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
Chantettes Wayward Wind Remember.....
Skeptical Eye Sad Jazz The Devil's Playground
Mike Harris Golden Slippers Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Don't Despair ST
Burgundy Lady Blue Lady Blue b/w Ex-Lovin' Man
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Jim Brown Ross Barrett & Jim Brown - Tree Person The First See Hear
Golden Earrings My Situation My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Randy Bishop Wonderful Angel I Sing A Soft Song
Jeremy Dormouse hollywood heaven Toad Rejects
Catseye Love Catseye
Huckle Beyonder Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Stormbringer Evil Mind The Curse b/w Evil Mind
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love ST
Sweet Somethings Hold On, I'm Comin' hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Casino Royale James Bond 007
Gordon Lightfoot Talking Freight Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Pat's People We Shall Overcome Today
Spring Fever She Taught My Katie Woodstock
Jeremy Dormouse what joy - what bliss Toad Rejects
Bent Wind Riverside Sussex
Norris Vines and The Luvlines Feel The Warm Give In b/w Feel The Warm
Phillip Werren Dance Music II Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre she's a very good cook Awake in th Red Desert
Sheila Graham Son of a Preacher Man ST
Skarecrow Hey Mr. Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Theme from Swat "Coming Out"
Gentlemen of Horror Overhead Projector ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Nerve The Nerve - Penchant (2005 live recording by the Smarties) Penchant b/w Preludes
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Gentlemen of Horror Rough Hike ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Mystique No Return Black Rider
Skarecrow More Than Once Blues...Live at the Explorer
Langley Schools Music Project Your Sixteen Wix - Brown Elementary School
Cargo Dubious Front Side, Back Side
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Good Morning Blues ST
Mantra Beatrices (D'arcy Draper) ST
Jeff Moore & Friends Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
King Herbert And the Knights Let's Get Together With Jack Harden
Jack London & the Sparrows I'll be the Boy ST
New Creation Countdown to Revolution! Troubled
Garden Bower You’ve Got Me On Fire Etc. w/ Trains
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Keep Your Hand Off My Girl Year Zero
Skarecrow Ballad of Glen & Trevor Blues...Live at the Explorer
Nick Ayoub Quintet Two and The Montreal Scene
Marty Gillan She's a Woman (Terry Frewer) Try A Little Kindness
Stephanie Taylor Working on a Groove Thing "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
New Reality Moments of Silence Demo Tape
R. Taylor Dean My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
Garden Bower Folsom Prison Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Jack London & the Sparrows Give My Love to Sally ST
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers Roll Over Beethoven Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn th toothpaste runs out Sonic Horses I
Braineaters London Town Planet X
Skarecrow Sea-Suckin' Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Grimes Gambang Geidi Primes
John Palmer Free Me Shorelines
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Ticky Tock ST
Humble Sponge Barabbas Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Swords of Gold ST
Sweet Somethings My Guy (From My Girl) hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Braineaters Screw You Planet X
Moonstone Focus ST
Jeremy Dormouse I Need a Friend Toad
Perth County Conspiracy Mr. Truthful Licks ST
Souls of Inspyration Eyes of Nature ST
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Grazin' in the Grass Chip Dip
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 3) (Dick Kelder) ST
Joe College & the Rulers It Ain't Allright (With Me) It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
Sheila Graham The Letter ST
Dutch Mason Gamblin' Fever Half Ain't Been Told
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Song The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
R. Taylor Dean Poor Girl My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
Langley Schools Music Project I Get Around Wix - Brown Elementary School
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Dolores Claman Happy Whistler Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Haunted Shake ST
Moosetracks Someone on the Line ST
Luke Simmons and His Blue Mountain Boys Howlin' at the Moon Just Waitin' // Howlin' at the Moon
Lucio Agostini Introduction Once Upon a Hundred Years
Original Bones One More Night ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Mantra Depend on Somebody (D'arcy Draper) ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle I'll Take Romance ST
Huckle Hello Sunshine Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Sound Sett Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) 1966-1967
Souls of Inspyration Pursuit ST
Jim Brown Roy Cooper - Prelude to 1984 The First See Hear
Nerve Penchant Penchant b/w Preludes
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre is yr car 2 soft 4 th road Awake in th Red Desert
Ronney Mitchell Sandy The Five Man Cargo
Rascalz Whose The Hip Hopper Really Livin'
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers You Got the Green Light The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Pat's People Changes Today
November Grief Psychotopsy To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Ellison Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola) ST
Blind Owl Nova Scotia Morning ST

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

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

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