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
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn i first came to vancouvr Sonic Horses I
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
British North American Act See How Free In the Beginning
Jim Brown Roy Cooper - Prelude to 1984 The First See Hear
Jensen Sisters You Lit the Fire (I Want Only You) Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
John Palmer Colours For the Shoreline Shorelines
Brazda Brothers Civilization ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Riverside Waltz Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Liska Tear Away My Heart Cry Out Loud
Rascalz Just Bein' Blunt Really Livin'
Sweet Somethings Hold On, I'm Comin' hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
David Fromager Catch Him If You Can If What You Said Was True
Ray Griff If it Hadn't Been for Music Canada "My Native Land"
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
No Exit Decisions ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck One Ring Jane Home Grown Stuff
Riverson Medallion Castle (Brian Edwards) ST
Riverson Can't Live Without You (Franki Hart) ST
Jim Brown Lionel Kearns - The Woman Who The First See Hear
Arcade Fire My Heart is an Apple ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra You Only Live Twice James Bond 007
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre the canada council juree prson is missing Sonic Horses I
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Jerry Palmer Celebration Day String of Hits
Nucleus Johnny Peace Johnny Peace b/w Ernie's Gone (picture sleeve)
New Creation New Creation Troubled
John Greenwood Every Time I Think of You I Smile My Sailboat and Me
Original Bones The Verses of the Fool ST
Jerry Palmer Your Love String of Hits
Brazda Brothers Your Kingdom ST
New Reality Yesterday a Child Was Born Demo Tape
Robert Armes Someday Songs for Icarus
Phillip Werren Polish Wedding music Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Jackie Mittoo World of Love Stepping Tiger
Lucio Agostini Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Arcade Fire The Woodland National Anthem ST
Jim Morrison Ready to Rock Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)
Thornton Rogers J. The Blues Out in the West b/w The Blues
Mystique Memories Black Rider
Mike Harris Rippling Water Jig Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Trevor Dandy Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Free to be Free ST (psych cover)
Mike Harris Norwegian Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Mystique Beyond the Four Winds Black Rider
Twice Upon a Never Last Round Twice Upon a Never
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Sheila Graham By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
Moonstone Top Heavy ST
Bent Wind The Lions Sussex
Liska All My Love Cry Out Loud
Other Half Stormy Monday Blues ST
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Symphony #1 In A, B, C, D, etc. The Optic Earful
Ardels Theme Rhythm & Blues
Golden Earrings Nothing Much My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Catseye Love Catseye
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Song The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Bonnie Scots Lizzie Lindsay Laugh and Cry
Lewis Baloue Let's Fall in Love Tonight L'amour
Opposite Oh Mamy Blue Help Us Make It
Marty Gillan I Ain't Done Yet (Theme from the T.V. Series "The Manipulators") (Bobby Hales) Try A Little Kindness
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
Stefan Gnys You're Not The Only One English Oaks and Evangeline
Skarecrow I Got to Have It Blues...Live at the Explorer
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Teenage Time
Langley Schools Music Project Mandy Wix - Brown Elementary School
King Herbert And the Knights Sing a Simple Song With Jack Harden
John Greenwood The Princess My Sailboat and Me
Other Half In Passing ST
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Langley Schools Music Project Riannon Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Jim Brown Bruce Clarke - Of Spiralling Why The First See Hear
Norris Vines and The Luvlines Give In Give In b/w Feel The Warm
Huckle Beautiful You Are Wild Blue Yonder
Emtidi Touch The Sun Saat
Michel & the French Canadians Cause I Believe Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Twice Upon a Never Pussy Willows, Cat Tails Twice Upon a Never
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Stompin' Tom Connors My Swisha Miss Northland's Own
Plastic Cloud Art's a Happy Man ST
Jeff Moore & Friends Both Sides (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
A Joint Effort Horse with No Name Final Effort
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Gargoyle Brian Dunfield - Too Late ST
Original Bones Steamboat Whistle Blues ST
Original Bones Rollin' Over ST
Billy Martin Stax Strawberry Soul
Blind Owl Nova Scotia Morning ST
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Derek Scott Markle Hey Hoe ST
Sound Sett Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) 1966-1967
Original Bones Say it With gentle ST
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Story Structure I Told You (Extended Mix) I Told You
Ultimate Image It's a Hard Life It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Bent Wind Goin' to the City Sussex
Vicky and the Coins Girl From Ipanema ST
Randy Bishop Wonderful Angel I Sing A Soft Song
Jack London & the Sparrows Leavin' Blues (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST

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

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

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