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
Stompin' Tom Connors Little Wawa Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman
Garden Bower You’ve Got Me On Fire Etc. w/ Trains
Echoes and a Dream Thank You (Led Zeppelin) Echoes and a Dream
Mystique Wake Up Screamin' Black Rider
Canadian Beadles Think I'm Gonna Cry Three Faces North
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Hop The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Modern Rock Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Jack London & the Sparrows Give My Love to Sally ST
Cyrus Eden Wasteland First Offense (EP)
Gargoyle Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 ST
Chantettes Sail Away Remember.....
David Wiffen Times are Getting' Hard Live at the Bunkhouse
Fabulous PJ's What Do You Want Me to Do? What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Shagnasty All My Teachers Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
David Flight of the Egyptian Army ST
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
No Exit They'll Never Know ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Pepper Tree Man of Gold Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Gargoyle Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) ST
Gargoyle Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Broadway Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Emtidi Tr„ume Saat
Langley Schools Music Project Desperado Wix - Brown Elementary School
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Echoes and a Dream Midnight Passion Echoes and a Dream
Blind Owl Roads ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre and th green wind Awake in th Red Desert
Ted Daigle Young & Beautiful Teenage Time
Jimmy Apostle & the Willows I Love Ya Honey I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love
Hugh Dixon What's New The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Stompin' Tom Connors May, The Millright's Daughter Northland's Own
Langley Schools Music Project Venus and Mars Wix - Brown Elementary School
Benge Money Man Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Uncertain Land of 1000 Dances Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
Moosetracks Hangman ST
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
David Fromager Innocent Times If What You Said Was True
Joni Mitchell Wild Things Run Fast Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Art Snider It Was a Very Good Year Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Original Bones Say it With gentle ST
Gentlemen of Horror Bank ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Ronney Mitchell Fools Rush in The Five Man Cargo
Chantettes Hush Little Baby Remember.....
Liska Coming Home Cry Out Loud
Twice Upon a Never Last Thing On My Mind Twice Upon a Never
David Fromager Concrete City Life If What You Said Was True
Raphaels I Change My Mind Someday b/w I Change My Mind
Chantettes This Land is Your Land Remember.....
Threads Of Fybre Mama Mama b/w Believe Me
Mike Harris Wednesday Night Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Listen Here Chip Dip
New Creation No Excuse Troubled
A Joint Effort Horse with No Name Final Effort
Christmas Just Suppose ST
Lucio Agostini Pan Am Young and Old Once Upon a Hundred Years
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) You Know The Science Year Zero
New Reality Moments of Silence Demo Tape
Twice Upon a Never Come the Day Twice Upon a Never
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre now, according to paragraph C Awake in th Red Desert
Medium I'll Love Everyone at Last ST
D.N.A. Because I Love You Because I Love You b/w Seashell
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als I'm Happy Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre th ride to th place uv meditaysyun Sonic Horses I
Hugh Dixon Saints Go Marching Inn The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
David Fromager Catch Him If You Can If What You Said Was True
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Twice Upon a Never Early in the Morning Twice Upon a Never
Barbara Gryfe Who Am I What the World Needs Now
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Souls of Inspyration Seasons of Change ST
Moonstone David ST
New Creation Sodom and Gomorrah Troubled
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook and Sling The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Humble Sponge Barabbas Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
Mantra Tomorrow Without You (D'arcy Draper) ST
Liska A Smile Cry Out Loud
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre she, still and curling Awake in th Red Desert
Compilation Buddy Victor - The More I See You Unselfconsciously Canadian
Georges Leningrad lollipon lady Made In Taiwan
No Exit Bureaucracy ST
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Christmas Waltz Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Huckle She's Coming Home Wild Blue Yonder
Echoes and a Dream Just Trying to Be Echoes and a Dream
Robert Armes Fallen Star Songs for Icarus
Moosetracks Lest We Forget ST
Jeremy Dormouse hollywood heaven Toad Rejects
April Wine Gimme Love The Whole World's Going Crazy (test pressing)
Haunted Searching For My Baby ST
David Wiffen You Don't Know My Mind Live at the Bunkhouse
New Reality Here He Goes Demo Tape
Skeptical Eye Mama Does'n Understand The Devil's Playground
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Ron Martin Special With Mustard Invisible Roots
Robert Armes Slipping Away Songs for Icarus
David Wiffen Mule Skinner Blues Live at the Bunkhouse

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - International Master Discovery Records

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Shades of Blond - All Your Love

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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

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

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

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

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