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
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Edible Wallpaper Invisible Roots
Jeremy Dormouse Portrait for Marianne Toad
Langley Schools Music Project Your Sixteen Wix - Brown Elementary School
Sound Sett Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Mike Harris Orange Blossom Special Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Moonstone Said Gently ST
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Reflections ST
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Gentlemen of Horror Rich Kids Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Compilation Joe Vassos - New World Unselfconsciously Canadian
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Oil in the Ground "Coming Out"
Huckle Gabriola Day Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
No Exit Parliament Swindle ST
Ellison Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola) ST
David Wiffen Don't Think Twice Live at the Bunkhouse
Vicky and the Coins Girl From Ipanema ST
Spring Fever I Just Want to Make Love to You Woodstock
Clymaxe R. U. Cumming? R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues
Reign Ghost Breast Stroke Blues Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Jerry Palmer Come Along With Me String of Hits
Liska Tear Away My Heart Cry Out Loud
Mantra Drifter (D'arcy Draper) ST
Riverson Can't Live Without You (Franki Hart) ST
Haunted A Message to Pretty ST
King Herbert And the Knights Ode to Billy Joe With Jack Harden
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Wes Dakus & the Club 93 Rebels Dog Food Dog Food b/w Surfs U Rite (promo)
Triaxe Persecution Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
The Organization Who Ever Finds This ST
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)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Barbara Gryfe One Child What the World Needs Now
Platinum Blonde No Regrets Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets
No Exit Do You Wanna Join? ST
Grimes Rosa Geidi Primes
Christmas Oasis ST
Langley Schools Music Project Venus and Mars Wix - Brown Elementary School
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers A Stranger in Your Own World The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
David Wiffen Abilene Live at the Bunkhouse
Skeptical Eye Concealed Truth The Devil's Playground
Stompin' Tom Connors Emily, the Maple Leaf Northland's Own
Emtidi Tr„ume Saat
Liska A Smile Cry Out Loud
Sweet Somethings Frosty Friday hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Lucio Agostini Skiing in Québec Once Upon a Hundred Years
Lucio Agostini Cocktails In New York Once Upon a Hundred Years
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
Moonstone Relative Hoak ST
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Twice Upon a Never Pussy Willows, Cat Tails Twice Upon a Never
Teenage Head Tearin' Me Apart Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
King Herbert And the Knights Lucille With Jack Harden
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre my mouths on fire Awake in th Red Desert
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra For Your Eyes Only James Bond 007
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Sedum Shadows Anatomy of a Shadow Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Jeff Moore & Friends Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part One ST
Trevor Dandy Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Stormbringer Evil Mind The Curse b/w Evil Mind
Cargo Child of the Playroom Front Side, Back Side
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre o a b a Awake in th Red Desert
Benge Black Sky Lullaby Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Blind Owl Some Tears You Have To Cry ST
Perth County Conspiracy So Many Things ST
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Rockadrome Live and Love Child Royal American 20th Century Blues
Braineaters Wrong World Planet X
Fabulous PJ's What Do You Want Me to Do? What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
EQ Serious Swellsville
Phillip Werren Dance Music II Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Ellison Unchanged World (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand, Robert Cager, Christian Tremblay) ST
Brégent Dieu est nègre Poussière Des Regrets
New Creation Sodom and Gomorrah Troubled
Hugh Dixon Yellow Bird The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Tyrant Hooked On You Hooked On You b/w Carol
Lewis Baloue Where Did My Love Go Away Romantic Times
Jeff Moore & Friends Is It You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Sheila Graham 24 Hours of Loneliness ST
Bonnie Scots Scotland 'Ra Brave Laugh and Cry
Sound Sett Mustang Sally (Mack Rice) 1966-1967
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal West The Montreal Scene
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
Ardels Stereo Popeye Rhythm & Blues
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Phil Phil
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre yu seem to be apeering to follo sum distant star Sonic Horses I
Norris Vines and The Luvlines Give In Give In b/w Feel The Warm
Jerry Palmer Gotta Learn to Twist String of Hits
Spring Fever A Long Time Coming Woodstock
Moosetracks This Place is No Place to be Happy ST
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
Marty Gillan Raindrops Keep Fallin' Try A Little Kindness
New Creation Where Are You Going? Troubled
Uncertain Land of 1000 Dances Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
Matlows If You Were Mine If You Were Mine // Only You
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Pat's People What Have They Done to the Rain Today

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

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