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
Plastic Cloud Dainty General Rides ST
Jack London & the Sparrows Dream on Dreamer ST
Cargo Dubious Front Side, Back Side
Les 409 They Say They Say b/w Born in Chicago
Arcade Fire Headlights Look like Diamonds ST
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Sheila Graham Aquarius ST
Rascalz The Roughest (We Are) Really Livin'
Heat Brighouse Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair
Nihilist Spasm Band When in London Sleep at the York Hotel No Record
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Dreams in Fall ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre fires in the tempul Awake in th Red Desert
Vicky and the Coins Cotton Fields ST
Sound Sett I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart) 1966-1967
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Wet Wash ST
George Cook Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley
Jarvis Street Revue Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song) Mr. Oil Man
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra You Only Live Twice James Bond 007
Gargoyle George Dawber - Remembering Morris ST
Cargo I Found a Way Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
Ray Griff Garrington Canada "My Native Land"
Lucio Agostini Introduction Once Upon a Hundred Years
Hi-Fives Mo-Shun Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Roger Rodier My spirits calling Upon Velveatur
Blind Owl The Old Man ST
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
Trevor Dandy Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
The Organization Don't Let the Green Grass Fool Ya ST
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Compilation Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette Unselfconsciously Canadian
Souls of Inspyration Eyes of Nature ST
Brégent Je t'Aime Poussière Des Regrets
Huckle Beyonder Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Brégent Métamorphoses du vampire Poussière Des Regrets
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Roads to New York Country and Rock & Roll Sound
David Wiffen Slice of Life Live at the Bunkhouse
Northwest Company Get Away From it All Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All
Ray Griff Piano Man Canada "My Native Land"
September (1) Blue Lady Blue Lady b/w Celebration
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Pat's People Less of Me Today
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part One ST
Opposite A Dark Night Help Us Make It
Jarvis Street Revue 300 South Mr. Oil Man
King Herbert And the Knights Chicken Strut With Jack Harden
Ted Daigle Legend of Chaleur Bay Teenage Time
Moosetracks Hangman ST
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Good Morning Blues ST
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Bird She Fly Low ST
Pat's People Dona Dona Today
Dennis Walton Sweeter Love Sweeter Love
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre o a b a Awake in th Red Desert
Joni Mitchell Wild Things Run Fast Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Sound Sett Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) 1966-1967
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Saddle Lake Guitar Rhythm Country and Rock & Roll Sound
British North American Act Corduroy Coat In the Beginning
Lewis Baloue Summer's Moon L'amour
Thornton Rogers J. The Blues Out in the West b/w The Blues
Sheila Graham Stormy ST
Echoes and a Dream Yesterday's Tomorrow Echoes and a Dream
Cargo Child of the Playroom Front Side, Back Side
Walter Boudreau Boul Chaumont Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Stompin' Connors Tom The Northern Gentleman Northland's Own
Royal Family Solitude Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Mike Harris Patty the Coon Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
George Hauschild & Carole But For Love Penticton b/w But For Love
Ellison Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Chantettes Sail Away Remember.....
Jeff Moore & Friends Blind Man (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
The Shouter's In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Jeremy Dormouse By the Way Toad
Cargo Rural Route One Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
Souls of Inspyration Stranger ST
Rascalz Nothin' But a Rascal Really Livin'
Souls of Inspyration Seasons of Change ST
Spring Fever A Long Time Coming Woodstock
Brazda Brothers Civilization ST
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Little Toy Trains Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Mystique Wake Up Screamin' Black Rider
Original Bones Say it With gentle ST
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet #2 Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre heard ya tellin Awake in th Red Desert
The Organization Superstar ST
Nick Ayoub Quintet Report from Cairo The Montreal Scene
Opposite Baby Why Help Us Make It
David Fromager If What You Said Was True If What You Said Was True
Spring Shine Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Jerry Palmer Love's Come to Me String of Hits
Stumpwater Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times
Blind Owl Some Tears You Have To Cry ST
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Until Nine ST (psych cover)
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
Dolores Claman Wilderness West Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Opposite Oh Mamy Blue Help Us Make It

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

ST

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

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