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
Jarvis Street Revue	Mr. Oil Man	Mr. Oil Man	12:27
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	and th green wind	Awake in th Red Desert	01:50
Reign Ghost	Reaching	ST	09:12
Marty Gillan	She's a Woman (Terry Frewer)	Try A Little Kindness	03:42
Dolores Claman	Western Panorama	Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes	02:59
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	fires in the tempul	Awake in th Red Desert	02:11
David Wiffen	Don't Think Twice	Live at the Bunkhouse	02:49
Moosetracks	Happily Day Is Done	ST	02:57
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	Spain is for Old Ladies	Invisible Roots	05:56
Jeremy Dormouse	hollywood heaven	Toad Rejects	03:10
Marty Gillan	Raindrops Keep Fallin'	Try A Little Kindness	02:44
Liska	A Smile	Cry Out Loud	03:40
Pat's People	What Have They Done to the Rain	Today	03:28
Hugh Dixon	Saints Go Marching Inn	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	03:51
British North American Act	Joe Cool	In the Beginning	02:27
New Creation	Songs to Sing	Troubled	01:48
Twice Upon a Never	Turtle Dove	Twice Upon a Never	02:16
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	A Hum for Stevie Winwood	Motherlove	00:39
British North American Act	Just How You Feel	In the Beginning	02:43
Gentlemen of Horror	God Knows you by Name	Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)	01:26
Cyrus Eden	Horizon	First Offense (EP)	02:33
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
Legacy	Gimme My Drugs	Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs	02:45
Ardels	Alley Oop	Rhythm & Blues	02:30
Marty Gillan	You've Made Me So Very Happy	Try A Little Kindness	03:23
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
David Fromager	Innocent Times	If What You Said Was True	02:47
Ardels	Unchain My Heart	Rhythm & Blues	02:50
King Herbert And the Knights	Let It Be	With Jack Harden	03:57
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Huckle	Lady Goldberry	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	02:31
Squires	The Sultan	The Sultan b/w Aurora	02:32
Jim Brown	Lloyd Burritt - The Hollow Men	The First See Hear	02:04
Cargo	Habits and Jails	Front Side, Back Side	05:16
Christmas	Sorry I Bore You Victoria	ST	02:58
Mike Harris	Golden Slippers	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:02
Joni Mitchell	Wild Things Run Fast	Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)	02:16
Mike Harris	Bill Cheatem	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	01:46
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	mountain lake	Sonic Horses I	03:37
New Creation	Eternity Ahead	Troubled	02:49
Reign Ghost	The Gum Wrapper Song	ST	01:51
Jack London & the Sparrows	Give My Love to Sally	ST	02:52
Jarvis Street Revue	20 Years	Mr. Oil Man	03:08
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Summertime	Chip Dip	03:24
Trevor Dandy	Sometimes	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:33
Other Half	Swinging Shepherd	ST	02:30
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Hell Bent	Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)	03:33
Barry Ennis	School Days	Mountain of Ice b/w School Days	02:17
Mantra	Hopscotch (Part 2) (Dick Kelder)	ST	00:32
Jarvis Street Revue	Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song)	Mr. Oil Man	04:44
Lewis Baloue	Bon Voyage	Romantic Times	04:25
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	Sunshine	"Coming Out"	04:59
Robert Armes	Slipping Away	Songs for Icarus	03:32
Spring	It's So Hard	Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind	02:36
Lucio Agostini	Reel	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:07
Intersystems	Lately	Number One	18:16
Jerry Palmer	Love's Come to Me	String of Hits	02:50
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Grazin' in the Grass	Chip Dip	03:41
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Hit The Breaks	Year Zero	02:00
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Lord Ryur	Pact With The Sinner	Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes	03:40
Mike Harris	Norwegian Waltz	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:42
Jack London & the Sparrows	Glad to Be With You	ST	02:10
Hazel McKirdy	End of the World	End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie	02:33
Roger Rodier	Listen to these chords I play (Celeste)	Upon Velveatur	03:12
EQ	Help a Bruva Out	Swellsville	05:45
The Fringe	Flower Generation	Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo	02:25
Trevor Dandy	It's a Long Journey	Don't Cry Little Tree	03:56
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Here Is	Year Zero	01:08
Heat	Brighouse	Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair	02:24
Derek Scott Markle	Could it Be	ST	03:03
Ray Griff	Curley	Canada "My Native Land"	03:07
David	Little Boys	ST	01:57
Dutch Mason	Gonna Move to the Country	Half Ain't Been Told	03:38
Skeptical Eye	My Life Is	The Devil's Playground	02:04
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Rockadrome	Royal American Twentieth Century Blues	Royal American 20th Century Blues	04:51
Arcade Fire	No Cars Go	ST	06:02
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
EQ	Funky Oasis	Swellsville	03:30
The Organization	Out in the Country	ST	02:57
Les 409	They Say	They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)	02:25
Rockadrome	Very Strange	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:14
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	Snowfall	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	02:43
Black Knight	Master Of Disaster	Master of Disaster (EP)	04:01
David	Descension	ST	03:50
Original Bones	Say it With gentle	ST	03:38
Jeremy Dormouse	Baby Blue	Toad	03:31
Sugluk	Little Boy	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:43
Robert Armes	Woman in Toronto	Songs for Icarus	04:27
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	Colourless	ST	05:17
Heat	Rocking Chair	Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair	02:03
Trevor Dandy	Don’t Cry Little Tree	Don't Cry Little Tree	03:10
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	Until Nine	ST (psych cover)	03:00
Reign Ghost	Eyes Knows, So Does Ears	ST	09:11
Moonstone	Murk	ST	02:08
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
The Organization	Together Forever	ST	02:27
Compilation	New Brands - Ace Up His Sleeve	International Master Discovery Records	02:24

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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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"

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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Compilation - International Master Discovery Records

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Shades of Blond - All Your Love

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49th Parallel - She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)

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Trevor Dandy - Don't Cry Little Tree

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Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) - Phil

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Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) - Year Zero

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Ardels - Rhythm & Blues

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Nucleus - Johnny Peace b/w Ernie's Gone (picture sleeve)

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