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
Rock-a-tunes Maria Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Langley Schools Music Project Space Oddity Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Michael-Jon Rosenberg What a Lovely Place to be Buried ST
Trevor Dandy Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
Brégent Le chien Poussière Des Regrets
British North American Act All the World is In Your Eyes In the Beginning
Jerry Palmer Gotta Learn to Twist String of Hits
Mystique No Return Black Rider
Robert Armes Bobcaygeon Songs for Icarus
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Chantettes Advertisement Song Remember.....
Jensen Sisters You Lit the Fire (I Want Only You) Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Skarecrow Standin' by the Keyhole Blues...Live at the Explorer
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) State Of The Art Year Zero
Opposite Land of 1000 Dances Help Us Make It
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Thornton Rogers J. Out in the West Out in the West b/w The Blues
Barbara Gryfe Jerusalem of Gold What the World Needs Now
King Herbert And the Knights You Make Me So Very Happy With Jack Harden
Chantettes This Land is Your Land Remember.....
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Stompin' Tom Connors Luke's Guitar The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Jeremy Dormouse Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy Toad
Ronney Mitchell Good Luck Charm - She's Not You The Five Man Cargo
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Don Carrington Trio MacArthur Park Makin' It Happen
Dolores Claman Western Panorama Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Art Snider Lara's Theme Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Ronney Mitchell Tonight My Love, Tonight The Five Man Cargo
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
Langley Schools Music Project The Long and Winding Road Wix - Brown Elementary School
Canadian Beadles Lonely Blue Boy Three Faces North
Jeremy Dormouse what joy - what bliss Toad Rejects
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Mantra Stay (D'arcy Draper) ST
Jeremy Dormouse rollin' again Toad Rejects
Joni Mitchell Be Cool Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Snowfall Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Rock-a-tunes You're Some Kind of Nice Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Gargoyle Brian Dunfield - Too Late ST
Nihilist Spasm Band Oh Brian Dibb No Record
David Cup of Tea ST
R. Taylor Dean My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
David Little Boys ST
Tex Lecor Ti-bicycle Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Medium I'll Love Everyone at Last ST
Jerry Palmer Walking Home String of Hits
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre she's a very good cook Awake in th Red Desert
Stompin' Tom Connors The World Goes Round (Expo 67 Montreal) Northland's Own
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 2 B.C. Centennial Song
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 1 B.C. Centennial Song
Other Half Evil Ways ST
Adanac Reply What Would It Be Like? What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
The Organization I Believe in Music ST
Skarecrow I Got to Have It Blues...Live at the Explorer
Lewis Baloue Let's Fall in Love Tonight L'amour
Cargo Talk With Us Front Side, Back Side
Adanac Reply The Other One What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Circle C Burn Burn (promo)
Plastic Cloud Bridge Under the Sky ST
The Shouter's In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
VXN The Magic’s in Your Hands ST
No Exit Decisions ST
Grimes Beast Infection Geidi Primes
EQ Serious Swellsville
Vic Vogel Quiet Nights Montreal Bandleader
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Mantra Simple Joys (D'arcy Draper) ST
Spring Fever Woodstock (Joni Mitchell) Woodstock
Story Structure I Told You (Extended Mix) I Told You
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre all th brite eyez deep in the rivr bed Sonic Horses I
Trooper 3 Dressed Up as a 9 3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Mike Harris Country Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Song The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Glenn Dixon As Our Days Fly By Reflections
Platinum Blonde No Regrets Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets
Robert Armes 2-2 Blues Songs for Icarus
Pat's People Changes Today
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als Beach Rat Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Ray Griff The Last of the Winfield Amateurs Canada "My Native Land"
Jim Brown Roy Cooper - Prelude to 1984 The First See Hear
A Joint Effort Molly and Tenbrooks Final Effort
Skarecrow Wine Wine Wine Blues...Live at the Explorer
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Spring You Were Blind Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Twice Upon a Never Butterfly of Love Twice Upon a Never
Mock Duck Home Made Jam Test Record
Jerry Palmer Oh, Lucky Me String of Hits
Sheila Graham 24 Hours of Loneliness ST
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Piano Piano ST (psych cover)
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Dr. No James Bond 007
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Cargo Black Window Front Side, Back Side
Bear Paws House of the Rising Sun Kitche-Ogamah
Phillip Werren Dance Music II Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Humble Sponge Barabbas Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
Opposite Ebony Eyes Help Us Make It
Sound Sett Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967

FEATURED

Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Gerry Fiander - So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Moonstone - ST

Winnipeg, Manitoba

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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New Creation - Troubled

Coquitlam, British Columbia

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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Perth County Conspiracy - ST

Stratford, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

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Kings - Switchin'

Vancouver, British Columbia; Oakville, Ontario

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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

Barrie, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Joker's Memory - ST

Ottawa, Ontario

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

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Bent Wind - Sussex

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Jim Brown - The First See Hear

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra - James Bond 007

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Reign Ghost - ST

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Philadelphia, USA → Florida, USA → Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

French Fried Freedom

Teenage Head (8)

Teenage Head (7)

Teenage Head (6)

Teenage Head (5)

Teenage Head (4)

Teenage Head (3)

Teenage Head (2)

Teenage Head (1)

Lorne Ranger

So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)

ST

Motherlove

Troubled

Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Mannequin Demo

Boys Brigade

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

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