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.

Young, Neil - After the Gold Rush (red text label)

Toronto, Ontario - Winnipeg, Manitoba

FEATURED

Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers - The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope

Cheraw, South Carolina, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦 → Durham, North Carolina, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Brazda Brothers - ST

Slovakia → Galt, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding - Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Biggy Twiggy Band - Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change

Calgary, Alberta

Moosetracks - ST

Peterborough, Ontario

FEATURED

Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre - Sonic Horses I

Halifax, Nova Scotia - Vancouver, British Columbia

FEATURED

Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) - Year Zero

Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Tyrant - Hooked On You b/w Carol

Sudbury, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Taylor, R. Dean - My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Morissette, Alanis - Fate Stay With Me (picture disc)

Ottawa, Ontario

FEATURED

Expedition to Earth - Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Sweet Somethings - hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Bear Paws - Kitche-Ogamah

Sandy Lake First Nation, Ontario

FEATURED

Dixon, Hugh - Guitar Solo (acetate)

Lachine, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cargo - Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing

Toronto, Ontario

FEATURED

Five Man Cargo - Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Kozak, Joe - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

David - ST

Toronto, Ontario

Walton, Dennis - Sweeter Love

Toronto, Ontario

FEATURED

Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Vancouver, British Columbia

FEATURED

Connors, Stompin' Tom - Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman

Saint John, New Brunswick - Skinner's Pond, Prince Edward Island, 🇨🇦

Stormbringer - The Curse b/w Evil Mind

Montréal, Québec

FEATURED

Sugluk - Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)

Sugluk, Québec

FEATURED

New Reality - Demo Tape

🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jensen Sisters - Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze

🇨🇦 - Covina, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Hi-Fives - Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle - ST

Bois-Des-Filion, Québec

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - ST

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Bent Wind - Sussex - Vinyl Side 2

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Reaction

Black Knight - Master of Disaster

George Cook - Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley

Rockadrome - Royal American 20th Century Blues BACK

Moonstone - ST

Sweet Somethings - hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'

Siggy Magic & the Hey Ho Band - Commercials For Free (EP)

Frankie

Stephanie Taylor - "I Don't Know Where I Stand"

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

David

Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 02

Bob Bryden

Plastic Cloud - ST

Les 409 acetate label one-of-a-kind garage artifact

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - Coming Out

Joker's Memory - ST

Ablaze - Psychopath b/w Sadistic Dream

Hank Snow - Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)

Phillip Werren - Electronic Music (1968-1971)

Squires - The Sultan b/w Aurora

Natalie Pollock & John Turner

Michel & the French Canadians - Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Little Pony Home Grown Stuff
409, Les They Say They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
Canadian Beadles Fool of the Year Three Faces North
Opposite Oh Mamy Blue Help Us Make It
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre leevin th electrik citee Sonic Horses I
Langley Schools Music Project God Only Knows Wix - Brown Elementary School
Mantra Dick's Song (Dick Kelder) ST
Cargo Say Goodbye Front Side, Back Side
Werren, Phillip Dance Music II Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 3) (Dick Kelder) ST
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Birth of the New Dragon Mine The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Nihilist Spasm Band Dog Face Man No Record
Harris, Mike Golden Slippers Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Griff, Ray D-Dogies Canada "My Native Land"
Dixon, Hugh Chopin's Nocturne The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Reign Ghost Curio Shop ST
Black Knight Metal Screams Master of Disaster (EP)
Griff, Ray Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Piano Piano ST (psych cover)
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part One ST
Palmer, Jerry Love's Come to Me String of Hits
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre and th green wind Awake in th Red Desert
Rodier, Roger Let's see some happyness Upon Velveatur
Sound Sett I Need You (Everybody Needs Somebody) 1966-1967
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Northwest Company Get Away From it All Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All
Vicky and the Coins When the Saints Go Marching In ST
Jeremy Dormouse you can't go back Toad Rejects
Moosetracks Lest We Forget ST
Jeremy Dormouse freight train Toad Rejects
Ladykiller Still Madly in Love Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Palmer, Jerry Come Along With Me String of Hits
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre yu sing Awake in th Red Desert
Arcade Fire Old Flame ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Elevated Platform Home Grown Stuff
Medium Give Me a Peace ST
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Comin' Home Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Gentlemen of Horror Rich Kids Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre yu seem to be apeering to follo sum distant star Sonic Horses I
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre o a b a Awake in th Red Desert
British North American Act I'll Find a Way In the Beginning
No Exit Decisions ST
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud
Gillan, Marty You've Made Me So Very Happy Try A Little Kindness
Rockadrome Thirteen Miles Down Royal American 20th Century Blues
Compilation Stampeders - You Never Know Until You Try International Master Discovery Records
Palmer, Jerry Sweet Lorene String of Hits
Uncertain Land of 1000 Dances Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Funny Feeling Home Grown Stuff
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon Dreams in Fall ST
Boudreau, Walter Synchronisation II Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Canadian Beadles Lonely Blue Boy Three Faces North
Palmer, John Solitude Shorelines
Connors, Stompin' Tom The World Goes Round (Expo 67 Montreal) Northland's Own
Palmer, Jerry Party Pooper String of Hits
Fringe, The Flower Generation Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Huckle Wild Blue Yonder Wild Blue Yonder
Spring You Were Blind Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Moonstone Black Blind Light ST
Nerve Odd Fellows - Mr. Handshake (1982) (unreleased) Penchant b/w Preludes
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Tooth Decay Commercials For Free (EP)
Royal Family Solitude Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Brazda Brothers My Little Girl ST
Braineaters Johnny Planet X
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Mitchell, Joni Wild Things Run Fast Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
EQ Let it be Known Swellsville
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Times are Changing Home Grown Stuff
Emtidi Touch The Sun Saat
Spring Fever Spring Fever Woodstock
Organization, The Superstar ST
Stormbringer The Curse The Curse b/w Evil Mind
409, Les They Say They Say b/w Born in Chicago
Chessmen Mustang Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Shouter's, The In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
King Herbert And the Knights Sissy Strut With Jack Harden
Gillan, Marty Raindrops Keep Fallin' Try A Little Kindness
Ardels Alley Oop Rhythm & Blues
Mystique No Return Black Rider
Wiffen, David Abilene Live at the Bunkhouse
Moonstone Focus ST
Palmer, Jerry Got a Love String of Hits
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Georges Leningrad Main name est Eva Braun Made In Taiwan
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Time is of the Essence Invisible Roots
Organization, The Who Ever Finds This ST
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre boomerang th floating oranges Sonic Horses I
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey #2 Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Goldfinger James Bond 007
Greenwood, John Blessed My Sailboat and Me
Dunn, Willie Ballad of a Pavillion Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Chiliwack Year Zero
Ennis, Barry Mountain of Ice Mountain of Ice b/w School Days
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre gold minrs Sonic Horses I
London, Jack & the Sparrows Sparrows and Daisies ST
Opposite Baby Why Help Us Make It
Canadian Beadles Think I'm Gonna Cry Three Faces North
Papa Bears Medicine Show Golden Girl ST

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