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
Skarecrow Wine Wine Wine Blues...Live at the Explorer
A Joint Effort Bus Song Final Effort
High Park Let Go the Lifeline Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
David Wiffen Times are Getting' Hard Live at the Bunkhouse
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey #2 Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Destroy the Nihilistic Picnic Invisible Roots
King Herbert And the Knights Sing a Simple Song With Jack Harden
Cyrus Eden You Came For Me First Offense (EP)
Dutch Mason Gonna Move to the Country Half Ain't Been Told
The Haunted 1-2-5 ST
Pat's People Dona Dona Today
Stompin' Tom Connors Movin' On to Rouyn Northland's Own
Stompin' Tom Connors The World Goes Round (Expo 67 Montreal) Northland's Own
Arcade Fire The Woodland National Anthem ST
Jeremy Dormouse the immortal st. canthor Toad Rejects
Spring Fever Mama, What About Your Daughter Woodstock
Nomads Four Be On Your Way Be On Your Way b/w Come On Home
Art Snider Silly Jilly Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 3) (Dick Kelder) ST
David Wiffen You Don't Know My Mind Live at the Bunkhouse
Jim Brown Lionel Kearns - Transport The First See Hear
Dutch Mason Lights Are On But Nobody's Home Half Ain't Been Told
Golden Earrings Nothing Much My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Bear Paws Season of the Wind Kitche-Ogamah
Jack London & the Sparrows Glad to Be With You ST
The Organization Who Ever Finds This ST
Emtidi Love Time Rain Saat
David Fromager Radio Madness If What You Said Was True
Arcade Fire My Heart is an Apple ST
Stompin' Tom Connors The Flyin' C.P.R. Northland's Own
The Organization Out in the Country ST
Jeremy Dormouse Portrait for Marianne Toad
Cargo Dubious Front Side, Back Side
Sheila Graham By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
Stompin' Tom Connors The Northern Gentleman Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman
The Organization Pretty City Lady ST
David Never Been In Love ST
Ardels Theme Rhythm & Blues
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre fading era Sonic Horses I
Sweet Somethings The Wedding hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Sheila Graham Straight Life ST
Original Bones Rollin' Over ST
Huckle April Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
The Fringe Inside Lookin' Out Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Huckle High For Sky Wild Blue Yonder
Sacrifice Beyond Death The Exorcism
Huckle Wild Blue Yonder Wild Blue Yonder
Pepper Tree Man of Gold Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Compilation Shades of Blond - All Your Love International Master Discovery Records
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Smokestack Lightning ST
Boys Brigade Shadows Mannequin Demo
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
British North American Act Only a Dream In the Beginning
Lord Ryur Pact With The Sinner Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Huckle Ocean Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Langley Schools Music Project Mandy Wix - Brown Elementary School
Twice Upon a Never Come the Day Twice Upon a Never
Plastic Cloud Face Behind the Sun ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Jazz Compo No. 2 "The Beak" ST
Jerry Palmer Sweet Lorene String of Hits
Gentlemen of Horror Overhead Projector ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Skarecrow Ballad of Glen & Trevor Blues...Live at the Explorer
Twice Upon a Never Go Where You Go Twice Upon a Never
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Raphaels I Change My Mind Someday b/w I Change My Mind
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Canadian Beadles Lonely Blue Boy Three Faces North
November Grief Psychotopsy To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Huckle I Surrender Wild Blue Yonder
Lewis Baloue Don't Stop It Now Romantic Times
Jeremy Dormouse Just to Hear the Bells Toad
Jackie Mittoo Sugar Jar Stepping Tiger
Strange Movies (I Can) Feel It Coming (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Plateau Mambo ST
Bear Paws Stand By Me Kitche-Ogamah
May Run The Promise Days Into Years
Huckle Rolling River Wild Blue Yonder
Ted Daigle Ruby Ruby b/w When You Said You All
Derek Scott Markle Southern Lady ST
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face Unselfconsciously Canadian
Dis Band Hesitation Gone Dead Out
Riverson Empty Sky (Brian Edwards - Rayburn Blake) ST
Huckle Gather The Children Wild Blue Yonder
David Wiffen Slice of Life Live at the Bunkhouse
Sound Sett Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) 1966-1967
Dis Band Opening Interview Gone Dead Out
Ellison Freedom (Vincent Marandola) ST
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Spring Fever I Just Want to Make Love to You Woodstock
Clymaxe Walkin' Blues R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues
New Creation Sodom and Gomorrah Troubled
Ardels Night Time is the Right Time Rhythm & Blues
Roger Rodier Am I supposed to let it by again Upon Velveatur
Moonstone Focus ST
Walter Boudreau Passion Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Cargo Talk With Us Front Side, Back Side

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