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
Bent Wind	Sacred Cows	Sussex	04:09
Rockadrome	Ain't It a Shame	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:14
Sound Sett	Oh No (The Sound Sett)	1966-1967	04:31
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
The Fringe	Flower Generation	Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo	02:25
Jack London & the Sparrows	Our Love has Passed	ST	03:38
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
May Run	More Than This	Days Into Years	04:48
Jeremy Dormouse	freight train	Toad Rejects	01:55
Chantettes	Jamaica Farewell	Remember.....	01:32
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	awake in the red desert	Awake in th Red Desert	03:37
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Emtidi	Saat	Saat	04:16
The Stonefield	Deep Shades of Blue	Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours	02:54
Uncertain	Wipeout	Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout	02:13
Vicky and the Coins	When the Saints Go Marching In	ST	01:47
Jack London & the Sparrows	Glad to Be With You	ST	02:10
Twice Upon a Never	Go Where You Go	Twice Upon a Never	02:21
Gordon Lightfoot	Talking Freight	Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)	01:32
New Creation	Sodom and Gomorrah	Troubled	02:49
Story Structure	I Told You (Extended Mix)	I Told You	06:33
No Exit	Decisions	ST	01:29
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	Groovin	ST	02:36
Echoes and a Dream	Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull)	Echoes and a Dream	04:31
The Amen	Peter Zeus	Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus	02:28
Mock Duck	My Time	Test Record	06:44
Perth County Conspiracy	Hurdy-Gurdy Man	ST	04:38
Moonstone	Black Blind Light	ST	04:24
Riverson	Hermit Glen (Rayburn Blake)	ST	03:06
Plastic Cloud	Art's a Happy Man	ST	03:13
Trevor Dandy	Lord I Come to Thee	Don't Cry Little Tree	03:45
Ellison	Unchanged World (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand, Robert Cager, Christian Tremblay)	ST	03:36
David Wiffen	More Often Than Not	Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)	04:42
Guess Who	American Woman	American Woman (split with Christie, Cliff Richards & Arlene Harden)	05:09
Opposite	We Say Yeah	Help Us Make It	02:15
Brazda Brothers	Lonely Time	ST	02:10
Ardels	Unchain My Heart	Rhythm & Blues	02:50
Mantra	Tomorrow Without You (D'arcy Draper)	ST	05:32
Original Bones	Drop Down Mama	ST	03:22
Gargoyle	Ian Young - Child of the Sea	ST	01:21
Spring Fever	I Just Want to Make Love to You	Woodstock	02:28
Riverson	Clear Night (Rayburn Blake)	ST	03:06
Billy O'Boie and the Country Jewels	Little Rosa	I Love My Gal b/w Little Rosa (picture sleeve)	03:27
Lost Soul Dept.	Wild-Weekend	Wild-Weekend b/w Pot Belly	02:08
Opposite	One Night	Help Us Make It	03:02
Garden Bower	18 Bricker	Etc. w/ Trains	02:47
Original Bones	I Went Walkin'	ST	03:43
John Palmer	Cloud	Shorelines	05:17
Rockadrome	T.O. Town	Royal American 20th Century Blues	02:13
Souls of Inspyration	Dil Kusha (Heart's Happiness)	ST	06:44
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Doctor Norman Bethune	ST	07:19
Lewis Baloue	We Danced All Night	Romantic Times	03:35
Dutch Mason	Lights Are On But Nobody's Home	Half Ain't Been Told	05:41
VXN	Not Only in Love	ST	03:54
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band	Commercials for Free	Commercials For Free (EP)	01:52
Minutes From Downtown	Emotion Under Pressure	Minutes From Downtown '82	04:14
Grimes	Avi	Geidi Primes	02:35
Circle C	Burn	Burn (promo)	02:57
British North American Act	If You're Looking for Honey	In the Beginning	02:12
Chantettes	Come and Go With Me	Remember.....	02:32
Legacy	Come With Me	Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs	03:46
Thornton Rogers J.	The Blues	Out in the West b/w The Blues	02:11
King Herbert And the Knights	You Make Me So Very Happy	With Jack Harden	05:09
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	my mouths on fire	Awake in th Red Desert	04:20
Bonnie Scots	Northern Lights of Aberdeen	Laugh and Cry	02:02
Twice Upon a Never	Obladi Oblada	Twice Upon a Never	02:45
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Pillsville	The Montreal Scene	03:15
Stompin' Tom Connors	Emily, the Maple Leaf	Northland's Own	02:42
Alexander Brott & Donald McGill	Canada: Case History (Earle Birney) - Erosion (E.J. Pratt) - Children of Martha (Gilean Douglas) - Quiet (Marjorie Pickthall) - Paul Bunyan (A Legend of his return to St. Eustache) (Arthur S. Bourinot	Sept for Seven: Seven Brief Movements Combining the Arts of Music and Poetry - A Setting of Five Canadian Poems, Introduced by Musical Prelude and concluded with a Postlude	14:29
Jeff Moore & Friends	Blind Man (Christina Becker)	The Youngest Son	02:25
Hank Noble & His Red River Valley Boys	Things That Might Have Been	Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You	02:44
David Wiffen	Mule Skinner Blues	Live at the Bunkhouse	02:16
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Laurie Ingalls	Peace Country	Cheap Champagne	04:54
Vicky and the Coins	Girl From Ipanema	ST	02:55
Laurie Ingalls	Cheap Champagne	Cheap Champagne	03:04
King Herbert And the Knights	Ooga Boogaloo	With Jack Harden	03:17
Media	Endless Dream	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	03:19
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:25
May Run	Separation Day	Days Into Years	05:33
Stompin' Tom Connors	Little Wawa	Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman	03:19
Bent Wind	The Lions	Sussex	05:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada	Motherlove	05:34
Jarvis Street Revue	Mr. Business Man	Mr. Oil Man	02:41
Lewis Baloue	It's a New Day	Romantic Times	04:11
A Joint Effort	Oh! Canada	Final Effort	03:59
Perth County Conspiracy	So Many Things	ST	02:51
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	What Child is This	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	03:11
Tex Lecor	Ti-bicycle	Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)	02:35
New Day	They're Callin' Me Back Home	They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around	04:06
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	Rated "X"	"Coming Out"	03:45
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Diamonds Are Forever	James Bond 007	02:54
David	Never Been In Love	ST	03:30
Huckle	Wild Blue Yonder	Wild Blue Yonder	04:14
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Cyrus Eden	Horizon	First Offense (EP)	02:33
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
Ardels	Night Time is the Right Time	Rhythm & Blues	02:58
Moonstone	Relative Hoak	ST	02:28
Pat's People	Dona Dona	Today	03:32

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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