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
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Interval ST
Derek Scott Markle To Whisper Out Your Name ST
Moonstone Murk ST
Don And Adrian River Run You Down River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre heart flash us Sonic Horses I
Dutch Mason Walkin' Blues Half Ain't Been Told
Mike Harris Country Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Skeptical Eye Concealed Truth The Devil's Playground
New Reality Here He Goes Demo Tape
Mike Harris Wednesday Night Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook & Sling Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Sound Sett Mustang Sally (Mack Rice) 1966-1967
Sedum Shadows Anatomy of a Shadow Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Stompin' Tom Connors My Swisha Miss Northland's Own
Stompin' Tom Connors Goin' Back Up North Northland's Own
Hank Snow I Don't Hurt Anymore Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)
Vicky and the Coins B Jam Boogie ST
Canadian Beadles Love Walk Away Three Faces North
Braineaters Wrong World Planet X
Sunshyne Eclypse & Sunny Day (Ross Barrett and Ken Spence) The Raven (EP)
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 2) (Dick Kelder) ST
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Jazz Widow Waltz Invisible Roots
Gargoyle Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You ST
Bonnie Scots The Drunken Man Laugh and Cry
Twice Upon a Never Come the Day Twice Upon a Never
Jensen Sisters I Want to Give You My Love Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
Other Half Don't Think Twice ST
Jeremy Dormouse Young Face Toad
Brazda Brothers Lonely Time ST
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Wanda Unda Landa Chip Dip
Jackie Mittoo World of Love Stepping Tiger
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Love Won't let Me Wait "Coming Out"
Lewis Baloue Like To See You Again L'amour
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Until Nine ST (psych cover)
Jackie Mittoo Russian Satelite Stepping Tiger
David Wiffen Slice of Life Live at the Bunkhouse
Skeptical Eye Sad Jazz The Devil's Playground
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Café Symphony ST
Billy Martin One More Time Strawberry Soul
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Madonna ST
Jeff Moore & Friends Is It You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Stephanie Taylor Long and Winding Road "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Gentlemen of Horror Overhead Projector ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Brégent Mon frère Poussière Des Regrets
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Nothing Beautiful ST
Dennis Walton Jah Way to Salvation is Easy Sweeter Love
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Go Tell it On the Mountain Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
John Palmer Solitude Shorelines
Ronnie Fray & The Playboys The Vulture Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture
Spring Fever Gimme Shelter Woodstock
Five Man Cargo Why Can't I Get You Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You
Georges Leningrad Main name est Eva Braun Made In Taiwan
John Greenwood There is Peace My Sailboat and Me
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
Trevor Dandy Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
Ronney Mitchell Just a Little Bit More Baby The Five Man Cargo
D.N.A. Seashell Because I Love You b/w Seashell
Papa Bears Medicine Show Baroque ST
Don Carrington Trio Dingus Makin' It Happen
Bent Wind Hate Sussex
Moonstone Cointreau ST
David Fromager Out on the Weekend If What You Said Was True
Robert Armes Imagine a World With No Music Songs for Icarus
Opposite Don't Say I Love You Help Us Make It
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Reflections ST
Robert Armes Woman in Toronto Songs for Icarus
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Comin' Home The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
EQ Come Alive Swellsville
Huckle Rolling River Wild Blue Yonder
Andre Beaupre The Saga of Wayne Gretzky The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II
Sheila Graham Aquarius ST
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Walk Your Head Around Home Grown Stuff
Sugluk Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Little Toy Trains Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Mike Harris Golden Slippers Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
King Herbert And the Knights Sing a Simple Song With Jack Harden
Robert Armes Lying Close Together Songs for Icarus
Jeremy Dormouse Baby Blue Toad
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre its raining all ovr th citee Sonic Horses I
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Bonnie Scots Lizzie Lindsay Laugh and Cry
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Moose Head ST
Hi-Fives Fujikami The Warrior Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Jeremy Dormouse High Flying Bird Toad
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) In A Bad Way (Remix) Year Zero
David Never Been In Love ST
Jeremy Dormouse Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy Toad
Brégent La mélancolie Poussière Des Regrets
Platinum Blonde Hey Hey You Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets
Compilation Stampeders - You Never Know Until You Try International Master Discovery Records
No Exit No Exit ST
A Joint Effort Tequilla Sunrise Final Effort
Original Bones Friend of the Devil ST
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Cargo Initial Mailing Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
Adanac Reply What Would It Be Like? What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Braineaters Screw You Planet X

ST

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

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

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