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
Mystique Wake Up Screamin' Black Rider
Brazda Brothers 20th Century ST
Bonnie Scots Scotland 'Ra Brave Laugh and Cry
Bishop, Randy Wonderful Angel I Sing A Soft Song
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Mantra Dick's Song (Dick Kelder) ST
Daigle, Ted No One Else Teenage Time
Rascalz Buggin' to the Boogie Really Livin'
Original Bones Drop Down Mama ST
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Ya Ya Chip Dip
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Sweet Summer Day ST
Mitchell, Ronney It's Your Thing The Five Man Cargo
Reign Ghost The Gum Wrapper Song ST
Organization, The Together Forever ST
Mantra Stay (D'arcy Draper) ST
Arcade Fire The Woodland National Anthem ST
Other Half Thoughts ST
Chantettes Bamboo Remember.....
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Porno Groove Year Zero
Snider, Art Ode to Billy Joe Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Greenwood, John My Sailboat and Me My Sailboat and Me
Mason, Dutch Gonna Move to the Country Half Ain't Been Told
Spring Fever Mama, What About Your Daughter Woodstock
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Sweet Somethings Will You Love Me Tomorrow hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Claman, Dolores Later Latin Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Agostini, Lucio Voyageur Canoe Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Chantettes Wayward Wind Remember.....
Fringe, The Token For My Mind Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Stormbringer The Curse The Curse b/w Evil Mind
Daigle, Ted Ballad of a Teenage Queen Teenage Time
Braineaters Kid Stuff Planet X
Ratherford, Michael Hard Drugs Hard Drugs
Dandy, Trevor Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
Wiffen, David Driving Wheel Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Song From Beads ST
Gillan, Marty Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday Try A Little Kindness
Georges Leningrad Bad smells Made In Taiwan
Reign Ghost Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy ST
Dandy, Trevor Is There Any Love? Don't Cry Little Tree
Biggy Twiggy Band Mama Won't Let You Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Sweet Somethings Pot of Gold hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Jeremy Dormouse hesitation blues Toad Rejects
Bear Paws Stand By Me Kitche-Ogamah
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Black Knight Aaraigathor (Metal Anthem) Master of Disaster (EP)
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
VXN Putting Love Aside Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers Roll Over Beethoven Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say
Gargoyle George Dawber - Remembering Morris ST
Snider, Art Something Stupid - Tea for Two Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Pepper Tree Carry On Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Moosetracks Sophie ST
Reign Ghost Enola Gay Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Carrington, Don Trio Dingus Makin' It Happen
Medium Melon ST
Greenwood, John There is Peace My Sailboat and Me
Christmas Just Suppose ST
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Destroy the Nihilistic Picnic Invisible Roots
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
Richards, Brad Send a Little Love My Way Right Time for Love
Jeremy Dormouse High Flying Bird Toad
Greenwood, John Mother's Day Love My Sailboat and Me
Vicky and the Coins Bill Bailey ST
No Exit They'll Never Know ST
Organization, The Back to Back ST
Mason, Dutch Ain't Nobody's Business Half Ain't Been Told
Pat's People Michael Today
Carrington, Don Trio MacArthur Park Makin' It Happen
Wiffen, David Times are Getting' Hard Live at the Bunkhouse
Brown, Jim Lloyd Burritt - The Hollow Men The First See Hear
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Dunn, Willie Protest Song Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Arcade Fire I'm Sleeping in a Submarine ST
Plastic Cloud Civilization Machine ST
Griff, Ray D-Dogies Canada "My Native Land"
Sunshyne The Raven (David Sinclair) The Raven (EP)
Riverson I'll be There (Brian Edwards) ST
Triaxe Persecution Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
Blind Owl Hooked On You ST
Griff, Ray Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Blind Owl Happy To Be Alive ST
Stonefield, The Morning Hours Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Chantettes Jamaica Farewell Remember.....
Fiander, Gerry So Long, Goodbye So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)
Twice Upon a Never California Dreamin' Twice Upon a Never
Skeptical Eye Concealed Truth The Devil's Playground
Dixon, Hugh Esquire Shuffle (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Golden Earrings Nothing Much My Situation b/w Nothing Much
Gentlemen of Horror God Knows you by Name Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jeremy Dormouse freight train Toad Rejects
Connors, Stompin' Tom My Home Cradled Out in the Waves Northland's Own
Perth County Conspiracy Hindsight ST
EQ Let it be Known Swellsville
Jeremy Dormouse rollin' again Toad Rejects
Bent Wind Touch of Red Sussex
Brown, Jim Lionel Kearns - Transport The First See Hear
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Modern Rock Country and Rock & Roll Sound

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