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
EQ Step Up Swellsville
Papa Bears Medicine Show Wait and See ST
Sound Sett Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Golden Earrings Nothing Much My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Jensen Sisters Dancin' in the Autumn Breeze Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Gargoyle Ian Young - Child of the Sea ST
Lewis Baloue Summer's Moon L'amour
Sheila Graham The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart ST
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
Stephanie Taylor Working on a Groove Thing "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Mike Harris Patty the Coon Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre its raining all ovr th citee Sonic Horses I
Huckle Get Down Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
VXN Just a Game ST
Jeremy Dormouse Young Face Toad
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Urine Trouble Year Zero
Ray Griff Mama, This One's for You Canada "My Native Land"
Compilation Stampeders - You Never Know Until You Try International Master Discovery Records
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Georges Leningrad Bad smells Made In Taiwan
Barbara Gryfe Who Am I What the World Needs Now
September (1) Blue Lady Blue Lady b/w Celebration
Barbara Gryfe What the World Needs Now What the World Needs Now
Gargoyle Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You ST
David Wiffen You Don't Know My Mind Live at the Bunkhouse
Lewis Baloue As the Boats Go By Romantic Times
Chantettes Come and Go With Me Remember.....
David Hey Jude ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Someone Think Home Grown Stuff
Marty Gillan She's a Woman (Terry Frewer) Try A Little Kindness
British North American Act The World Would Understand In the Beginning
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Story Structure I Told You (Extended Mix) I Told You
Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels Dog Food Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)
Haggath I Bought Remington Rehearsal 1985-03-11
Moonstone Cointreau ST
Don Carrington Trio Breaking Up is Hard to Do Makin' It Happen
Jerry Palmer Sweet Lorene String of Hits
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Stage 3: Bossanova The Optic Earful
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Teenage Time
Grimes Rosa Geidi Primes
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Groovin ST
Moosetracks Sophie ST
Roger Rodier Just fine Upon Velveatur
Medium The Mouse ST
Twice Upon a Never California Dreamin' Twice Upon a Never
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra You Only Live Twice James Bond 007
Les 409 Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre leevin th electrik citee (2) Sonic Horses I
Perth County Conspiracy Mr. Truthful Licks ST
Barbara Gryfe Evening of Roses What the World Needs Now
Barbara Gryfe People (Lovers) Such As What the World Needs Now
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
Riverson Stoney Day (Brian Edwards, Lisa Eisenhardt (Lisa Hartt)) ST
New Creation Sodom and Gomorrah Troubled
David Fromager Innocent Times If What You Said Was True
Sound Sett She Ain't No Use to Me (Dave Bingham & Roger Mayne, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Song The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als I'm Happy Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Barry Ennis Mountain of Ice Mountain of Ice b/w School Days
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal West The Montreal Scene
The Mix Maybe (Face To The Wall) Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)
Huckle Lady Goldberry Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Langley Schools Music Project Calling Occupants Wix - Brown Elementary School
Plastic Cloud Art's a Happy Man ST
Skarecrow Ballad of Glen & Trevor Blues...Live at the Explorer
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Original Bones Friend of the Devil ST
Adanac Reply The Other One What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Ladykiller Still Madly in Love Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Brazda Brothers Nature ST
Barbara Gryfe One Child What the World Needs Now
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Chiliwack Year Zero
Walter Boudreau Danse Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Pat's People We Shall Overcome Today
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Nothing Beautiful ST
Art Snider It Was a Very Good Year Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Ted Daigle Young & Beautiful Teenage Time
David Fromager Country Boy's Memories If What You Said Was True
Blind Owl The Old Man ST
Barbara Gryfe Reunion With the Reserves What the World Needs Now
Reign Ghost Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy ST
Moonstone Top Heavy ST
Mike Harris Golden Slippers Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Michel & the French Canadians Cause I Believe Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Riverson Between the Lines (Brian Edwards) ST
Mike Harris Orange Blossom Special Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Hugh Dixon Delilah The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Robert Armes Epilogue Songs for Icarus
EQ Serious Swellsville
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Don't Despair ST
Threads Of Fybre Mama Mama b/w Believe Me
Gentlemen of Horror Rich Kids ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Jackie Mittoo Mystic World Stepping Tiger
Rockadrome There You Go Again Royal American 20th Century Blues
Pat's People Changes Today
Catseye I Met a Girl Out in the Country Catseye

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