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
Brégent Dans ma maison Poussière Des Regrets
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre my mouths on fire Awake in th Red Desert
Original Bones Rollin' Over ST
Jeremy Dormouse High Flying Bird Toad
Moonstone Hope You Come See ST
Jack London & the Sparrows If You Don't Want My Love ST
Langley Schools Music Project To Know Him is to Love Him Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Canadian Beadles Think I'm Gonna Cry Three Faces North
Marty Gillan Home from the Forest Try A Little Kindness
Skarecrow Bring It On Home to Me Blues...Live at the Explorer
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Grazin' in the Grass Chip Dip
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Media Girl I Want You Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Buck Shots ST
New Creation All is Well Troubled
Ray Griff Curley Canada "My Native Land"
Dutch Mason Walkin' Blues Half Ain't Been Told
Jackie Mittoo Mystic World Stepping Tiger
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Moon Raker James Bond 007
New Reality Moments of Silence Demo Tape
Grimes Sardaukar Levenbrech Geidi Primes
Art Snider "Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show) Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Grimes Rosa Geidi Primes
Liska Coming Home Cry Out Loud
Sedum Shadows Thinking Away Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
No Exit Decisions ST
Jeff Moore & Friends Blind Man (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
Tyrant Hooked On You Hooked On You b/w Carol
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre she's a very good cook Awake in th Red Desert
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never
The Amen Carnivals and Cotton Candy Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus
Reign Ghost Pudsy's Parable Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Live and Let Die James Bond 007
Plateau My Life My Life b/w Under the Big House
Rascalz Buggin' to the Boogie Really Livin'
Bear Paws Kitch-Ogamah Kitche-Ogamah
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
Trevor Dandy When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Ladykiller Ice Woman Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Stompin' Tom Connors Streets of Toronto Northland's Own
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Go Tell it On the Mountain Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Brad Richards Right Time for Love Right Time for Love
Blind Owl Spring Rain ST
Roger Rodier Listen to these chords I play (Celeste) Upon Velveatur
Johnny Teah & The Jubilee Mountain Boys Sad Whistle Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome
Ray Griff D-Dogies Canada "My Native Land"
Jensen Sisters You Walked Into My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Perth County Conspiracy Take Your Time ST
Bear Paws Stand By Me Kitche-Ogamah
Biggy Twiggy Band I Don't Want That to Change Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Hugh Dixon Hugh's Hangout (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
A Joint Effort My Man Final Effort
Royal Family Sometimes Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Destroy the Nihilistic Picnic Invisible Roots
Christmas Sorry I Bore You Victoria ST
David Fromager Radio Madness If What You Said Was True
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Let Him Go ST (psych cover)
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Diamonds Are Forever James Bond 007
David Because I'm Black ST
Langley Schools Music Project Good Vibrations Wix - Brown Elementary School
Hugh Dixon Saints Go Marching Inn The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
King Herbert And the Knights Sing a Simple Song With Jack Harden
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
The Amen Peter Zeus Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus
Riverson Clear Night (Rayburn Blake) ST
Willie Dunn Walking Eagle Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Barbara Gryfe One Child What the World Needs Now
Bear Paws Lady of the Nite Kitche-Ogamah
Northwest Company Hard to Cry Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All
John Palmer The Wheel Shorelines
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Biggy Twiggy Band Mama Won't Let You Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Benge Money Man Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre its raining all ovr th citee Sonic Horses I
Spring Fever Oh Baby Hold Me Woodstock
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Time is of the Essence Invisible Roots
Walter Boudreau Synchronisation II Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Jeremy Dormouse Suzanne Toad
Langley Schools Music Project Riannon Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Liska Weekday Mother Cry Out Loud
David Wiffen Abilene Live at the Bunkhouse
Haunted Twist ST
Jeremy Dormouse hesitation blues Toad Rejects
Jerry Palmer Got a Love String of Hits
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Chiliwack Year Zero
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Goldfinger James Bond 007
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Grimes Beast Infection Geidi Primes
No Exit Decisions ST
Michael-Jon Rosenberg What a Lovely Place to be Buried ST
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Tooth Decay Commercials For Free (EP)
John Palmer Better Later Than Never Shorelines
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Dreams in Fall ST
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Christmas Your Humble Suitor ST
Trevor Dandy Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
A Joint Effort Hitchhikers Dream Final Effort
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) State Of The Art Year Zero

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

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

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