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
Lewis Baloue Let's Fall in Love Tonight L'amour
Rascalz Nothin' But a Rascal Really Livin'
Lucio Agostini Canadians on the Go-Go Once Upon a Hundred Years
Grimes Shadout Mapes Geidi Primes
Marty Gillan I Ain't Done Yet (Theme from the T.V. Series "The Manipulators") (Bobby Hales) Try A Little Kindness
Gerry Fiander So Long, Goodbye So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)
New Reality Here He Goes Demo Tape
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Symphony #1 In A, B, C, D, etc. The Optic Earful
Rock-a-tunes Maria Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Don Carrington Trio Dingus Makin' It Happen
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia O Come ST
Gentlemen of Horror Bank ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Brazda Brothers Share With Love ST
Lewis Baloue As the Boats Go By Romantic Times
Lewis Baloue My Whole Life L'amour
Derek Scott Markle Hey Hoe ST
Haunted Searching For My Baby ST
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Summertime Chip Dip
Arcade Fire My Heart is an Apple ST
Spring Fever A Long Time Coming Woodstock
EQ Freestyle Swellsville
Art Snider Sweet Caroline Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Doctor Norman Bethune ST
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Walkin' the Dog Chip Dip
Gentlemen of Horror God Knows you by Name ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Bear Paws Season of the Wind Kitche-Ogamah
Blind Owl Some Tears You Have To Cry ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Roads to New York Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Reign Ghost More Than I Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Jeremy Dormouse freight train Toad Rejects
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Twice Upon a Never Pussy Willows, Cat Tails Twice Upon a Never
Langley Schools Music Project God Only Knows Wix - Brown Elementary School
Ted Daigle Young & Beautiful Teenage Time
Roger Rodier Let's see some happyness Upon Velveatur
Perth County Conspiracy Lace and Cobwebs ST
Gargoyle Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You ST
Huckle Good Morning Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Joe College & the Rulers It Ain't Allright (With Me) It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
Thornton Rogers J. The Blues Out in the West b/w The Blues
Jarvis Street Revue 300 South Mr. Oil Man
Skarecrow My Coffee's Gettin' Cold Blues...Live at the Explorer
Sweet Somethings Frosty Friday hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Reign Ghost Breadbox Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Reign Ghost Curio Shop ST
The Organization Who Ever Finds This ST
Spring Fever I Just Want to Make Love to You Woodstock
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Blues in Your Room ST (psych cover)
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Live and Let Die James Bond 007
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Silent Night Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Riverson Take Me (Rayburn Blake) ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre heart flash us Sonic Horses I
Pat's People Take Our Bread Today
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Ray Griff Canada Canada "My Native Land"
Jeremy Dormouse Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy Toad
Cargo Rural Route One Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
Sedum Shadows Anatomy of a Shadow Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Mike Harris By the Fireside Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Catseye Rhythms of an Empty Room Catseye
Randy Bishop I Sing a Soft Song I Sing A Soft Song
Art Snider "Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show) Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Canadian Beadles Love Walk Away Three Faces North
Ronney Mitchell Welcome to the Country The Five Man Cargo
Don Carrington Trio Higher Makin' It Happen
EQ Late 4 The Studio Swellsville
Vicky and the Coins Cotton Fields ST
Spring Shine Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Sweet Somethings Young World hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Marty Gillan Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday Try A Little Kindness
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Plateau Mambo ST
Ice Soul Searcher On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher
A Joint Effort Bus Song Final Effort
Langley Schools Music Project Desperado Wix - Brown Elementary School
Hugh Dixon Yellow Bird The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Pat's People What Have They Done to the Rain Today
Langley Schools Music Project Wild Fire Wix - Brown Elementary School
Jeremy Dormouse October Morning Toad
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Blue Dye Home Grown Stuff
Blind Owl Lingering Dreams ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Hit The Breaks Year Zero
Jerry Palmer Your Love String of Hits
Jeremy Dormouse Baby Blue Toad
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
John Palmer Return Shorelines
New Creation No Excuse Troubled
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Ya Ya Chip Dip
Mike Harris Wednesday Night Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 2 B.C. Centennial Song
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal East The Montreal Scene
Original Bones Drop Down Mama ST
Jackie Mittoo Special Mission Stepping Tiger
Terry & The Pyrates Keep On Dancin' Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone
Rockadrome T.O. Town Royal American 20th Century Blues
Bonnie Scots The Drunken Man Laugh and Cry

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

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

1987-05-24_Sacrifice + Ablaze + Faulkwolf_Bathurst Theatre (Toronto)_orange original flyer reduced

ST

ST

Glenn-Copeland, Beverly

Sussex

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

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

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