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	Length
A Joint Effort	My Man	Final Effort	03:11
Lewis Baloue	My Whole Life	L'amour	02:20
Terry & The Pyrates	Someone	Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone	04:15
Roger Rodier	The Key	Upon Velveatur	04:01
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Style 386	Year Zero	02:17
Jerry Palmer	Party Pooper	String of Hits	01:58
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	mountain lake	Sonic Horses I	03:37
The Haunted	Searching For My Baby	ST	03:03
Twice Upon a Never	Obladi Oblada	Twice Upon a Never	02:45
Blind Owl	Spring Rain	ST	05:05
Opposite	Don't Say I Love You	Help Us Make It	03:02
B.C. Centennial Spots	B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 2	B.C. Centennial Song	01:17
Mantra	San Francisco Morning (D'arcy Draper)	ST	03:17
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
David Fromager	Country Boy's Memories	If What You Said Was True	04:35
Ardels	Theme	Rhythm & Blues	03:20
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited	Design Variations	The Optic Earful	02:56
New Creation	Dig! (The Origin of Man)	Troubled	02:59
No Exit	Energy Crisis	ST	01:40
EQ	Freestyle	Swellsville	04:33
Mike Harris	Wednesday Night Waltz	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	03:47
Huckle	Hello Sunshine	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	02:27
Ronney Mitchell	Tonight My Love, Tonight	The Five Man Cargo	02:09
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	What a Lovely Place to be Buried	ST	03:09
Reign Ghost	Pudsy's Parable	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	02:13
Skarecrow	Wee Wee Baby	Blues...Live at the Explorer	04:00
VXN	Just a Game	ST	04:29
Two Tones	Kilgarry Mountain	Live at the Village Corner	02:12
Brazda Brothers	Calm River	ST	02:38
Gargoyle	Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster)	ST	09:11
Stompin' Tom Connors	My Home Cradled Out in the Waves	Northland's Own	02:26
Ablaze	Psycho Path	Psychopath	06:42
Billy Martin	Moon Ride	Strawberry Soul	04:16
Spring Fever	Watch Yourself	Woodstock	03:36
Cargo	Once a Proud Man	Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way	01:40
Humble Sponge	Barabbas	Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas	04:02
The Amen	Peter Zeus	Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus	02:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Pleasure Sweets	Motherlove	04:29
Arcade Fire	I'm Sleeping in a Submarine	ST	02:48
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
The Organization	I Believe in Music	ST	02:44
Catseye	Hedgegate	Catseye	04:10
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited	The Alphatype Beep	The Optic Earful	05:16
Alexander Brott & Donald McGill	Canada: Case History (Earle Birney) - Erosion (E.J. Pratt) - Children of Martha (Gilean Douglas) - Quiet (Marjorie Pickthall) - Paul Bunyan (A Legend of his return to St. Eustache) (Arthur S. Bourinot	Sept for Seven: Seven Brief Movements Combining the Arts of Music and Poetry - A Setting of Five Canadian Poems, Introduced by Musical Prelude and concluded with a Postlude	14:29
Jerry Palmer	Hey, Sweet Baby	String of Hits	02:29
Gentlemen of Horror	Overhead Projector	Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)	02:41
The Diodes	The Curse - War	Raw / War (split with The Curse)	01:37
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
David Fromager	If What You Said Was True	If What You Said Was True	03:00
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	A Mic In A Fist	Year Zero	02:14
Grimes	Venus In Fleurs	Geidi Primes	02:43
Christmas	Sorry I Bore You Victoria	ST	02:58
Pat's People	Take Our Bread	Today	02:18
David Fromager	My Woman Left Me	If What You Said Was True	03:28
Stumpwater	Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	04:06
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
British North American Act	All the World is In Your Eyes	In the Beginning	02:13
Pat's People	Our Father	Today	01:22
VXN	The Magic’s in Your Hands	ST	03:54
Spring Fever	She Moves Me	Woodstock	03:30
Robert Armes	Sun Song	Songs for Icarus	03:25
Walter Boudreau	Synchronisation II	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	07:10
Jerry Palmer	Travelin' Shoes	String of Hits	02:04
Moosetracks	Cry A Little Tear	ST	03:26
May Run	The Only One	Days Into Years	02:56
Glenn Dixon	One By One	Reflections	03:42
A Joint Effort	Horse with No Name	Final Effort	07:34
The Other Half	100 lbs. Clay	ST	03:17
King Herbert And the Knights	You Make Me So Very Happy	With Jack Harden	05:09
Lewis Baloue	Like To See You Again	L'amour	04:25
Sound Sett	She Ain't No Use to Me (Dave Bingham & Roger Mayne, The Ugly Ducklings)	1966-1967	03:07
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Brad Richards	Right Time for Love	Right Time for Love	04:07
Bear Paws	House of the Rising Sun	Kitche-Ogamah	04:54
Reign Ghost	Mother's Got Troubles	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	03:32
Bonnie Scots	Lizzie Lindsay	Laugh and Cry	03:33
Ray Griff	Curley	Canada "My Native Land"	03:07
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Dutch Mason	Lights Are On But Nobody's Home	Half Ain't Been Told	05:41
Chantettes	Jamaica Farewell	Remember.....	01:32
Huckle	She's Coming Home	Wild Blue Yonder	03:28
Brazda Brothers	Gemini	ST	03:38
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Blues for McHugh	The Montreal Scene	06:16
Jerry Palmer	Head Over Heels in Love	String of Hits	01:40
Compilation	New Brands - Ace Up His Sleeve	International Master Discovery Records	02:24
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Mock Duck	My Time	Test Record	06:44
Twice Upon a Never	Early in the Morning	Twice Upon a Never	01:32
Christmas	Just Suppose	ST	04:29
Laurie Ingalls	Mountain Magic	Cheap Champagne	02:52
Jolly Tambourine Man	Movin' On Up	Wheeeee! Demo	01:12
Langley Schools Music Project	Sweet Caroline	Wix - Brown Elementary School	02:58
David Wiffen	Times are Getting' Hard	Live at the Bunkhouse	03:11
Opposite	One Night	Help Us Make It	03:02
Lewis Baloue	Cool Night In Paris	L'amour	03:15
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	Christmas Waltz	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	03:05
Les 409	Born in Chicago	They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)	02:48
Riverson	Between the Lines (Brian Edwards)	ST	04:10
Trevor Dandy	Have You Ever Wondered?	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:12
Sheila Graham	Straight Life	ST	02:32

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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The Other Half - ST

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The Haunted - ST

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Wheeeee! Demo

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Christmas - ST

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Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

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Caribou - ST

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Laurie Ingalls - Cheap Champagne

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Sacrifice - Interviews 1985 + First Live Show

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Sacrifice - The Exorcism

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Sacrifice - Turn In Your Grave (demo)

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Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends - Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends

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Ablaze - Psychopath

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May Run - Days Into Years

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Gerry Fiander - So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)

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Moonstone - ST

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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New Creation - Troubled

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Haggath - Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

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Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

Jimmy Apostle & the Willows - I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

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Ellison - ST

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