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
Mittoo, Jackie Special Mission Stepping Tiger
Riverson Clear Night (Rayburn Blake) ST
Medium Melon ST
British North American Act Only a Dream In the Beginning
Riverson Medallion Castle (Brian Edwards) ST
Organization, The Pretty City Lady ST
Emtidi Love Time Rain Saat
Snider, Art Nasty Arthur Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Spring Fever Gimme Shelter Woodstock
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre awake in the red desert Awake in th Red Desert
David Because I'm Black ST
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Spring Fever Mama, What About Your Daughter Woodstock
Catseye Images Catseye
Sunshyne Dixie Medley (Traditional) The Raven (EP)
Circle C Burn Burn (promo)
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Who You Frontin' For (Remix) Year Zero
Papa Bears Medicine Show Baroque ST
Riverson Hermit Glen (Rayburn Blake) ST
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
Medium New Thing ST
Palmer, John Mandalla Shorelines
Moosetracks Someone on the Line ST
Ultimate Image It's a Hard Life It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey #1 ST
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre fading era Sonic Horses I
Palmer, Jerry Your Love String of Hits
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Modern Rock Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Taylor, Stephanie I Don't Know Where I Stand (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Brown, Jim Ross Barrett & Jim Brown - Tree Person The First See Hear
David Never Been In Love ST
Catseye Rhythms of an Empty Room Catseye
Original Bones Friend of the Devil ST
Medium Give Me a Peace ST
Brazda Brothers Your Kingdom ST
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Doctor Norman Bethune ST
Reign Ghost Ain't it Great Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Boudreau, Walter Danse Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Jeremy Dormouse By the Way Toad
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Let's Make Up Your Mind (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
Huckle Hello Sunshine Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Hit The Breaks Year Zero
Palmer, John Return Shorelines
Original Bones Lady Anne ST
Greenwood, John Give Us Love My Sailboat and Me
November Grief Grass Is Gold To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Pat's People Get To-Gether Today
Gnys, Stefan Soliloguy English Oaks and Evangeline
EQ Help a Bruva Out Swellsville
Cyrus Eden Rock You To The Limit First Offense (EP)
Greenwood, John Mother's Day Love My Sailboat and Me
Jarvis Street Revue Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song) Mr. Oil Man
Medium Two by Two ST
Clymaxe R. U. Cumming? R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues
Mitchell, Ronney Good Luck Charm - She's Not You The Five Man Cargo
Dandy, Trevor When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Stonemen Faded Colors In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
EQ Inner Thoughts Swellsville
Griff, Ray That Old Montana Moon Canada "My Native Land"
Huckle Gather The Children Wild Blue Yonder
Palmer, John Colours For the Shoreline Shorelines
Original Bones I Went Walkin' ST
Reign Ghost Black Ode ST
Brown, Jim Bruce Clarke - Of Spiralling Why The First See Hear
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Nihilist Spasm Band Oh Brian Dibb No Record
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Reflections ST
Gnys, Stefan English Oaks English Oaks and Evangeline
EQ Play The Back Swellsville
Bonnie Scots The Drunken Man Laugh and Cry
London, Jack & the Sparrows Take it Slow (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Modigliani ST
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Passive & Blue Commercials For Free (EP)
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Someone Think Home Grown Stuff
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone Love Won't let Me Wait "Coming Out"
Harris, Mike Country Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Gentlemen of Horror Overhead Projector ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Brégent Je t'Aime Poussière Des Regrets
Vicky and the Coins Old Fashioned Girl ST
Wiffen, David More Often Than Not Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Urine Trouble Year Zero
Daigle, Ted Ruby Ruby b/w When You Said You All
EQ Serious Swellsville
Liska A Smile Cry Out Loud
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Nothing Beautiful ST
Armes, Robert Woman in Toronto Songs for Icarus
Nihilist Spasm Band Dog Face Man No Record
Perth County Conspiracy So Many Things ST
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Jensen Sisters You Light Up My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Calgary Range Riders Curly Hair Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair
VXN Running Out ST
Mathieson, Peter Heaven Help the Fool Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
Plateau My Life My Life b/w Under the Big House
Graham, Sheila Little Green Apples ST
Claman, Dolores Wilderness West Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Rockadrome There You Go Again Royal American 20th Century Blues

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