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
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre boomerang th floating oranges Sonic Horses I
Ultimate Image It's a Hard Life It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Mantra Simple Joys (D'arcy Draper) ST
Jackie Mittoo Mystic World Stepping Tiger
Skarecrow Rest Assured Blues...Live at the Explorer
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Bonnie Scots Lizzie Lindsay Laugh and Cry
Billy Martin Watermelon Man Strawberry Soul
D.N.A. Because I Love You Because I Love You b/w Seashell
Stompin' Tom Connors Luke's Guitar The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Moonstone Relative Hoak ST
New Creation Where Are You Going? Troubled
Canadian Beadles Funny Feeling Three Faces North
Stephanie Taylor I Don't Know Where I Stand (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Ted Daigle Farewell Adelita Teenage Time
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Moon Raker James Bond 007
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
Original Bones Sit Down ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Buck Shots ST
Platinum Blonde Hey Hey You Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets
Skarecrow Hey Mr. Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers What Does it Take The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Eric's Madness Invisible Roots
A Joint Effort Molly and Tenbrooks Final Effort
Canadian Beadles Whole Lot of Shakin Going On Three Faces North
Blind Owl Open Your Window ST
Jackie Mittoo Totally Together Stepping Tiger
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Wanda Unda Landa Chip Dip
Billy Martin It's Your Life Strawberry Soul
Sheila Graham Little Green Apples ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn i first came to vancouvr Sonic Horses I
Jerry Palmer Your Love String of Hits
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Michael-Jon Rosenberg The High ST
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Café Symphony ST
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone That's the Way I Like It "Coming Out"
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre is yr car 2 soft 4 th road Awake in th Red Desert
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Spring Shine Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Ellison Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola) ST
A Joint Effort Champagne Junction Final Effort
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Plateau Mambo ST
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Golden Earrings My Situation My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Stephanie Taylor Long and Winding Road "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Lewis Baloue Things Just Happen That Way L'amour
David Fromager Girl from the North Country If What You Said Was True
Skarecrow More Than Once Blues...Live at the Explorer
Dutch Mason Gonna Move to the Country Half Ain't Been Told
Hugh Dixon Hot Pants (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre she's a very good cook Awake in th Red Desert
Reign Ghost Pudsy's Parable Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Trooper 3 Dressed Up as a 9 3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)
Joni Mitchell Be Cool Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Skarecrow I Got to Have It Blues...Live at the Explorer
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Lord Ryur Pact With The Sinner Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Canadian Beadles Steady Guy Three Faces North
Boys Brigade Exodus Live Off-The-Floor Demo
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Groovin ST
The Chessmen Meadowlands Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Haggath Evil Transitions Rehearsal 1985-09
Spring Fever Mama, What About Your Daughter Woodstock
Boys Brigade Shadows Mannequin Demo
Burgundy Ex-Lovin' Man Lady Blue b/w Ex-Lovin' Man
Stephanie Taylor Working on a Groove Thing "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Walter Boudreau Synchronisation I Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Les 409 Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
Jensen Sisters You Light Up My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
The Fringe I Don't Want To Live Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Vicky and the Coins In Old Shanty Town ST
Riverson Between the Lines (Brian Edwards) ST
EQ Inner Thoughts Swellsville
David Wiffen Don't Think Twice Live at the Bunkhouse
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Trevor Dandy Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
Ted Daigle Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
Jack London & the Sparrows Take it Slow (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Cargo Once a Proud Man Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
The Stonefield Morning Hours Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Vicky and the Coins Cotton Fields ST
John Greenwood Hey, Minstrel Boy My Sailboat and Me
Northwest Company Hard to Cry Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All
Grimes Beast Infection Geidi Primes
Heat Brighouse Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Fred Latremouille Mashed Potato Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
New Day They're Callin' Me Back Home They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around
VXN Putting Love Aside Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)
Chantettes Un Canadian Errant Remember.....
Cargo Talk With Us Front Side, Back Side
Marty Gillan You've Made Me So Very Happy Try A Little Kindness
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Live and Let Die James Bond 007
Jim Brown Bruce Clarke - Of Spiralling Why The First See Hear
Don Carrington Trio A Song for My Father Makin' It Happen
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Breaking Others Hearts Country and Rock & Roll Sound

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

Vancouver, British Columbia → Toronto → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

Harlem, New York, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Jimmy Apostle & the Willows - I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

FEATURED

Ellison - ST

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Perth County Conspiracy - ST

Stratford, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

FEATURED

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

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Kings - Switchin'

Vancouver, British Columbia; Oakville, Ontario

FEATURED

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Barrie, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joker's Memory - ST

Ottawa, Ontario

FEATURED

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Bent Wind - Sussex

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jim Brown - The First See Hear

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra - James Bond 007

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - ST

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - "Coming Out"

Philadelphia, USA → Florida, USA → Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Chessmen - Mustang b/w Meadowlands

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

London Experimental Jazz Quartet - Invisible Roots

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

D.N.A. - Because I Love You b/w Seashell

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Mannequin Demo

Boys Brigade

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

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