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.

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
Huckle Beyonder Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Agostini, Lucio Centennial Caravan Once Upon a Hundred Years
Mitchell, Ronney Quando Quando The Five Man Cargo
Pat's People Michael Today
Fringe, The Inside Lookin' Out Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Moonstone Relative Hoak ST
No Exit Decisions ST
Bear Paws All for the Love a Girl Kitche-Ogamah
Scott Markle, Derek Daddy's 100 Proof ST
Griff, Ray Mama, This One's for You Canada "My Native Land"
Bear Paws Can't You See Kitche-Ogamah
Teenage Head Tearin' Me Apart Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Greenwood, John Give Us Love My Sailboat and Me
Young, Neil My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)
David Take My Hand ST
Bloodstone Toronto Toronto b/w I'm Your Man
British North American Act See How Free In the Beginning
Lightfoot, Gordon Steel Rail Blues Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)
Gillan, Marty Colours Try A Little Kindness
Fromager, David Country Boy's Memories If What You Said Was True
Bear Paws Lady of the Nite Kitche-Ogamah
Christmas Your Humble Suitor ST
Moonstone Black Blind Light ST
New Creation Eternity Ahead Troubled
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Twice Upon a Never Butterfly of Love Twice Upon a Never
Reign Ghost Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy ST
Other Half Summertime ST
Twice Upon a Never Turtle Dove Twice Upon a Never
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Taylor, Stephanie I Don't Know Where I Stand (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Carrington, Don Trio Make Me Smile Makin' It Happen
Tyrant Hooked On You Hooked On You b/w Carol
Taylor, R. Dean Poor Girl My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
Humble Sponge Barabbas Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon The High ST
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Sound Sett Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Plateau Mambo ST
Papa Bears Medicine Show O.K. ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra The Spy Who Loved Me James Bond 007
Bent Wind Hate Sussex
Pat's People What Have They Done to the Rain Today
Agostini, Lucio Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme) Once Upon a Hundred Years
Rodier, Roger Am I supposed to let it by again Upon Velveatur
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding Silent Night Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Liska Weekday Mother Cry Out Loud
Bear Paws Devil Is On the Run Kitche-Ogamah
Emtidi Saat Saat
Brazda Brothers My Little Girl ST
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Piano Piano ST (psych cover)
Martin, Billy It's Your Life Strawberry Soul
Armes, Robert Woman in Toronto Songs for Icarus
King Herbert And the Knights Let's Get Together With Jack Harden
Compilation Judy Singh - Emily Unselfconsciously Canadian
Golden Earrings My Situation My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Dandy, Trevor Is There Any Love? Don't Cry Little Tree
No Exit Parliament Swindle ST
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3 B.C. Centennial Song
Pepper Tree Man of Gold Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Legacy Gimme My Drugs Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs
EQ Come Alive Swellsville
Wiffen, David Don't Think Twice Live at the Bunkhouse
Grimes Shadout Mapes Geidi Primes
Canadian Beadles Funny Feeling Three Faces North
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Duet: Photomodifications The Optic Earful
Bent Wind Touch of Red Sussex
Armes, Robert Someday Songs for Icarus
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Country Four Blues Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Bishop, Randy Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning I Sing A Soft Song
Nerve Preludes Penchant b/w Preludes
Organization, The Together Forever ST
Garden Bower Gord’s Dream Etc. w/ Trains
Connors, Stompin' Tom Algoma Central No. 69 Northland's Own
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Doctor Norman Bethune ST
Gnys, Stefan Another Time Another Place English Oaks and Evangeline
Mitchell, Ronney Fools Rush in The Five Man Cargo
Rock-a-tunes Maria Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Original Bones The Verses of the Fool ST
Boudreau, Walter Passion Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Elevated Platform Home Grown Stuff
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Reign Ghost More Than I Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Snider, Art Silly Jilly Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Fromager, David Nicky If What You Said Was True
Wiffen, David You Don't Know My Mind Live at the Bunkhouse
Greenwood, John Blessed My Sailboat and Me
Palmer, John The Wheel Shorelines
Opposite One Night Help Us Make It
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
David House of the Rising Sun ST
Bloodstone I'm Your Man Toronto b/w I'm Your Man
Rascalz Nothin' But a Rascal Really Livin'
Gargoyle Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) ST
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Griff, Ray Our Country Canada "My Native Land"
Graham, Sheila Gentle On My Mind ST
Dixon, Glenn One By One Reflections
Strange Movies What A Drag (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag

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