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
Dolores Claman Western Way Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Huckle Ocean Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Skarecrow (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Catseye Hedgegate Catseye
Chantettes Gay Hawaiian Melody Remember.....
The Organization Don't Let the Green Grass Fool Ya ST
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
R. Taylor Dean My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Randy Bishop (A World of) Black And Brown I Sing A Soft Song
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home) People Of The Ice
New Creation Countdown to Revolution! Troubled
Lucio Agostini Introduction Once Upon a Hundred Years
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud
Cyrus Eden You Came For Me First Offense (EP)
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
Hugh Dixon What's New The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Jensen Sisters I Want to Give You My Love Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Mock Duck Home Made Jam Test Record
Mike Harris Maple Sugar Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Mantra Depend on Somebody (D'arcy Draper) ST
Shagnasty All My Teachers Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Stephanie Taylor Long and Winding Road "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 4 B.C. Centennial Song
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Roger Rodier Let's see some happyness Upon Velveatur
John Palmer Colours For the Shoreline Shorelines
EQ Step Up Swellsville
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Gordon Lightfoot Steel Rail Blues Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)
Vic Vogel Quiet Nights Montreal Bandleader
New Creation Wind Troubled
Marty Gillan I Ain't Done Yet (Theme from the T.V. Series "The Manipulators") (Bobby Hales) Try A Little Kindness
Cargo Only My Best Friends Can Tell Front Side, Back Side
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Rated "X" "Coming Out"
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Riverside Waltz Country and Rock & Roll Sound
The Organization Out in the Country ST
VXN Could it Be ST
Jensen Sisters Let a Raindrop be a Tear for You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Art Snider Denise Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone What's Come Over Me? "Coming Out"
Robert Armes Imagine a World With No Music Songs for Icarus
Derek Scott Markle To Whisper Out Your Name ST
Willie Dunn Protest Song Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Jeremy Dormouse Portrait for Marianne Toad
Rockadrome There You Go Again Royal American 20th Century Blues
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding My Favourite Things Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Stage 3: Bossanova The Optic Earful
Marty Gillan Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday Try A Little Kindness
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Moose Head ST
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Jackie Mittoo Harder than the Rest Stepping Tiger
VXN Just a Game ST
Reign Ghost Travels of Blue Paradox ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers You Got the Green Light The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Memory Lane The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Elevated Platform Home Grown Stuff
Ted Daigle Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
Lewis Baloue Like To See You Again L'amour
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Walkin' the Dog Chip Dip
Ellison Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola) ST
Hugh Dixon Yellow Bird The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Medium My Lady Lies Forever ST
Derek Scott Markle Goin' Thru the Town ST
David Wiffen Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
Dutch Mason Dust My Broom Half Ain't Been Told
Chantettes Un Canadian Errant Remember.....
King Herbert And the Knights Sissy Strut With Jack Harden
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang James Bond 007
Barbara Gryfe One Child What the World Needs Now
Fred Latremouille Tossin' and Turnin' Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Lewis Baloue Let's Fall in Love Tonight L'amour
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Chiliwack Year Zero
Emtidi Touch The Sun Saat
Billy Martin It's Your Life Strawberry Soul
Stefan Gnys Soliloguy English Oaks and Evangeline
David House of the Rising Sun ST
Bent Wind Hate Sussex
Compilation Shades of Blond - All Your Love International Master Discovery Records
Moonstone Said Gently ST
Derek Scott Markle A Better Way ST
Ted Daigle It May be Silly Teenage Time
Joy Ready to Move Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Liska All My Love Cry Out Loud
Spring Fever Gimme Shelter Woodstock
Hugh Dixon Silly Bo Dilly (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Ardels Dream Lover Rhythm & Blues
Langley Schools Music Project Wild Fire Wix - Brown Elementary School
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Glenn Dixon Sunset Reflections
Billy Martin Stax Strawberry Soul
Rascalz The Roughest (We Are) Really Livin'
Ted Daigle Red Hen Hop Teenage Time
Tyrant Carol Hooked On You b/w Carol
Sunshyne The Raven (David Sinclair) The Raven (EP)
Riverson Stoney Day (Brian Edwards, Lisa Eisenhardt (Lisa Hartt)) ST

Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

Rehearsal 1985-09

Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Haggath

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09 tape

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09_tape track list_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_03

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape track list_02

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape

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

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