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

Bob Bryden

Plastic Cloud - ST

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
Brazda Brothers Lonely Time ST
Dixon, Hugh Esquire Shuffle (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Wiffen, David Times are Getting' Hard Live at the Bunkhouse
Boudreau, Walter Synchronisation II Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre fading era Sonic Horses I
Opposite Baby Why Help Us Make It
Rockadrome Very Strange Royal American 20th Century Blues
Gargoyle Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) ST
Compilation Shades of Blond - All Your Love International Master Discovery Records
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey #1 ST
Mystique Memories Black Rider
Ardels Unchain My Heart Rhythm & Blues
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra James Bond Theme James Bond 007
Cargo Only My Best Friends Can Tell Front Side, Back Side
Skarecrow Mule Skinner Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Pot O' Gold Home Grown Stuff
Rascalz Perfect Check Up Really Livin'
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Brazda Brothers Calm River ST
King Herbert And the Knights Ode to Billy Joe With Jack Harden
Echoes and a Dream Midnight Passion Echoes and a Dream
Plastic Cloud Art's a Happy Man ST
New Creation Eternity Ahead Troubled
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
Gargoyle Brian Dunfield - Too Late ST
Mitchell, Ronney Welcome to the Country The Five Man Cargo
Armes, Robert Sun Song Songs for Icarus
Gryfe, Barbara If I Were a Rich Girl What the World Needs Now
Other Half Don't Think Twice ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck No one in Particular Home Grown Stuff
Gryfe, Barbara Colours of the Rainbow What the World Needs Now
Palmer, John Salvation's Den Shorelines
Rockadrome Royal American Twentieth Century Blues Royal American 20th Century Blues
Gentlemen of Horror Bank Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Two ST
King Herbert And the Knights Chicken Strut With Jack Harden
Riverson Winter Garden (Brian Edwards) ST
A Joint Effort Hitchhikers Dream Final Effort
Vicky and the Coins In Old Shanty Town ST
Mock Duck Introduction - Ground Hog Test Record
British North American Act If You're Looking for Honey In the Beginning
Gnys, Stefan Horizoning English Oaks and Evangeline
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Destroy the Nihilistic Picnic Invisible Roots
Sweet Somethings The Wedding hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Moonstone David ST
Agostini, Lucio Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Echoes and a Dream Yesterday's Tomorrow Echoes and a Dream
Benge Money Man Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground
Dixon, Hugh Delilah The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Langley Schools Music Project To Know Him is to Love Him Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Other Half In Passing ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Walk Your Head Around Home Grown Stuff
Bent Wind Sacred Cows Sussex
Boudreau, Walter Imagination Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Black Knight Born To Rock Master of Disaster (EP)
Mitchell, Joni You Dream Flat Tires Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Design Variations The Optic Earful
Mock Duck My Time Test Record
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers A Stranger in Your Own World The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Interval ST
Mitchell, Ronney Sandy The Five Man Cargo
Snider, Art Ode to Billy Joe Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Summertime Chip Dip
Grimes Grisgris Geidi Primes
VXN Putting Love Aside Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)
Canadian Beadles I'm Coming Home Three Faces North
Liska Coming Home Cry Out Loud
Royal Family Solitude Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Moonstone Murk ST
Pat's People Get To-Gether Today
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Good Morning Blues ST
Mitchell, Ronney Quando Quando The Five Man Cargo
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Until Nine ST (psych cover)
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Here Is Year Zero
Brown, Jim Lionel Kearns - The Woman Who The First See Hear
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Reflections ST
Brown, Jim Lionel Kearns - Transport The First See Hear
A Joint Effort Champagne Junction Final Effort
Werren, Phillip Dance Music I Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Scott Markle, Derek Southern Lady ST
Agostini, Lucio Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Bonnie Scots Jeanie McCall Laugh and Cry
Lord Ryur Heroes After Heroes Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Montreal West The Montreal Scene
David House of the Rising Sun ST
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Northern Gentleman Northland's Own
Ardels Alley Oop Rhythm & Blues
Taylor, R. Dean Poor Girl My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
Sweet Somethings Going Out of My Head - Can't Take My Eyes Off You hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Golden Earrings My Situation My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Medium In Between ST
Graham, Sheila The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart ST
Other Half Warm Summer's Night ST
Jarvis Street Revue Mr. Business Man Mr. Oil Man
Gryfe, Barbara Who Am I What the World Needs Now
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Modigliani ST
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Piano Piano ST (psych cover)

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