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
Art Snider Exodus Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
No Exit Decisions ST
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Rated "X" "Coming Out"
Pepper Tree Message Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Willie Dunn Walking Eagle Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Roger Rodier Listen to these chords I play (Celeste) Upon Velveatur
Jeremy Dormouse Believe Me Toad
Pat's People Get To-Gether Today
EQ Help a Bruva Out Swellsville
Les 409 Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Lucio Agostini Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme) Once Upon a Hundred Years
Benge Black Sky Lullaby Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
New Creation Dig! (The Origin of Man) Troubled
Hugh Dixon Hugh's Hangout (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Souls of Inspyration Of Lambs & Wolves ST
Royal Family Solitude Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
John Palmer Solitude Shorelines
Liska Missing You Cry Out Loud
Liska A Smile Cry Out Loud
Jeremy Dormouse High Flying Bird Toad
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone What's Come Over Me? "Coming Out"
Triaxe Persecution Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
Ray Griff Jimmy, Luke and Me Canada "My Native Land"
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Free to be Free ST (psych cover)
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
Braineaters London Town Planet X
Mantra Drifter (D'arcy Draper) ST
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
Echoes and a Dream Midnight Passion Echoes and a Dream
Jeremy Dormouse blackberry quadrille Toad Rejects
Ronney Mitchell Sandy The Five Man Cargo
Garden Bower Lord I’m Tired Etc. w/ Trains
Twice Upon a Never Butterfly of Love Twice Upon a Never
Roger Rodier You don't know what it's like Upon Velveatur
Souls of Inspyration Stranger ST
David Fromager Out on the Weekend If What You Said Was True
Derek Scott Markle House Song ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre th deacon bros in barbados Awake in th Red Desert
Legacy Gimme My Drugs Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs
The Organization Don't Let the Green Grass Fool Ya ST
Catseye It's a Long Way Catseye
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre o a b a Awake in th Red Desert
Lewis Baloue Romance For Two L'amour
Glenn Dixon Waiting for the Dreams to Come Reflections
Uncertain Land of 1000 Dances Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
Roger Rodier My spirits calling Upon Velveatur
Chantettes Jamaica Farewell Remember.....
Ellison Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola) ST
Opposite Ebony Eyes Help Us Make It
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 2 B.C. Centennial Song
Garden Bower This Woman (live) Etc. w/ Trains
Vicky and the Coins Five Foot Two ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Moose Head ST
Robert Armes Epilogue Songs for Icarus
Story Structure I Told You (Extended Mix) I Told You
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Nothing Beautiful ST
Gordon Lightfoot Movin' Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)
Jackie Mittoo Harder than the Rest Stepping Tiger
Sound Sett You're a Better Man Than I (Mike & Brian Hugg) 1966-1967
Marty Gillan Raindrops Keep Fallin' Try A Little Kindness
Hugh Dixon Guitar Soco Guitar Solo (acetate)
George Hauschild & Carole Penticton Penticton b/w But For Love
Sound Sett Dead Sea (Bruce MacGregor modified) 1966-1967
Huckle The Sunshine Shuffle Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Moonstone Finas Birthday Song ST
Lost Soul Dept. Wild-Weekend Wild-Weekend b/w Pot Belly
Reign Ghost Breadbox Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Jeff Moore & Friends Blind Man (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
Lewis Baloue Summer's Moon L'amour
Skeptical Eye Sad Jazz The Devil's Playground
Canadian Beadles Steady Guy Three Faces North
Humble Sponge Lady Is Love Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
Lucio Agostini Introduction Once Upon a Hundred Years
Langley Schools Music Project In My Room Wix - Brown Elementary School
Randy Bishop Childhood Song to Christopher Robin I Sing A Soft Song
Rascalz Perfect Check Up Really Livin'
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Moon Raker James Bond 007
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre its raining all ovr th citee Sonic Horses I
King Herbert And the Knights Chicken Strut With Jack Harden
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Gentlemen of Horror Rich Kids ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Derek Scott Markle I Don't Know For Certain ST
Jack London & the Sparrows Glad to Be With You ST
VXN Running Out ST
Arcade Fire Vampire Forest Fire ST
Cyrus Eden You Came For Me First Offense (EP)
Sheila Graham The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart ST
David Wiffen Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
Skarecrow Bring It On Home to Me Blues...Live at the Explorer
VXN Putting Love Aside Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)
Gargoyle Ian Young - Child of the Sea ST
Ice Soul Searcher On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher
November Grief Grass Is Gold To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Story Structure I Told You (7" Single Mix) I Told You
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre she, still and curling Awake in th Red Desert
Haunted Searching For My Baby ST
Moonstone In Case ST
Hazel McKirdy Mama Didn't Lie End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie

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