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
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	That's the Way I Like It	"Coming Out"	04:02
Garden Bower	Folsom Prison Blues	Etc. w/ Trains	02:27
King Herbert And the Knights	Ooga Boogaloo	With Jack Harden	03:17
Uncertain	Wipeout	Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout	02:13
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	Edible Wallpaper	Invisible Roots	04:01
British North American Act	Corduroy Coat	In the Beginning	02:11
Marty Gillan	One Act Play (Howie Vickers (The Collectors))	Try A Little Kindness	03:47
Ellison	Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola)	ST	04:06
Rockadrome	Very Strange	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:14
Vicky and the Coins	Cotton Fields	ST	02:33
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Rockadrome	Royal American Twentieth Century Blues	Royal American 20th Century Blues	04:51
David Wiffen	Climb the Stairs	Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)	04:15
Threads Of Fybre	Believe Me	Mama b/w Believe Me	02:57
Opposite	Help Us Make it Through the Night	Help Us Make It	03:20
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Blind Owl	The Old Man	ST	03:33
Skarecrow	Wine Wine Wine	Blues...Live at the Explorer	05:06
David Fromager	Girl from the North Country	If What You Said Was True	03:25
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Count Baculis	ST	02:14
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Mannequin Demo	04:46
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play)	People Of The Ice	02:18
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Other Half	Swinging Shepherd	ST	02:30
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	A Stranger in Your Own World	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	04:33
Robert Armes	Song for Icarus	Songs for Icarus	04:06
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Skarecrow	Standin' by the Keyhole	Blues...Live at the Explorer	01:55
Moonstone	Murk	ST	02:08
Marty Gillan	Raindrops Keep Fallin'	Try A Little Kindness	02:44
Medium	New Thing	ST	04:35
Moosetracks	Sophie	ST	02:05
George Cook	Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am	Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley	02:50
EQ	Swellsville	Swellsville	04:01
Medium	My Lady Lies Forever	ST	02:41
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	Hay Gee	"Coming Out"	05:02
Triaxe	Persecution	Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution	04:08
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	whn u cum into me	Sonic Horses I	06:40
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Derek Scott Markle	Hey Hoe	ST	02:40
Willie Dunn	Walking Eagle	Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12	07:01
Huckle	Good Morning	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	02:53
Catseye	River	Catseye	04:03
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	What Child is This	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	03:11
Pat's People	Our Father	Today	01:22
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers	Roll Over Beethoven	Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say	04:40
Spade Nielsen	What's Happening	Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)	02:45
The Organization	Out in the Country	ST	02:57
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Terry & The Pyrates	Someone	Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone	04:15
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	fading era	Sonic Horses I	05:18
Brégent	Epitaphe villon	Poussière Des Regrets	03:21
Barbara Gryfe	I'll Never Fall in Love Again	What the World Needs Now	03:14
Bonnie Scots	Coulter's Candy	Laugh and Cry	02:37
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
John Palmer	Seedling of Light	Shorelines	02:20
Lewis Baloue	Where Did My Love Go Away	Romantic Times	04:05
Dutch Mason	Gamblin' Fever	Half Ain't Been Told	04:04
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	o a b a	Awake in th Red Desert	02:29
Twice Upon a Never	Last Round	Twice Upon a Never	02:21
Gargoyle	Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love	ST	02:14
Jolly Tambourine Man	The Apple Strudel Man	Wheeeee! Demo	02:22
The Stonefield	Morning Hours	Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours	04:34
November Grief	Infanticide	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	02:45
Twice Upon a Never	Obladi Oblada	Twice Upon a Never	02:45
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	What a Lovely Place to be Buried	ST	03:09
Sunshyne	Eclypse & Sunny Day (Ross Barrett and Ken Spence)	The Raven (EP)	06:52
High Park	Sewer Side	Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side	02:46
Raphaels	I Change My Mind	Someday b/w I Change My Mind	02:15
Don Carrington Trio	If I Were a Carpenter	Makin' It Happen	04:15
Sedum Shadows	Anatomy of a Shadow	Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow	03:04
Medium	The Mouse	ST	05:06
Diodes	The Curse - War	Raw / War (split with The Curse)	01:37
United Empire Loyalists	No, No, No	No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark	02:49
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Other Half	Evil Ways	ST	04:30
Sheila Graham	Son of a Preacher Man	ST	02:32
Skarecrow	Rest Assured	Blues...Live at the Explorer	02:54
Jack London & the Sparrows	Give My Love to Sally	ST	02:52
Athenians of Toronto	Light My Fire	San Skoteiniazei	03:21
Jack London & the Sparrows	It's Been One of Those Days	ST	02:27
Ray Griff	If it Hadn't Been for Music	Canada "My Native Land"	04:11
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	On Her Majesty's Secret Service	James Bond 007	03:31
Pat's People	Take Our Bread	Today	02:18
Emtidi	Die Reise	Saat	10:15
Jack London & the Sparrows	Dream on Dreamer	ST	01:56
A Joint Effort	Tequilla Sunrise	Final Effort	02:35
Opposite	Le Telephone	Help Us Make It	02:32
Matlows	If You Were Mine	If You Were Mine // Only You	02:17
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Dutch Mason	Tighten Up On It	Half Ain't Been Told	03:42
New Creation	Where Are You Going?	Troubled	03:11
Jarvis Street Revue	Mr. Oil Man	Mr. Oil Man	12:27
Canadian Beadles	Think I'm Gonna Cry	Three Faces North	02:27
Huckle	Gabriola Day	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	05:23
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	Smokestack Lightning	ST	04:09
Joker's Memory	A Jokers Memory Part One	ST	08:29
Pat's People	Less of Me	Today	02:20

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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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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Perth County Conspiracy - ST

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Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

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Something Evil - Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

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