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
Stompin' Tom Connors Algoma Central No. 69 Northland's Own
Marty Gillan Colours Try A Little Kindness
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Song The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Stage 3: Bossanova The Optic Earful
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Norris Vines and The Luvlines Feel The Warm Give In b/w Feel The Warm
Jerry Palmer Come Along With Me String of Hits
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Grimes Sardaukar Levenbrech Geidi Primes
Other Half Travellin Band ST
The Mix Maybe (Face To The Wall) Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet #2 Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Jerry Palmer Hey, Sweet Baby String of Hits
Hazel McKirdy End of the World End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie
Bent Wind Hate Sussex
Liska Coming Home Cry Out Loud
Stefan Gnys Soliloguy English Oaks and Evangeline
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) State Of The Art Year Zero
Haunted Twist ST
Skarecrow Stormy Monday Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
EQ Serious Swellsville
Jack London & the Sparrows I'll be the Boy ST
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Aftermath Do You Believe In Magic? Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Georges Leningrad chanson italienne Made In Taiwan
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Marty Gillan I Ain't Done Yet (Theme from the T.V. Series "The Manipulators") (Bobby Hales) Try A Little Kindness
Stompin' Tom Connors Goin' Back Up North Northland's Own
Twice Upon a Never California Dreamin' Twice Upon a Never
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle You Are Too Beautiful ST
Riverson Clear Night (Rayburn Blake) ST
Grimes Beast Infection Geidi Primes
Spring Fever She Moves Me Woodstock
April Wine Gimme Love The Whole World's Going Crazy (test pressing)
Medium I'll Love Everyone at Last ST
September (1) Celebration Blue Lady b/w Celebration
Ronnie Fray & The Playboys The Vulture Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Langley Schools Music Project Venus and Mars Wix - Brown Elementary School
Lucio Agostini Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Walter Boudreau Danse Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Pepper Tree Man of Gold Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Langley Schools Music Project To Know Him is to Love Him Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Dutch Mason Lights Are On But Nobody's Home Half Ain't Been Told
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Mock Duck Home Made Jam Test Record
Platinum Blonde No Regrets Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets
Nihilist Spasm Band Oh Brian Dibb No Record
Langley Schools Music Project I Get Around Wix - Brown Elementary School
King Beezz She Belongs to Me Gloria b/w She Belongs to Me
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
Other Half Don't Think Twice ST
British North American Act See How Free In the Beginning
Ronnie Fray & The Playboys Mean Mama Blues Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture
John Greenwood 3/4 Time My Sailboat and Me
The Amen Carnivals and Cotton Candy Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Papa Bears Medicine Show Wait and See ST
Lucio Agostini Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Catseye Love Catseye
Reign Ghost Eyes Knows, So Does Ears ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook & Sling Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Christmas Just Suppose ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Wet Wash ST
Tex Lecor Le frigidaire Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Skarecrow Mule Skinner Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Ronney Mitchell Fools Rush in The Five Man Cargo
Langley Schools Music Project Mandy Wix - Brown Elementary School
Mock Duck My Time Test Record
New Reality Lost Never Found Demo Tape
King Herbert And the Knights Let It Be With Jack Harden
Ray Griff My Rocky Mountain Home Canada "My Native Land"
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre the canada council juree prson is missing Sonic Horses I
John Greenwood There is Peace My Sailboat and Me
Willie Dunn Ballad of a Metis Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Johnny Teah & The Jubilee Mountain Boys Hello Mister Lonesome Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome
Pat's People Dona Dona Today
Jensen Sisters You Light Up My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Gentlemen of Horror Bank ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Sound Sett Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
The Organization Out in the Country ST
Gargoyle John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Movin' On To Rouyn Movin' On To Rouyn b/w Carolyne
Huckle The Sunshine Shuffle Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Vicky and the Coins In Old Shanty Town ST
Trevor Dandy Is There Any Love? Don't Cry Little Tree
Echoes and a Dream Thank You (Led Zeppelin) Echoes and a Dream
Plastic Cloud Civilization Machine ST
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
The Organization Together Forever ST
Other Half Swinging Shepherd ST
Athenians of Toronto Now More Than Ever San Skoteiniazei
Canadian Beadles I'm Coming Home Three Faces North
Braineaters Johnny Planet X
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Silhouette ST
Jerry Palmer Sweet Lorene String of Hits
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Three ST

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - International Master Discovery Records

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Shades of Blond - All Your Love

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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

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

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