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
Bear Paws Can't You See Kitche-Ogamah
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Moose Head ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn u cum into me Sonic Horses I
Brégent Je t'Aime Poussière Des Regrets
Burgundy Lady Blue Lady Blue b/w Ex-Lovin' Man
Reign Ghost Travels of Blue Paradox ST
John Palmer The Wheel Shorelines
Tex Lecor Je t'amène avec moi Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
John Greenwood There is Peace My Sailboat and Me
Mock Duck Sitting on Top of the World Test Record
Jeremy Dormouse what joy - what bliss Toad Rejects
Andre Beaupre The Saga of Wayne Gretzky The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II
Compilation Buddy Victor - The More I See You Unselfconsciously Canadian
Jeremy Dormouse you can't go back Toad Rejects
Original Bones Friend of the Devil ST
David Fromager My Woman Left Me If What You Said Was True
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
Plastic Cloud Shadows of Your Mind ST
Skeptical Eye Believe in Me The Devil's Playground
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Grimes Avi Geidi Primes
David Fromager Girl from the North Country If What You Said Was True
Lucio Agostini Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Jeremy Dormouse I Need a Friend Toad
Mystique Beyond the Four Winds Black Rider
Pat's People What Have They Done to the Rain Today
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre awake in the red desert Awake in th Red Desert
Skarecrow I Got to Have It Blues...Live at the Explorer
Grimes Sardaukar Levenbrech Geidi Primes
Riverson Medallion Castle (Brian Edwards) ST
Haunted Horror Show ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Love Won't let Me Wait "Coming Out"
David Wiffen Abilene Live at the Bunkhouse
Bent Wind Mystify Sussex
British North American Act Only a Dream In the Beginning
Willie Dunn Protest Song Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
Moosetracks Happily Day Is Done ST
Canadian Beadles Funny Feeling Three Faces North
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Heat Brighouse Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair
Moonstone Murk ST
EQ Step Up Swellsville
John Greenwood Hey, Minstrel Boy My Sailboat and Me
Haunted Untie Me ST
Vicky and the Coins Five Foot Two ST
Roger Rodier Just fine Upon Velveatur
Jeremy Dormouse freight train Toad Rejects
Langley Schools Music Project Space Oddity Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Compilation Stampeders - You Never Know Until You Try International Master Discovery Records
John Palmer Colours For the Shoreline Shorelines
Reign Ghost Enola Gay Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Willie Dunn Walking Eagle Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Langley Schools Music Project Wild Fire Wix - Brown Elementary School
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau I'm Not Guilty ST (psych cover)
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Hop The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Dutch Mason Gamblin' Fever Half Ain't Been Told
Blind Owl The Old Man ST
Chantettes Advertisement Song Remember.....
United Empire Loyalists Afraid of the Dark No, No, No b/w Afraid of the Dark
Plastic Cloud Civilization Machine ST
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Jazz Widow Waltz Invisible Roots
Ellison Untruth Story (Vincent Marandola) ST
Jackie Mittoo Special Mission Stepping Tiger
Teenage Head Tearin' Me Apart Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Skeptical Eye My Life Is The Devil's Playground
Glenn Dixon Sunset Reflections
No Exit Decisions ST
Jack London & the Sparrows I'll be the Boy ST
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Three ST
Christmas Jungle Fabulous ST
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone That's the Way I Like It "Coming Out"
VXN No More Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)
Lucio Agostini Canadians on the Go-Go Once Upon a Hundred Years
Tex Lecor Ti-bicycle Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Casino Royale James Bond 007
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn th toothpaste runs out Sonic Horses I
Huckle Beautiful You Are Wild Blue Yonder
Stephanie Taylor Suzanne (Leonard Cohen) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
A Joint Effort Molly and Tenbrooks Final Effort
Walter Boudreau Synchronisation I Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Clymaxe R. U. Cumming? R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues
Liska Tear Away My Heart Cry Out Loud
Pat's People Less of Me Today
Stompin' Tom Connors The Birth of the New Dragon Mine The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Fred Latremouille Mashed Potato Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Derek Scott Markle The Circle is Changin' Around ST
Tex Lecor Le frigidaire Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Bent Wind Sacred Cows Sussex
Derek Scott Markle Could She Fly ST
Grimes Shadout Mapes Geidi Primes
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
Gargoyle Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 ST
Cargo Black Window Front Side, Back Side
Rascalz Whose The Hip Hopper Really Livin'
Ted Daigle Ruby Ruby b/w When You Said You All
Lewis Baloue Like To See You Again L'amour
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre yu sing Awake in th Red Desert

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