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
Billy Martin	If You Care	Strawberry Soul	04:05
No Exit	Decisions	ST	01:29
Medium	Melon	ST	01:46
John Greenwood	My Sailboat and Me	My Sailboat and Me	04:41
Derek Scott Markle	The Circle is Changin' Around	ST	01:55
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	Elevated Platform	Home Grown Stuff	02:35
Other Half	Stormy Monday Blues	ST	03:02
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	My Favourite Things	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	03:11
Haggath	Evil Transitions	Rehearsal 1985-09	07:43
Robert Armes	Someday	Songs for Icarus	02:39
Reign Ghost	Long Day Journey #1	ST	03:09
New Day	They're Callin' Me Back Home	They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around	04:06
Robert Armes	Lying Close Together	Songs for Icarus	06:23
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited	Stage 3: Bossanova	The Optic Earful	01:52
Spring Fever	Watch Yourself	Woodstock	03:36
Skarecrow	Ballad of Glen & Trevor	Blues...Live at the Explorer	04:24
Moonstone	Focus	ST	04:43
Sound Sett	Mustang Sally (Mack Rice)	1966-1967	03:05
Sweet Somethings	Young World	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:25
Tyrant	Carol	Hooked On You b/w Carol	04:09
Pepper Tree	The Gypsy	Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)	02:53
Jeremy Dormouse	Small Man	Toad	03:21
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Let's Make Up Your Mind (Joyce Hahn vocals)	ST	02:36
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Gargoyle	Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You	ST	02:41
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Flyin' C.P.R.	Northland's Own	02:38
King Herbert And the Knights	You Make Me So Very Happy	With Jack Harden	05:09
Ellison	Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola)	ST	04:25
A Joint Effort	Bus Song	Final Effort	05:09
Lewis Baloue	Don't Stop It Now	Romantic Times	05:10
Rascalz	Ragga Muffin Rhymes	Really Livin'	03:52
Catseye	River	Catseye	04:03
November Grief	Requiem (For Mother Earth)	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	01:35
Randy Bishop	Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning	I Sing A Soft Song	13:40
Christmas	Just Suppose	ST	04:29
Vic Vogel	Quiet Nights	Montreal Bandleader	02:19
Kings	Switchin`	Switchin'	02:22
Nucleus	Johnny Peace	Johnny Peace b/w Ernie's Gone (picture sleeve)	02:47
Mike Harris	Norwegian Waltz	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:42
Sheila Graham	By the Time I Get to Phoenix	ST	02:43
Haunted	A Message to Pretty	ST	03:07
Hugh Dixon	Delilah	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	03:10
Mantra	Beatrices (D'arcy Draper)	ST	03:15
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	Realize	ST (psych cover)	03:47
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	The Undertaker's Ball	ST	02:54
Sacrifice	The Shining - Sacrifice	The Exorcism	02:46
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Other Half	Thoughts	ST	04:06
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	What's Come Over Me?	"Coming Out"	05:01
Cargo	I Found a Way	Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way	03:13
Mock Duck	Hurt On Me	Test Record	02:48
Nina Dunn	Stay and Dance	If You Want My Love (Do It) b/w Stay and Dance	05:10
Other Half	Travellin Band	ST	03:39
Jeff Moore & Friends	Both Sides (Jeff Moore)	The Youngest Son	02:52
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
Dutch Mason	Lights Are On But Nobody's Home	Half Ain't Been Told	05:41
Glenn Dixon	As Our Days Fly By	Reflections	01:27
Luke Simmons and His Blue Mountain Boys	Howlin' at the Moon	Just Waitin' // Howlin' at the Moon	02:56
Souls of Inspyration	Pursuit	ST	02:45
Brad Richards	Send a Little Love My Way	Right Time for Love	03:48
Liska	Missing You	Cry Out Loud	02:19
Jeremy Dormouse	you can't go back	Toad Rejects	03:47
Brazda Brothers	Civilization	ST	02:56
November Grief	Recuring Nightmares	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	03:04
Walter Boudreau	Imagination	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	08:28
Stompin' Tom Connors	Movin' On to Rouyn	Northland's Own	02:37
Derek Scott Markle	Could it Be	ST	03:03
Riverson	Stoney Day (Brian Edwards, Lisa Eisenhardt (Lisa Hartt))	ST	04:28
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Phil	Phil	03:19
Compilation	Judy Singh - Emily	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:54
Matlows	If You Were Mine	If You Were Mine // Only You	02:17
Jensen Sisters	I Can't Deny	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:56
Echoes and a Dream	Yesterday's Tomorrow	Echoes and a Dream	03:22
Intersystems	Lately	Number One	18:16
May Run	Lay Your Hands	Days Into Years	03:45
David	Descension	ST	03:50
Aftermath	Do You Believe In Magic?	Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny	02:12
Twice Upon a Never	Obladi Oblada	Twice Upon a Never	02:45
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	That's the Way I Like It	"Coming Out"	04:02
Bear Paws	Lady of the Nite	Kitche-Ogamah	03:52
Dutch Mason	Walkin' Blues	Half Ain't Been Told	04:04
A Joint Effort	Molly and Tenbrooks	Final Effort	03:37
Arcade Fire	No Cars Go	ST	06:02
Norris Vines and The Luvlines	Give In	Give In b/w Feel The Warm	02:46
Vicky and the Coins	Bill Bailey	ST	02:15
Bonnie Scots	Lizzie Lindsay	Laugh and Cry	03:33
Stefan Gnys	Evangeline	English Oaks and Evangeline	03:10
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Soul Kitchen	ST	13:55
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	leevin th electrik citee	Sonic Horses I	09:01
Other Half	Swinging Shepherd	ST	02:30
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Let it Be	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	04:08
The Fringe	I Don't Want To Live	Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo	03:52
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Count Baculis	ST	02:14
Athenians of Toronto	Proud Mary	San Skoteiniazei	03:02
Blind Owl	The Old Man	ST	03:33
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Black Knight	Metal Screams	Master of Disaster (EP)	04:28
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited	Design Variations	The Optic Earful	02:56

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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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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