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
A Joint Effort Battle of New Orleans Final Effort
Liska Missing You Cry Out Loud
Jeremy Dormouse I Need a Friend Toad
British North American Act The World Would Understand In the Beginning
Dunn, Willie Protest Song Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Palmer, John Better Later Than Never Shorelines
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Elevated Platform Home Grown Stuff
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Rascalz Gal Business Really Livin'
Langley Schools Music Project Good Vibrations Wix - Brown Elementary School
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Chantettes Come and Go With Me Remember.....
Ellison Freedom (Vincent Marandola) ST
Rogues I Can't Hold Out Much Longer I Can't Hold Out Much Longer b/w I'll Make It Up To You
Huckle Rolling River Wild Blue Yonder
Echoes and a Dream Thank You (Led Zeppelin) Echoes and a Dream
King Herbert And the Knights Let It Be With Jack Harden
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Little Pony Home Grown Stuff
Brégent La mélancolie Poussière Des Regrets
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Gryfe, Barbara Reunion With the Reserves What the World Needs Now
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding Silver Bells Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Jeremy Dormouse the immortal st. canthor Toad Rejects
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Here Is Year Zero
Vogel, Vic Booze is Beautiful Montreal Bandleader
409, Les They Say They Say b/w Born in Chicago
Liska You Make Me Smile Again Cry Out Loud
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Teenage Time
Grimes Sardaukar Levenbrech Geidi Primes
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love ST
Matlows If You Were Mine If You Were Mine // Only You
Sunshyne The Raven (David Sinclair) The Raven (EP)
Jeremy Dormouse High Flying Bird Toad
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Dunn, Willie Ballad of a Pavillion Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Hit The Breaks Year Zero
Griff, Ray Friends and Neighbors Canada "My Native Land"
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Langley Schools Music Project Your Sixteen Wix - Brown Elementary School
Chessmen Mustang Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Ablaze Sadistic Dream Psychopath
Fromager, David If What You Said Was True If What You Said Was True
Rodier, Roger Listen to these chords I play (Celeste) Upon Velveatur
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Flyin' C.P.R. Northland's Own
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
No Exit Downtown Weekend ST
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Chiliwack Year Zero
Carrington, Don Trio Make Me Smile Makin' It Happen
Other Half Evil Ways ST
Perth County Conspiracy Hurdy-Gurdy Man ST
Jeremy Dormouse Small Man Toad
Athenians of Toronto San Skoteiniazei San Skoteiniazei
Taylor, Stephanie Marion's Theme (Dou Riley) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Catseye Am I the One Catseye
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Wanda Unda Landa Chip Dip
Arcade Fire No Cars Go ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Times are Changing Home Grown Stuff
Mystique Wake Up Screamin' Black Rider
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never
London, Jack & the Sparrows Dream on Dreamer ST
David Little Boys ST
Organization, The Together Forever ST
London, Jack & the Sparrows I'll be the Boy ST
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited The Alphatype Beep The Optic Earful
New Creation Dig! (The Origin of Man) Troubled
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Jeremy Dormouse Believe Me Toad
Emtidi Saat Saat
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding What Child is This Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
No Exit No Exit ST
Echoes and a Dream Just Trying to Be Echoes and a Dream
Cyrus Eden Wasteland First Offense (EP)
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Let Him Go ST (psych cover)
Skeptical Eye Tortured From Inside The Devil's Playground
Moore, Jeff & Friends Is It You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Gravel Road ST
Amen, The Peter Zeus Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus
November Grief Intro To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Moosetracks Cry A Little Tear ST
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Eric's Madness Invisible Roots
Grimes Caladan Geidi Primes
EQ Late 4 The Studio Swellsville
Jeremy Dormouse birds of joy Toad Rejects
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Fromager, David Concrete City Life If What You Said Was True
Strange Movies (I Can) Feel It Coming (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Never Mind My Job ST (psych cover)
Story Structure I Told You (7" Single Mix) I Told You
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground
Snider, Art Lara's Theme Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
New Reality Yesterday a Child Was Born Demo Tape
Wiffen, David Coast to Coast Fever Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Spring Fever Gimme Shelter Woodstock
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone Air I Breathe "Coming Out"
Don And Adrian Lord When I’m Down River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down
Canadian Beadles I Lost Your Love Last Night Three Faces North
Harris, Mike Patty the Coon Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)

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