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
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
The Organization Happiness ST
Grimes Shadout Mapes Geidi Primes
John Greenwood 3/4 Time My Sailboat and Me
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Year Zero Year Zero
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
A Joint Effort Bus Song Final Effort
Rockadrome Thirteen Miles Down Royal American 20th Century Blues
Emtidi Tr„ume Saat
Moonstone Top Heavy ST
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau God Bless ST (psych cover)
Skarecrow Hey Mr. Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
Catseye It's a Long Way Catseye
Stompin' Tom Connors The Northern Gentleman Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman
Chantettes Un Canadian Errant Remember.....
Fabulous PJ's What Do You Want Me to Do? What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Moonstone Hope You Come See ST
Derek Scott Markle To Whisper Out Your Name ST
Original Bones One More Night ST
November Grief The Aftermath To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Ardels Georgia On My Mind Rhythm & Blues
Skarecrow If It Feels Just Right Blues...Live at the Explorer
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Chantettes Gay Hawaiian Melody Remember.....
Medium Melon ST
King Herbert And the Knights Let It Be With Jack Harden
Mantra Dick's Song (Dick Kelder) ST
Trevor Dandy Is There Any Love? Don't Cry Little Tree
Brégent La mélancolie Poussière Des Regrets
Braineaters Wrong World Planet X
Riverson Winter Garden (Brian Edwards) ST
Billy O'Boie and the Country Jewels I Love My Gal I Love My Gal b/w Little Rosa (picture sleeve)
Ronnie Fray & The Playboys The Vulture Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture
VXN The Magic’s in Your Hands ST
Marty Gillan I Ain't Done Yet (Theme from the T.V. Series "The Manipulators") (Bobby Hales) Try A Little Kindness
Michel & the French Canadians Cause I Believe Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels Surfs U Rite Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)
Original Bones Lady Anne ST
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
A Joint Effort Hitchhikers Dream Final Effort
Ardels Stereo Popeye Rhythm & Blues
Bent Wind Look at Love Sussex
David Wiffen Climb the Stairs Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Bonnie Scots Jeanie McCall Laugh and Cry
Moosetracks Judith Wills ST
Langley Schools Music Project Saturday Night Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Time is of the Essence Invisible Roots
Echoes and a Dream Thank You (Led Zeppelin) Echoes and a Dream
Shagnasty All My Teachers Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Nucleus Johnny Peace Johnny Peace b/w Ernie's Gone (picture sleeve)
The Amen Carnivals and Cotton Candy Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre leevin th electrik citee Sonic Horses I
John Greenwood There is Peace My Sailboat and Me
Mantra San Francisco Morning (D'arcy Draper) ST
Don And Adrian River Run You Down River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down
Cyrus Eden Wasteland First Offense (EP)
Reign Ghost Breast Stroke Blues Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook & Sling Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Bonnie Scots Lonely Prison Cell Laugh and Cry
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) In A Bad Way (Remix) Year Zero
Barbara Gryfe One Child What the World Needs Now
Nihilist Spasm Band The Byron Bog No Record
Threads Of Fybre Believe Me Mama b/w Believe Me
Mike Harris Norwegian Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Tyrant Hooked On You Hooked On You b/w Carol
Randy Bishop Wonderful Angel I Sing A Soft Song
Medium New Thing ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Jackie Mittoo Mystic World Stepping Tiger
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Stage 3: Bossanova The Optic Earful
Sound Sett You're a Better Man Than I (Mike & Brian Hugg) 1966-1967
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 3) (Dick Kelder) ST
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Scarlet Ribbons Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Billy Martin Egg Roll Strawberry Soul
Mike Harris Golden Slippers Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Rascalz The Roughest (We Are) Really Livin'
Trevor Dandy Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
EQ Hostile Swellsville
Ted Daigle Legend of Chaleur Bay Teenage Time
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Good Morning Blues ST
Huckle She's Coming Home Wild Blue Yonder
The Fringe Token For My Mind Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Triaxe Persecution Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
British North American Act All the World is In Your Eyes In the Beginning
Marty Gillan Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday Try A Little Kindness
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love ST
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part One ST
Nina Dunn Stay and Dance If You Want My Love (Do It) b/w Stay and Dance
Catseye Love Catseye
Hugh Dixon Guitar Soco Guitar Solo (acetate)
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Season of the Witch ST
Jerry Palmer Come Along With Me String of Hits
Terry & The Pyrates Someone Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone
Joe College & the Rulers It Ain't Allright (With Me) It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
Original Bones Song for Pierre Laporte ST
Art Snider Sweet Caroline Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Walter Boudreau Synchronisation II Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Trooper Mr. Big 3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)
Sweet Somethings Going Out of My Head - Can't Take My Eyes Off You hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'

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

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