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
Braineaters Closet Case Planet X
Chantettes Man Come Into Egypt Remember.....
Souls of Inspyration Dil Kusha (Heart's Happiness) ST
Chantettes Jamaica Farewell Remember.....
November Grief The Aftermath To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Ted Daigle It May be Silly Teenage Time
Moonstone Focus ST
Jeremy Dormouse Who Do You Love Toad
Strange Movies (I Can) Feel It Coming (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
Opposite We Say Yeah Help Us Make It
Jimmy Apostle & the Willows I Love Ya Honey I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love
A Joint Effort Bus Song Final Effort
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook and Sling The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Intermission Poetry Home Grown Stuff
Sound Sett Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) 1966-1967
Sound Sett Mustang Sally (Mack Rice) 1966-1967
Mike Harris By the Fireside Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Let Him Go ST (psych cover)
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Saddle Lake Guitar Rhythm Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Vicky and the Coins Bill Bailey ST
Skarecrow Ballad of Glen & Trevor Blues...Live at the Explorer
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre my mouths on fire Awake in th Red Desert
Barbara Gryfe Evening of Roses What the World Needs Now
Christmas Sorry I Bore You Victoria ST
Trevor Dandy Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
VXN No More Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)
Rockadrome Live and Love Child Royal American 20th Century Blues
Garden Bower 18 Bricker Etc. w/ Trains
Huckle I Surrender Wild Blue Yonder
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Ronney Mitchell Time Alone Will Tell The Five Man Cargo
Sweet Somethings Going Out of My Head - Can't Take My Eyes Off You hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Ted Daigle Ballad of a Teenage Queen Teenage Time
Jack London & the Sparrows If You Don't Want My Love ST
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
Sheila Graham Straight Life ST
Chantettes Bamboo Remember.....
British North American Act All the World is In Your Eyes In the Beginning
Nick Ayoub Quintet Bib and I The Montreal Scene
Mantra Dick's Song (Dick Kelder) ST
Lewis Baloue Like To See You Again L'amour
Mantra Drifter (D'arcy Draper) ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Jack London & the Sparrows Give My Love to You ST
Lewis Baloue As the Boats Go By Romantic Times
Rockadrome Royal American Twentieth Century Blues Royal American 20th Century Blues
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Walk Your Head Around Home Grown Stuff
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Twice Upon a Never Obladi Oblada Twice Upon a Never
Robert Armes Fallen Star Songs for Icarus
A Joint Effort Molly and Tenbrooks Final Effort
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Truck Drivers Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra From Russia With Love James Bond 007
Lewis Baloue It's a New Day Romantic Times
Gentlemen of Horror Bank Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
John Palmer Mandalla Shorelines
Barbara Gryfe What the World Needs Now What the World Needs Now
Plateau Under the Big House My Life b/w Under the Big House
Opposite Land of 1000 Dances Help Us Make It
Adanac Reply What Would It Be Like? What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Dennis Walton Jah Way to Salvation is Easy Sweeter Love
Mystique Black Rider Black Rider
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Stompin' Tom Connors The Northern Gentleman Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman
Threads Of Fybre Believe Me Mama b/w Believe Me
Ted Daigle Ruby Ruby b/w When You Said You All
Sheila Graham Without You ST
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Gargoyle John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) ST
Arcade Fire Vampire Forest Fire ST
Braineaters Johnny Planet X
Chantettes There But For Fortune Remember.....
Compilation Buddy Victor - Didn’t' We Unselfconsciously Canadian
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
Canadian Beadles Leah Three Faces North
Glenn Dixon Dreamer Parts 1-3 Reflections
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Piano Piano ST (psych cover)
Huckle Rolling River Wild Blue Yonder
Skarecrow I'm A Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Legacy Come With Me Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs
Liska Tear Away My Heart Cry Out Loud
Jerry Palmer Head Over Heels in Love String of Hits
Stonemen In the Evening In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Reign Ghost Breadbox Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Compilation David Foster - Listen to Daddy Unselfconsciously Canadian
Ardels Heads Up Rhythm & Blues
Stephanie Taylor I'm Going to Make You Love Me "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Brégent La mélancolie Poussière Des Regrets
David Fromager Country Boy's Memories If What You Said Was True
Robert Armes 2-2 Blues Songs for Icarus
Skeptical Eye Concealed Truth The Devil's Playground
Original Bones Song for Pierre Laporte ST
Jerry Palmer Walking Home String of Hits
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Café Symphony ST
Mock Duck Sitting on Top of the World Test Record
Jim Brown Wayne Carr - Timbral Changes The First See Hear
Plastic Cloud Art's a Happy Man ST
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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