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
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra James Bond Theme James Bond 007
Story Structure I Told You (7" Single Mix) I Told You
Sheila Graham Gentle On My Mind ST
Stompin' Tom Connors May, The Millright's Daughter Northland's Own
Black Knight Master Of Disaster Master of Disaster (EP)
New Creation Yet Still Time Troubled
Moonstone Said Gently ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Year Zero Year Zero
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Modern Rock Country and Rock & Roll Sound
The Other Half Don't Think Twice ST
Jolly Tambourine Man Gropnick Wheeeee! Demo
Huckle She's Coming Home Wild Blue Yonder
The Haunted A Message to Pretty ST
John Palmer Colours For the Shoreline Shorelines
Mike Harris London Hornipie Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Derek Scott Markle Goin' Thru the Town ST
Jerry Palmer Come Along With Me String of Hits
Dis Band Interview Continued Gone Dead Out
Sheila Graham Straight Life ST
Jensen Sisters Dancin' in the Autumn Breeze Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Hugh Dixon Silly Bo Dilly (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Bear Paws House of the Rising Sun Kitche-Ogamah
Hi Octane Band Feelings Shakey Ground b/w Feelings
Ray Griff Canada Canada "My Native Land"
Trevor Dandy Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
David Wiffen Mule Skinner Blues Live at the Bunkhouse
Derek Scott Markle Daddy's 100 Proof ST
Langley Schools Music Project Good Vibrations Wix - Brown Elementary School
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Lewis Baloue Where Did My Love Go Away Romantic Times
Art Snider "Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show) Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Ron Martin Special With Mustard Invisible Roots
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Blind Owl Open Your Window ST
Circle C Burn Burn (promo)
Ellison Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola) ST
Dennis Walton Jah Way to Salvation is Easy Sweeter Love
May Run Save Me Days Into Years
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Rockadrome Inside Out, Inside In Royal American 20th Century Blues
Jensen Sisters Let a Raindrop be a Tear for You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Liska Tear Away My Heart Cry Out Loud
Lewis Baloue Like To See You Again L'amour
Catseye It's a Long Way Catseye
Blind Owl Lingering Dreams ST
Rockadrome T.O. Town Royal American 20th Century Blues
Stephanie Taylor I'm Going to Make You Love Me "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Lewis Baloue Cool Night In Paris L'amour
Jeremy Dormouse By the Way Toad
Opposite Land of 1000 Dances Help Us Make It
Liska Coming Home Cry Out Loud
Robert Armes 2-2 Blues Songs for Icarus
Nick Ayoub Quintet Blues for McHugh The Montreal Scene
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Buck Shots ST
Barbara Gryfe Colours of the Rainbow What the World Needs Now
Plastic Cloud Bridge Under the Sky ST
The Fringe I Don't Want To Live Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Echoes and a Dream Just Trying to Be Echoes and a Dream
Ronney Mitchell I Feel the Earth Move The Five Man Cargo
Mike Harris Rippling Water Jig Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
David Hey Jude ST
Hagood Hardy & the Montage The Garden Path The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life
Ray Griff Jimmy, Luke and Me Canada "My Native Land"
Ray Griff Jacket River Canada "My Native Land"
Stompin' Tom Connors Streets of Toronto Northland's Own
Willie Dunn Protest Song Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Ardels Lonely Hours Rhythm & Blues
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre fires in the tempul Awake in th Red Desert
Opposite Baby Why Help Us Make It
Huckle Flowers Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Perth County Conspiracy Welcome Surprise ST
Lewis Baloue So Be in Love With Me Romantic Times
Dis Band CKLN Interview continued and Intro Gone Dead Out
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Jazz Compo No. 2 "The Beak" ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Northland's Own
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
Robert Armes Bobcaygeon Songs for Icarus
Ted Daigle Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Intermission Poetry Home Grown Stuff
The Organization Crocadile Rock ST
Reign Ghost More Than I Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Ardels Georgia On My Mind Rhythm & Blues
Billy Martin Prayer Meetin' Strawberry Soul
Mystique Black Rider Black Rider
Ray Griff D-Dogies Canada "My Native Land"
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Moonstone Finas Birthday Song ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Funny Feeling Home Grown Stuff
Ellison Untruth Story (Vincent Marandola) ST
Arcade Fire The Woodland National Anthem ST
Stompin' Tom Connors The Northern Gentleman Northland's Own
Barbara Gryfe If I Were a Rich Girl What the World Needs Now
Something Evil Die Children Die Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot
Jerry Palmer Hey, Sweet Baby String of Hits
Jensen Sisters I Want to Give You My Love Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Barry Ennis Mountain of Ice Mountain of Ice b/w School Days

Ready to Rock b/w (with Gerry Fiander)

Gerry Fiander with Elvis Presley (History Van R&R Vol 1)

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison / Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)

Gone Dead Out

Dis Band

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out CASSETTE 02

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out CASSETTE 01

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out BACK

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out FRONT FOLDOUT

My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)

ST

Cybernaut b/w Mean Lady

Shakey Ground b/w Feelings

45-Hi Octane Band - Shakey Ground VINYL 02

Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

45-Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path VINYL 02

ST

ST

Minutes From Downtown '82

Minutes From Downtown

CASSETTE - Minutes From Downtown - ST DEMO FRONT

Wheeeee! Demo

Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

ST

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

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