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
Snider, Art Sweet Caroline Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
November Grief Exit Life (With China White) To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Original Bones Lady Anne ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Pot O' Gold Home Grown Stuff
Connors, Stompin' Tom Algoma Central No. 69 Northland's Own
Canadian Beadles Fool of the Year Three Faces North
Sound Sett Mustang Sally (Mack Rice) 1966-1967
Mittoo, Jackie Stepping Tiger Stepping Tiger
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Papa Bears Medicine Show O.K. ST
Gryfe, Barbara Don't Give Up What the World Needs Now
Cyrus Eden Rock You To The Limit First Offense (EP)
Canadian Beadles Lonely Blue Boy Three Faces North
VXN Running Out ST
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
Mathieson, Peter Heaven Help the Fool Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
Mathieson, Peter Yonge Street Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
British North American Act I'll Find a Way In the Beginning
Story Structure I Told You (Instrumental Mix) I Told You
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Boudreau, Walter Passion Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
A Joint Effort My Man Final Effort
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre yu sing Awake in th Red Desert
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling ST
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Let's Make Up Your Mind (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
Baloue, Lewis Like To See You Again L'amour
Rockadrome Royal American Twentieth Century Blues Royal American 20th Century Blues
Burgundy Ex-Lovin' Man Lady Blue b/w Ex-Lovin' Man
Carrington, Don Trio Higher Makin' It Happen
Skeptical Eye Concealed Truth The Devil's Playground
Agostini, Lucio Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Armes, Robert Put Your Cards on the Table Songs for Icarus
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Two ST
Skarecrow Can't Judge a Book Blues...Live at the Explorer
Other Half Warm Summer's Night ST
Medium New Thing ST
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud
Mystique Black Rider Black Rider
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Twice Upon a Never Obladi Oblada Twice Upon a Never
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
VXN Putting Love Aside ST
Souls of Inspyration Pursuit ST
Armes, Robert Fallen Star Songs for Icarus
Agostini, Lucio Centennial Caravan Once Upon a Hundred Years
Snider, Art Edelweiss Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Edible Wallpaper Invisible Roots
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Intermission Poetry Home Grown Stuff
Bonnie Scots Lizzie Lindsay Laugh and Cry
Langley Schools Music Project In My Room Wix - Brown Elementary School
Original Bones I Went Walkin' ST
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre the canada council juree prson is missing Sonic Horses I
Calgary Range Riders Curly Hair Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair
Mittoo, Jackie Harder than the Rest Stepping Tiger
Martin, Billy Moon Ride Strawberry Soul
Griff, Ray Friends and Neighbors Canada "My Native Land"
Chantettes There But For Fortune Remember.....
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 2 B.C. Centennial Song
Garden Bower Gord’s Dream Etc. w/ Trains
David Little Boys ST
Riverson Clear Night (Rayburn Blake) ST
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
Dandy, Trevor Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
Wiffen, David Blue Live at the Bunkhouse
Garden Bower You’ve Got Me On Fire Etc. w/ Trains
Armes, Robert 2-2 Blues Songs for Icarus
Rock-a-tunes You're Some Kind of Nice Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Opposite Higher and Higher Help Us Make It
Graham, Sheila Son of a Preacher Man ST
Shouter's, The In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Armes, Robert Song for Icarus Songs for Icarus
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Piano Piano ST (psych cover)
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Cryin' All Alone Chip Dip
Griff, Ray Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
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
Organization, The Happiness ST
Arcade Fire My Heart is an Apple ST
Huckle Good Morning Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Bonnie Scots Dundee Weaver Laugh and Cry
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Griff, Ray Canadian Pacific Canada "My Native Land"
EQ Help a Bruva Out Swellsville
D.N.A. Seashell Because I Love You b/w Seashell
King Herbert And the Knights Let It Be With Jack Harden
New Creation Eternity Ahead Troubled
VXN Illusion of the Heart 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
Fromager, David Girl from the North Country If What You Said Was True
Gargoyle Ian Young - Child of the Sea ST
Snider, Art Denise Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra From Russia With Love James Bond 007
Jeremy Dormouse what joy - what bliss Toad Rejects
Twice Upon a Never Come the Day Twice Upon a Never
Braineaters Wrong World Planet X
Gillan, Marty She's a Woman (Terry Frewer) Try A Little Kindness
Organization, The Superstar ST
Moonstone Relative Hoak ST

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