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
Spring Fever Watch Yourself Woodstock
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
Greenwood, John Every Time I Think of You I Smile My Sailboat and Me
Perth County Conspiracy Hurdy-Gurdy Man ST
High Park Let Go the Lifeline Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
Sweet Somethings Going Out of My Head - Can't Take My Eyes Off You hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding Silent Night Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Flyin' C.P.R. Northland's Own
Rascalz Whose The Hip Hopper Really Livin'
Ellison Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Summertime Chip Dip
Agostini, Lucio Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Papa Bears Medicine Show Baroque ST
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre is yr car 2 soft 4 th road Awake in th Red Desert
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Interval ST
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Bird She Fly Low ST
New Creation Where Are You Going? Troubled
Reign Ghost Curio Shop ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck One Glass for Wine Home Grown Stuff
Ardels I'll Go Crazy Rhythm & Blues
Dunn, Willie Ballad of a Metis Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Ladykiller Ice Woman Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Bonnie Scots Lizzie Lindsay Laugh and Cry
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Montreal East The Montreal Scene
Twice Upon a Never Come the Day Twice Upon a Never
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Nihilist Spasm Band Oh Brian Dibb No Record
Pat's People Turn, Turn, Turn Today
Nielsen, Spade What's Happening Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
Wiffen, David Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
EQ Bring it On Swellsville
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding What Child is This Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Bear Paws Kitch-Ogamah Kitche-Ogamah
Catseye Images Catseye
Claman, Dolores Summer Walk Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Catseye Days Gone By Catseye
Gryfe, Barbara Evening of Roses What the World Needs Now
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Urine Trouble Year Zero
Mason, Dutch Walkin' Blues Half Ain't Been Told
Riverson Medallion Castle (Brian Edwards) ST
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone Theme from Swat "Coming Out"
Jeremy Dormouse October Morning Toad
Palmer, John Cloud Shorelines
Spring Fever Spring Fever Woodstock
Vicky and the Coins When the Saints Go Marching In ST
Organization, The Crocadile Rock ST
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Brown, Jim Lionel Kearns - Transport The First See Hear
Haunted 1-2-5 ST
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 1 B.C. Centennial Song
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre she, still and curling Awake in th Red Desert
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon Season of the Witch ST
Moonstone Hope You Come See ST
Amen, The Peter Zeus Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus
Gillan, Marty Raindrops Keep Fallin' Try A Little Kindness
Graham, Sheila By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
Reign Ghost Breadbox Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre heard ya tellin Awake in th Red Desert
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Armes, Robert Song for Icarus Songs for Icarus
Daigle, Ted Red Hen Hop Teenage Time
Martin, Billy Phillie Dog Strawberry Soul
Latremouille, Fred Mashed Potato Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
EQ Freestyle Swellsville
British North American Act I'll Find a Way In the Beginning
Baloue, Lewis It's a New Day Romantic Times
Harris, Mike Golden Slippers Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Skarecrow Can't Judge a Book Blues...Live at the Explorer
David Lovely Lady ST
Daigle, Ted Ruby Ruby b/w When You Said You All
Ardels Heads Up Rhythm & Blues
Ardels Lonely Hours Rhythm & Blues
Langley Schools Music Project Venus and Mars Wix - Brown Elementary School
Gillan, Marty Sweet Caroline Try A Little Kindness
Brott, Alexander & 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
Ardels Linda Lou Rhythm & Blues
Medium The Mouse ST
Twice Upon a Never Early in the Morning Twice Upon a Never
Rascalz Really Livin' Really Livin'
David Never Been In Love ST
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Time is of the Essence Invisible Roots
Armes, Robert Slipping Away Songs for Icarus
No Exit No Exit ST
Gryfe, Barbara One Child What the World Needs Now
Gentlemen of Horror Bank Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Ellison Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola) ST
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Pillsville The Montreal Scene
Squires Aurora The Sultan b/w Aurora
Reign Ghost More Than I Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Chantettes Jamaica Farewell Remember.....
Spring Fever She Taught My Katie Woodstock
Gargoyle Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) ST
Nihilist Spasm Band Destroy the Nations No Record
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Langley Schools Music Project Wild Fire Wix - Brown Elementary School
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud

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