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
Ronney Mitchell It's Your Thing The Five Man Cargo
Derek Scott Markle Livin' Love ST
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Jarvis Street Revue Mr. Business Man Mr. Oil Man
Bent Wind Goin' to the City Sussex
Athenians of Toronto Opi Aniko San Skoteiniazei
Sheila Graham By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
Ardels I'll Go Crazy Rhythm & Blues
Trevor Dandy Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Walkin' the Dog Chip Dip
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre mountain lake Sonic Horses I
Ray Griff Jimmy, Luke and Me Canada "My Native Land"
Souls of Inspyration Stranger ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra The Spy Who Loved Me James Bond 007
Jeremy Dormouse I Need a Friend Toad
Jeremy Dormouse Who Do You Love Toad
Chantettes Un Canadian Errant Remember.....
Braineaters Closet Case Planet X
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Here Is Year Zero
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Someone Think Home Grown Stuff
Other Half Warm Summer's Night ST
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Teaser Royal American 20th Century Blues
Perth County Conspiracy Woman for All Seasons ST
Blind Owl Open Your Window ST
Catseye River Catseye
Trooper Mr. Big 3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)
Ray Griff The Last of the Winfield Amateurs Canada "My Native Land"
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Garden Bower This Woman (live) Etc. w/ Trains
Pat's People Less of Me Today
Sheila Graham Without You ST
Huckle Minstrel Song Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Moonstone Black Blind Light ST
No Exit Parliament Swindle ST
Jeremy Dormouse Baby Blue Toad
Billy O'Boie and the Country Jewels I Love My Gal I Love My Gal b/w Little Rosa (picture sleeve)
Brad Richards Right Time for Love Right Time for Love
Chessmen Meadowlands Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Compilation David Foster - Listen to Daddy Unselfconsciously Canadian
Marty Gillan Raindrops Keep Fallin' Try A Little Kindness
Catseye Rhythms of an Empty Room Catseye
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre yu seem to be apeering to follo sum distant star Sonic Horses I
Vicky and the Coins Five Foot Two ST
Marty Gillan You've Made Me So Very Happy Try A Little Kindness
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Country Cooking Phil
Chantettes Jamaica Farewell Remember.....
Jackie Mittoo Harder than the Rest Stepping Tiger
Cargo Alisa Front Side, Back Side
Spring Fever Mama, What About Your Daughter Woodstock
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
John Greenwood Mother's Day Love My Sailboat and Me
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Mike Harris Patty the Coon Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Bear Paws House of the Rising Sun Kitche-Ogamah
Hank Snow I Don't Hurt Anymore Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)
Humble Sponge Lady Is Love Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
Intersystems Lately Number One
Mantra Stay (D'arcy Draper) ST
Joe College & the Rulers It Ain't Allright (With Me) It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre an ode to d a levy Awake in th Red Desert
Spring Fever She Taught My Katie Woodstock
Spring Fever She Moves Me Woodstock
Vicky and the Coins Bill Bailey ST
Stompin' Connors Tom The Northern Gentleman Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman
Cargo Rural Route One Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
Lewis Baloue So Be in Love With Me Romantic Times
EQ Help a Bruva Out Swellsville
Jensen Sisters Do What Makes You Happy Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Other Half In Passing ST
Gargoyle Ian Young - Child of the Sea ST
Jensen Sisters I'm Gonna Love You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Ray Griff Mama, This One's for You Canada "My Native Land"
Roger Rodier You don't know what it's like Upon Velveatur
Gordon Lightfoot Talking Freight Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)
November Grief Recuring Nightmares To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Moosetracks Sophie ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra James Bond Theme James Bond 007
Black Knight Aaraigathor (Metal Anthem) Master of Disaster (EP)
Joy Ready to Move Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Ardels Lonely Hours Rhythm & Blues
Lewis Baloue Even Rainbows Turn Blue L'amour
Ray Griff Canada Canada "My Native Land"
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Smokestack Lightning ST
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Good Morning Blues ST
Brégent Le chien Poussière Des Regrets
Trevor Dandy Is There Any Love? Don't Cry Little Tree
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Catseye I Met a Girl Out in the Country Catseye
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
Rockadrome T.O. Town Royal American 20th Century Blues
Willie Dunn Ballad of a Metis Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Trevor Dandy It's a Long Journey Don't Cry Little Tree
Jeremy Dormouse Just to Hear the Bells Toad
Barbara Gryfe One Child What the World Needs Now
King Beezz She Belongs to Me Gloria b/w She Belongs to Me
Skeptical Eye Sad Jazz The Devil's Playground
Liska Rose Cry Out Loud
Mike Harris Norwegian Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)

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

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

1987-05-24_Sacrifice + Ablaze + Faulkwolf_Bathurst Theatre (Toronto)_orange original flyer reduced

ST

ST

Glenn-Copeland, Beverly

Sussex

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

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Crash & Burn, TORONTO, Canada. July 22 and 23, 1977. Not one, but two big nights.

February 22, 1976 we headed across the street from Steve Park's house on Forsyth St. North in HAMILTON, and into what is now called The McMaster Children's Hospital, for our first photo shoot.

It was never really a great shot, but so far it's the only picture we have of our first gig, October 17, 1975. This one came from the Westdale High School year book, which is where we played, in the "new" cafeteria they built on the ground floor courtyard

September 8, 1977 starting the new school year out in Scarberia with TEENAGE HEAD at Centennial College

Lucio Agostini - Once Upon a Hundred Years

Mutual Understanding

In Wonderland

Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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