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
Jeremy Dormouse Young Face Toad
Stefan Gnys You're Not The Only One English Oaks and Evangeline
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Squires The Sultan The Sultan b/w Aurora
Golden Earrings Nothing Much My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey #2 Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Randy Bishop Lillipads I Sing A Soft Song
King Beezz Gloria Gloria b/w She Belongs to Me
Ray Griff Piano Man Canada "My Native Land"
Emtidi Tr„ume Saat
Compilation David Foster - Listen to Daddy Unselfconsciously Canadian
Stompin' Tom Connors Luke's Guitar The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Royal Family Sometimes Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Ray Griff The Last of the Winfield Amateurs Canada "My Native Land"
Original Bones One More Night ST
The Organization Happiness ST
Brazda Brothers Civilization ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Truck Drivers Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Langley Schools Music Project The Long and Winding Road Wix - Brown Elementary School
Lucio Agostini Pan Am Young and Old Once Upon a Hundred Years
Joni Mitchell Wild Things Run Fast Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Trooper 3 Dressed Up as a 9 3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre now, according to paragraph C Awake in th Red Desert
Joni Mitchell You Dream Flat Tires Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Stompin' Tom Connors The Flyin' C.P.R. Northland's Own
Ardels I'll Go Crazy Rhythm & Blues
Rockadrome Ain't It a Shame Royal American 20th Century Blues
Nerve The Nerve - Penchant (2005 live recording by the Smarties) Penchant b/w Preludes
Original Bones The Verses of the Fool ST
Riverson Winter Garden (Brian Edwards) ST
Sound Sett Mustang Sally (Mack Rice) 1966-1967
David Cup of Tea ST
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Colourless ST
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Sunshine "Coming Out"
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) State Of The Art Year Zero
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Walter Boudreau Imagination Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Langley Schools Music Project Help Me, Rhonda Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Vicky and the Coins Girl From Ipanema ST
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Dutch Mason Baby Please Don't Go Half Ain't Been Told
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love ST
Legacy Gimme My Drugs Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs
Pat's People Our Father Today
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Bell that Couldn't Jingle Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Chantettes Wayward Wind Remember.....
Medium My Lady Lies Forever ST
November Grief The Aftermath To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Canadian Beadles I Lost Your Love Last Night Three Faces North
Langley Schools Music Project To Know Him is to Love Him Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Grimes Grisgris Geidi Primes
Garden Bower O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela Etc. w/ Trains
Burgundy Ex-Lovin' Man Lady Blue b/w Ex-Lovin' Man
Brazda Brothers Blooming Flowers ST
Compilation Jim Wheeler and the Spokes - Secret Spy International Master Discovery Records
Robert Armes Bobcaygeon Songs for Icarus
Rockadrome Thirteen Miles Down Royal American 20th Century Blues
The Stonefield Morning Hours Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Jeremy Dormouse what joy - what bliss Toad Rejects
Opposite Help Us Make it Through the Night Help Us Make It
Bonnie Scots Dundee Weaver Laugh and Cry
Jeff Moore & Friends Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Vicky and the Coins Bill Bailey ST
David Fromager Chains If What You Said Was True
Lewis Baloue Don't Stop It Now Romantic Times
Langley Schools Music Project In My Room Wix - Brown Elementary School
Sweet Somethings Summertime hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Derek Scott Markle House Song ST
Twice Upon a Never Butterfly of Love Twice Upon a Never
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Jazz Compo No. 2 "The Beak" ST
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Teenage Time
The Stonefield Deep Shades of Blue Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Cargo Only My Best Friends Can Tell Front Side, Back Side
Rascalz The Roughest (We Are) Really Livin'
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Opposite Don't Say I Love You Help Us Make It
Stephanie Taylor Long and Winding Road "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Dutch Mason Walkin' Blues Half Ain't Been Told
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Mike Harris Andy's Favorite Jig Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Jeremy Dormouse October Morning Toad
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
David Wiffen More Often Than Not Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Billy Martin Stax Strawberry Soul
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Stompin' Tom Connors Sudbury Saturday Night Northland's Own
Jim Brown Lionel Kearns - The Woman Who The First See Hear
Stephanie Taylor Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Guess Who American Woman American Woman (split with Christie, Cliff Richards & Arlene Harden)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre she's a very good cook Awake in th Red Desert
Stefan Gnys Machine English Oaks and Evangeline
Stompin' Tom Connors Carolyne Northland's Own
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone That's the Way I Like It "Coming Out"
Nomads Four Be On Your Way Be On Your Way b/w Come On Home
Jack London & the Sparrows Give My Love to You ST
David Wiffen You Don't Know My Mind Live at the Bunkhouse
New Day They're Callin' Me Back Home They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around

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