Rarest Canadian Music

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
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Country Cooking Phil
Derek Scott Markle Daddy's 100 Proof ST
Brad Richards Send a Little Love My Way Right Time for Love
David Wiffen Since I Fell For You Live at the Bunkhouse
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn th toothpaste runs out Sonic Horses I
Reign Ghost Travels of Blue Paradox ST
Dutch Mason Polk Salad Annie Half Ain't Been Told
David Cup of Tea ST
Jackie Mittoo World of Love Stepping Tiger
Nick Ayoub Quintet Blues for McHugh The Montreal Scene
Moosetracks Lost In A Southern Town ST
David Wiffen Slice of Life Live at the Bunkhouse
Mike Harris London Hornipie Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
High Park Sewer Side Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
Hugh Dixon Hot Pants (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Moosetracks Cry A Little Tear ST
Rockadrome Royal American Twentieth Century Blues Royal American 20th Century Blues
British North American Act Only a Dream In the Beginning
David Wiffen Times are Getting' Hard Live at the Bunkhouse
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Do You Agree With Me ST (psych cover)
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Pot O' Gold Home Grown Stuff
Marty Gillan Lalena Try A Little Kindness
Ice On the Radio On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher
Marty Gillan Time and Love Try A Little Kindness
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Bird She Fly Low ST
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal East The Montreal Scene
New Creation Wind Troubled
The Organization Back to Back ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 1) (Dick Kelder) ST
Langley Schools Music Project Sweet Caroline Wix - Brown Elementary School
John Greenwood Give Us Love My Sailboat and Me
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Ron Martin Special With Mustard Invisible Roots
The Fringe Token For My Mind Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Huckle Wild Night Wild Blue Yonder
Grimes Sardaukar Levenbrech Geidi Primes
Rockadrome There You Go Again Royal American 20th Century Blues
Perth County Conspiracy Woman for All Seasons ST
Marty Gillan If You Go Away Try A Little Kindness
Brazda Brothers Calm River ST
Liska A Smile Cry Out Loud
Barbara Gryfe Reunion With the Reserves What the World Needs Now
Huckle April Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Hugh Dixon Chopin's Nocturne The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Roger Rodier Let's see some happyness Upon Velveatur
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Sound Sett I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart) 1966-1967
David Fromager Nicky If What You Said Was True
Fred Latremouille Tossin' and Turnin' Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Oil in the Ground "Coming Out"
Burgundy Lady Blue Lady Blue b/w Ex-Lovin' Man
Don And Adrian River Run You Down River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down
Ray Griff Jimmy, Luke and Me Canada "My Native Land"
Blind Owl Spring Rain ST
The Chessmen Mustang Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Northland's Own
Derek Scott Markle Could it Be ST
Skarecrow I'm A Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
Michael-Jon Rosenberg You Don't Know Happiness ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Luke's Guitar The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
David Fromager Girl from the North Country If What You Said Was True
September (1) Blue Lady Blue Lady b/w Celebration
Jackie Mittoo Mystic World Stepping Tiger
Derek Scott Markle Hey Hoe ST
John Palmer Return Shorelines
Nucleus Johnny Peace Johnny Peace b/w Ernie's Gone (picture sleeve)
New Creation Countdown to Revolution! Troubled
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited The Alphatype Beep The Optic Earful
Skarecrow I Got to Have It Blues...Live at the Explorer
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Dolores Claman Western Way Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau God Bless ST (psych cover)
Medium My Lady Lies Forever ST
D.N.A. Seashell Because I Love You b/w Seashell
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck No one in Particular Home Grown Stuff
Blind Owl Song To the Wind ST
Plastic Cloud Shadows of Your Mind ST
Original Bones I Went Walkin' ST
Stonemen Faded Colors In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Derek Scott Markle Could She Fly ST
Spring Fever Oh Baby Hold Me Woodstock
A Joint Effort Winter Final Effort
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
The Organization Don't Let the Green Grass Fool Ya ST
Braineaters Johnny Planet X
Joy Tears to be Cried Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Sunshyne Eclypse & Sunny Day (Ross Barrett and Ken Spence) The Raven (EP)
Gentlemen of Horror Bank ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Sheila Graham Stormy ST
Glenn Dixon Dreamer Parts 1-3 Reflections
Stompin' Tom Connors My Swisha Miss Northland's Own
David Fromager Chains If What You Said Was True
Ellison Freedom (Vincent Marandola) ST
Plastic Cloud Art's a Happy Man ST
Bent Wind The Lions Sussex
Burgundy Ex-Lovin' Man Lady Blue b/w Ex-Lovin' Man
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Edible Wallpaper Invisible Roots

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

Rehearsal 1985-09

Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Haggath

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09 tape

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09_tape track list_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_03

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape track list_02

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape

Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

Strawberry Soul

I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

ST

Compilation

ST

GUESS289-color

Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

45-Something Evil-Die Children Die VINYL 02

45-Something Evil-Die Children Die VINYL 01

45-Something Evil-The Great Winnipeg Riot BACK

Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

Something Evil

Heat

45-Heat - Brighouse bw Rocking Chair VINYL 02

Switchin'

Diodes' Paul Robinson @ Black Swan, Ottawa March 1978 courtesy Cameron Muir

Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind

David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

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