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
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone That's the Way I Like It "Coming Out"
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Gentlemen of Horror God Knows you by Name Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Pat's People What Have They Done to the Rain Today
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Plateau Mambo ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook & Sling Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Garden Bower Gord’s Dream Etc. w/ Trains
Twice Upon a Never Last Thing On My Mind Twice Upon a Never
Skarecrow Standin' by the Keyhole Blues...Live at the Explorer
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 1 B.C. Centennial Song
Ronney Mitchell Tonight My Love, Tonight The Five Man Cargo
Pat's People Our Father Today
Moosetracks Judith Wills ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Broadway Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Mock Duck Sitting on Top of the World Test Record
Stormbringer The Curse The Curse b/w Evil Mind
Moonstone Finas Birthday Song ST
David Wiffen Blue Live at the Bunkhouse
John Greenwood The Princess My Sailboat and Me
Trevor Dandy Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
The Shouter's In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
Stompin' Tom Connors The Birth of the New Dragon Mine The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Ray Griff Jacket River Canada "My Native Land"
David Wiffen Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
Jensen Sisters I Want to Give You My Love Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Art Snider Edelweiss Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Symphony #1 In A, B, C, D, etc. The Optic Earful
Jeremy Dormouse freight train Toad Rejects
Sheila Graham Aquarius ST
Laurie Ingalls Devil's Daughter Cheap Champagne
Terry & The Pyrates Keep On Dancin' Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone
Souls of Inspyration Eyes of Nature ST
Ronney Mitchell Welcome to the Country The Five Man Cargo
Twice Upon a Never Come the Day Twice Upon a Never
Ardels Linda Lou Rhythm & Blues
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Five Man Cargo Memories Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau I'm Not Guilty ST (psych cover)
Royal Family Sometimes Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Laurie Ingalls Cheap Champagne Cheap Champagne
Mike Harris Chinese Breakdown Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
The Nerve Penchant Penchant b/w Preludes
Ray Griff My Rocky Mountain Home Canada "My Native Land"
Laurie Ingalls Ballad of an Outlaw Cheap Champagne
Biggy Twiggy Band Mama Won't Let You Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Jerry Palmer Party Pooper String of Hits
New Creation Songs to Sing Troubled
VXN Just a Game ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Dr. No James Bond 007
Cargo I Found a Way Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
Sedum Shadows Thinking Away Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Langley Schools Music Project Your Sixteen Wix - Brown Elementary School
Trevor Dandy It's a Long Journey Don't Cry Little Tree
Haggath Evil Transitions Rehearsal 1985-09
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet #2 Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Only Takes a Minute "Coming Out"
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone What's Come Over Me? "Coming Out"
Something Evil The Great Winnipeg Riot Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot
Mystique No Return Black Rider
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 1) (Dick Kelder) ST
Bonnie Scots This Land Is Your Land Laugh and Cry
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Jim Brown Wayne Carr - Timbral Changes The First See Hear
Grimes Caladan Geidi Primes
May Run Up Where Dreams Begin Days Into Years
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Tribute to Pretty Maidens Prayer Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Hugh Dixon Hugh's Hangout (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang James Bond 007
Blind Owl Some Tears You Have To Cry ST
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Doctor Norman Bethune ST
Cyrus Eden Wasteland First Offense (EP)
Mantra Dick's Song (Dick Kelder) ST
Robert Armes Bobcaygeon Songs for Icarus
Bent Wind Hate Sussex
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Café Symphony ST
Rockadrome Good Dream Royal American 20th Century Blues
Billy Martin Egg Roll Strawberry Soul
Stephanie Taylor Long and Winding Road "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
New Day Gotta Spread Some Love Around They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around
David Wiffen Since I Fell For You Live at the Bunkhouse
Jeremy Dormouse birds of joy Toad Rejects
Don Carrington Trio Higher Makin' It Happen
VXN The Magic’s in Your Hands ST
A Joint Effort Molly and Tenbrooks Final Effort
Dis Band Dead Brezhnev's - I'm Not in Love Gone Dead Out
The Fringe Inside Lookin' Out Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Sheila Graham By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
Chantettes Wayward Wind Remember.....
Gentlemen of Horror God Knows you by Name ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre th deacon bros in barbados Awake in th Red Desert
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Canadian Beadles Steady Guy Three Faces North
Lewis Baloue Romance For Two L'amour
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Elevated Platform Home Grown Stuff
Rascalz Really Livin' Really Livin'
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Arcade Fire Old Flame ST
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never

Ready to Rock b/w (with Gerry Fiander)

Gerry Fiander with Elvis Presley (History Van R&R Vol 1)

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison / Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)

Gone Dead Out

Dis Band

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out CASSETTE 02

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out CASSETTE 01

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out BACK

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out FRONT FOLDOUT

My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)

ST

Cybernaut b/w Mean Lady

Shakey Ground b/w Feelings

45-Hi Octane Band - Shakey Ground VINYL 02

Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

45-Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path VINYL 02

ST

ST

Minutes From Downtown '82

Minutes From Downtown

CASSETTE - Minutes From Downtown - ST DEMO FRONT

Wheeeee! Demo

Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

ST

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

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