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.

Bent Wind - Sussex - Vinyl Side 2

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Reaction

Black Knight - Master of Disaster

George Cook - Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley

Rockadrome - Royal American 20th Century Blues BACK

Moonstone - ST

Sweet Somethings - hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'

Siggy Magic & the Hey Ho Band - Commercials For Free (EP)

Frankie

Stephanie Taylor - "I Don't Know Where I Stand"

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

David

Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 02

Bob Bryden

Plastic Cloud - ST

Les 409 acetate label one-of-a-kind garage artifact

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - Coming Out

Joker's Memory - ST

Ablaze - Psychopath b/w Sadistic Dream

Hank Snow - Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)

Phillip Werren - Electronic Music (1968-1971)

Squires - The Sultan b/w Aurora

Natalie Pollock & John Turner

Michel & the French Canadians - Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ice Soul Searcher On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher
Story Structure I Told You (Extended Mix) I Told You
Pat's People Take Our Bread Today
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Ticky Tock ST
Grimes Sardaukar Levenbrech Geidi Primes
Palmer, Jerry Party Pooper String of Hits
Jeremy Dormouse Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy Toad
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon Smokestack Lightning ST
Daigle, Ted Mary Lou Teenage Time
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Sunrise Waltz Country and Rock & Roll Sound
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Ron Martin Special With Mustard Invisible Roots
Agostini, Lucio Canadians on the Go-Go Once Upon a Hundred Years
Pepper Tree Carry On Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Organization, The I Believe in Music ST
Pepper Tree Message Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Joy Tears to be Cried Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Stumpwater Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Bonnie Scots Dundee Weaver Laugh and Cry
Greenwood, John There is Peace My Sailboat and Me
Graham, Sheila Aquarius ST
Claman, Dolores Odd Couplet Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
EQ Step Up Swellsville
King Herbert And the Knights You Make Me So Very Happy With Jack Harden
Grimes Grisgris Geidi Primes
Skarecrow Wee Wee Baby Blues...Live at the Explorer
Bear Paws Stand By Me Kitche-Ogamah
Carrington, Don Trio Breaking Up is Hard to Do Makin' It Happen
Braineaters Modern Man Pt 2 Planet X
Cargo Child of the Playroom Front Side, Back Side
Dixon, Glenn Silence (The Cold Hours Come) Reflections
Sunshyne The Raven (David Sinclair) The Raven (EP)
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) In A Bad Way (Remix) Year Zero
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
Sunshyne Eclypse & Sunny Day (Ross Barrett and Ken Spence) The Raven (EP)
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Someone Think Home Grown Stuff
Plateau My Life My Life b/w Under the Big House
Jeremy Dormouse hollywood heaven Toad Rejects
Rodier, Roger Let's see some happyness Upon Velveatur
Langley Schools Music Project Help Me, Rhonda Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone What's Come Over Me? "Coming Out"
April Wine Gimme Love The Whole World's Going Crazy (test pressing)
Sound Sett I Need You (Everybody Needs Somebody) 1966-1967
Gnys, Stefan English Oaks English Oaks and Evangeline
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
Other Half Travellin Band ST
McKirdy, Hazel End of the World End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie
Griff, Ray Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Gargoyle John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) ST
Walton, Dennis Jah Way to Salvation is Easy Sweeter Love
Adanac Reply What Would It Be Like? What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Biggy Twiggy Band I Don't Want That to Change Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Compilation David Foster - Listen to Daddy Unselfconsciously Canadian
Rockadrome There You Go Again Royal American 20th Century Blues
Moosetracks Cry A Little Tear ST
Baloue, Lewis Romance For Two L'amour
Ablaze Psycho Path Psychopath
EQ Hostile Swellsville
Opposite We Say Yeah Help Us Make It
Ladykiller Ice Woman Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Jeremy Dormouse Who Do You Love Toad
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 1) (Dick Kelder) ST
Twice Upon a Never Early in the Morning Twice Upon a Never
Connors, Stompin' Tom Carolyne Movin' On To Rouyn b/w Carolyne
Compilation Buddy Victor - The More I See You Unselfconsciously Canadian
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Time is of the Essence Invisible Roots
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Tribute to Pretty Maidens Prayer Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Ennis, Barry School Days Mountain of Ice b/w School Days
Gargoyle Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 ST
Emtidi Tr„ume Saat
Rock-a-tunes You're Some Kind of Nice Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Skeptical Eye The Devil's Playground The Devil's Playground
British North American Act Only a Dream In the Beginning
Vicky and the Coins Cotton Fields ST
Opposite One Night Help Us Make It
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Walk Your Head Around Home Grown Stuff
Papa Bears Medicine Show Baroque ST
Greenwood, John Blessed My Sailboat and Me
Griff, Ray That Old Montana Moon Canada "My Native Land"
Armes, Robert Fallen Star Songs for Icarus
Opposite A Dark Night Help Us Make It
Gillan, Marty Try a Little Kindness Try A Little Kindness
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
David Descension ST
Organization, The Crocadile Rock ST
Other Half Warm Summer's Night ST
Huckle Flower To The Sun Wild Blue Yonder
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Blues for McHugh The Montreal Scene
Palmer, John The Wheel Shorelines
New Reality Lost Never Found Demo Tape
Gryfe, Barbara What the World Needs Now What the World Needs Now
Opposite Oh Mamy Blue Help Us Make It
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone Only Takes a Minute "Coming Out"
Lecor, Tex Le frigidaire Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Pat's People Dona Dona Today
Grimes Rosa Geidi Primes
Uncertain Wipeout Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
Moosetracks Sophie ST
Baloue, Lewis Don't Stop It Now Romantic Times
Opposite Help Us Make it Through the Night Help Us Make It

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