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

Plastic Cloud - ST

Bob Bryden

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
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Mitchell, Ronney I Feel the Earth Move The Five Man Cargo
Stonefield, The Morning Hours Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Snider, Art Nasty Arthur Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
High Park Sewer Side Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
Fray, Ronnie & The Playboys The Vulture Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture
Gryfe, Barbara Reunion With the Reserves What the World Needs Now
Haunted Out of Time ST
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Gryfe, Barbara Don't Give Up What the World Needs Now
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Teaser Royal American 20th Century Blues
Huckle Ocean Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Claman, Dolores Odd Couplet Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Ice Soul Searcher On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher
Ellison Freedom (Vincent Marandola) ST
Bishop, Randy Wonderful Angel I Sing A Soft Song
Ratherford, Michael Hard Drugs (Version) Hard Drugs
Mason, Dutch Gonna Move to the Country Half Ain't Been Told
Dixon, Hugh Esquire Shuffle (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
London, Jack & the Sparrows Dream on Dreamer ST
Plastic Cloud Shadows of Your Mind ST
Daigle, Ted Sweet Little Sixteen Teenage Time
409, Les They Say They Say b/w Born in Chicago
Compilation Judy Singh - My Name is Love Unselfconsciously Canadian
Graham, Sheila The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart ST
Michel & the French Canadians Comfort Him Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Brown, Jim Lionel Kearns - Transport The First See Hear
November Grief The Aftermath To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers A Stranger in Your Own World The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Skeptical Eye Ghet-ti Train The Devil's Playground
Mock Duck Sitting on Top of the World Test Record
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Let Him Go ST (psych cover)
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Guess Who American Woman American Woman (split with Christie, Cliff Richards & Arlene Harden)
Echoes and a Dream Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) Echoes and a Dream
Mitchell, Ronney Tonight My Love, Tonight The Five Man Cargo
Emtidi Walkin' In The Park Saat
Opposite Higher and Higher Help Us Make It
Snider, Art Lara's Theme Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Sound Sett Mustang Sally (Mack Rice) 1966-1967
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon The High ST
Snider, Art Silly Jilly Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Bear Paws Lady of the Nite Kitche-Ogamah
Carrington, Don Trio Make Me Smile Makin' It Happen
Martin, Billy Prayer Meetin' Strawberry Soul
Skeptical Eye Believe in Me The Devil's Playground
Skeptical Eye My Life Is The Devil's Playground
Bear Paws Kitch-Ogamah Kitche-Ogamah
Nerve Odd Fellows - Mr. Handshake (1982) (unreleased) Penchant b/w Preludes
Mystique No Return Black Rider
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre fires in the tempul Awake in th Red Desert
Palmer, John Free Me Shorelines
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Chantettes Jamaica Farewell Remember.....
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Palmer, John Colours For the Shoreline Shorelines
Wiffen, David Climb the Stairs Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
A Joint Effort Bus Song Final Effort
Brown, Jim Ross Barrett & Jim Brown - Tree Person The First See Hear
David Flight of the Egyptian Army ST
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Reign Ghost Breadbox Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Bear Paws All for the Love a Girl Kitche-Ogamah
Bent Wind Sacred Cows Sussex
Huckle Good Morning Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Rascalz Just Bein' Blunt Really Livin'
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Taylor, Stephanie Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Report from Cairo The Montreal Scene
Mitchell, Ronney Quando Quando The Five Man Cargo
Mason, Dutch Baby Please Don't Go Half Ain't Been Told
United Empire Loyalists No, No, No No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Jensen Sisters I'm Gonna Love You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Emtidi Saat Saat
Gentlemen of Horror Rough Hike Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
D.N.A. Because I Love You Because I Love You b/w Seashell
Baloue, Lewis Even Rainbows Turn Blue L'amour
Jeremy Dormouse blackberry quadrille Toad Rejects
Mitchell, Ronney Will it go Round in Circles? The Five Man Cargo
Papa Bears Medicine Show Baroque ST
Souls of Inspyration Eyes of Nature ST
Rockadrome Very Strange Royal American 20th Century Blues
Twice Upon a Never Last Round Twice Upon a Never
Pat's People We Shall Overcome Today
Teenage Head Tearin' Me Apart Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Fromager, David My Woman Left Me If What You Said Was True
Gargoyle George Dawber - Remembering Morris ST
Palmer, Jerry Hey, Sweet Baby String of Hits
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding Scarlet Ribbons Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Mittoo, Jackie Special Mission Stepping Tiger
Bonnie Scots The Drunken Man Laugh and Cry
Haunted A Message to Pretty ST
Huckle Beautiful You Are Wild Blue Yonder
Cargo Talk With Us Front Side, Back Side
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Jazz Widow Waltz Invisible Roots
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon Groovin ST
Gillan, Marty You've Made Me So Very Happy Try A Little Kindness
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Birth of the New Dragon Mine The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Sweet Somethings Summertime hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'

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