The Montreal Scene	04:54
David Wiffen	Driving Wheel	Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)	06:19
British North American Act	Only a Dream	In the Beginning	02:56
George Hauschild & Carole	But For Love	Penticton b/w But For Love	02:50
Stefan Gnys	The Pleasant Land of Counterpane	English Oaks and Evangeline	04:36
Sound Sett	I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding & Jerry Butler)	1966-1967	03:15
November Grief	Grass Is Gold	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	02:47
Huckle	High For Sky	Wild Blue Yonder	01:16
Blind Owl	Happy To Be Alive	ST	03:16
Ice	Soul Searcher	On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher	04:01
B.C. Centennial Spots	B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 1	B.C. Centennial Song	01:19
David Wiffen	Climb the Stairs	Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)	04:15
Derek Scott Markle	Southern Lady	ST	02:24
Intersystems	Lately	Number One	18:16
Mike Harris	Country Waltz	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:24
Ardels	Unchain My Heart	Rhythm & Blues	02:50
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Let's Make Up Your Mind (Joyce Hahn vocals)	ST	02:36
Pat's People	What Have They Done to the Rain	Today	03:28
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited	Stage 3: Bossanova	The Optic Earful	01:52
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Comin' Home	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	05:21
David	Lovely Lady	ST	03:30
Jimmy Apostle & the Willows	I Love Ya Honey	I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love	02:02
Sound Sett	Oh No (The Sound Sett)	1966-1967	04:31
Mike Harris	London Hornipie	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	01:57
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	an ode to d a levy	Awake in th Red Desert	01:25
Canadian Beadles	Whole Lot of Shakin Going On	Three Faces North	02:28
Compilation	Shades of Blond - All Your Love	International Master Discovery Records	02:12
Compilation	Judy Singh - My Name is Love	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:14
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin'	Switchin'	06:17
EQ	Freestyle	Swellsville	04:33
Souls of Inspyration	Pursuit	ST	02:45
Chantettes	Bamboo	Remember.....	02:25
Bent Wind	The Lions	Sussex	05:28
VXN	Putting Love Aside	Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)	04:02
Brégent	La mélancolie	Poussière Des Regrets	04:25
Bonnie Scots	Lizzie Lindsay	Laugh and Cry	03:33
Emtidi	Die Reise	Saat	10:15
Jarvis Street Revue	Mr. Oil Man	Mr. Oil Man	12:27
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
New Reality	Moments of Silence	Demo Tape	04:10
Ronney Mitchell	I've Got to be Me	The Five Man Cargo	02:48
Moosetracks	Someone on the Line	ST	04:40
John Palmer	Mandalla	Shorelines	05:08
Pat's People	Richman's Spiritual	Today	02:37
Ronney Mitchell	Fools Rush in	The Five Man Cargo	02:48
Marty Gillan	Time and Love	Try A Little Kindness	03:09
British North American Act	If You're Looking for Honey	In the Beginning	02:12
Norris Vines and The Luvlines	Feel The Warm	Give In b/w Feel The Warm	03:33
Art Snider	Sweet Caroline	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	02:17
November Grief	Requiem (For Mother Earth)	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	01:35
Haggath	Evil Transitions	Rehearsal 1985-09	07:43
King Herbert And the Knights	Sissy Strut	With Jack Harden	03:44
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	O Come	ST	01:47
Boys Brigade	Voices	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:27
Athenians of Toronto	Opi Aniko	San Skoteiniazei	02:11
David Wiffen	Mule Skinner Blues	Live at the Bunkhouse	02:16
Grimes	Caladan	Geidi Primes	02:25
Langley Schools Music Project	Help Me, Rhonda	Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger	02:14
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Mannequin Demo	03:28
Huckle	Beautiful You Are	Wild Blue Yonder	04:27
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	Only Takes a Minute	"Coming Out"	04:04
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Smile Maria Smile	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	02:31
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Live and Let Die	James Bond 007	02:47
Dennis Walton	Sweeter Love	Sweeter Love	08:10
Gargoyle	Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos)	ST	03:06
Compilation	Joe Vassos - Leavin' on a Jet Plane	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:14
No Exit	Parliament Swindle	ST	01:30
Compilation	Joe Vassos - New World	Unselfconsciously Canadian	02:31
Vic Vogel	Close to You	Montreal Bandleader	02:41
Mike Harris	Golden Slippers	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:02
Plastic Cloud	Art's a Happy Man	ST	03:13
Reign Ghost	Standing Room Only, Mr. Mars	ST	03:47
Les 409	They Say	They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)	02:25
Vic Vogel	Quiet Nights	Montreal Bandleader	02:19
D.N.A.	Because I Love You	Because I Love You b/w Seashell	03:53
Mystique	Black Rider	Black Rider	03:50
Arcade Fire	I'm Sleeping in a Submarine	ST	02:48
Don Carrington Trio	Make Me Smile	Makin' It Happen	03:24
Ronney Mitchell	Will it go Round in Circles?	The Five Man Cargo	03:26
Canadian Beadles	I Lost Your Love Last Night	Three Faces North	01:54
Lucio Agostini	Chuck Wagon Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:51

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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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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Bent Wind - Sussex

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

The Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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Jim Brown - The First See Hear

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Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra - James Bond 007

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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

The Chessmen - Mustang b/w Meadowlands

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London Experimental Jazz Quartet - Invisible Roots

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Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record

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Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

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

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