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	Length
David	Cup of Tea	ST	02:13
The Other Half	Stormy Monday Blues	ST	03:02
VXN	No More	Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)	03:49
Randy Bishop	Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning	I Sing A Soft Song	13:40
David Fromager	Concrete City Life	If What You Said Was True	02:20
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Blues for McHugh	The Montreal Scene	06:16
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Joy	Tears to be Cried	Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried	02:37
The Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Jeremy Dormouse	Who Do You Love	Toad	03:22
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Birth of the New Dragon Mine	The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar	02:59
Medium	New Thing	ST	04:35
Medium	Two by Two	ST	02:37
Barry Ennis	Mountain of Ice	Mountain of Ice b/w School Days	01:36
Blind Owl	Lingering Dreams	ST	04:38
Reign Ghost	Breast Stroke Blues	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	04:24
Spring Fever	Watch Yourself	Woodstock	03:36
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	My Dog's Tail is Longer Than Yours	Invisible Roots	04:15
Rascalz	The Roughest (We Are)	Really Livin'	03:44
Riverson	Take Me (Rayburn Blake)	ST	02:55
A Joint Effort	Greed for Gold	Final Effort	04:26
Opposite	Land of 1000 Dances	Help Us Make It	03:18
Riverson	Can't Live Without You (Franki Hart)	ST	03:07
Twice Upon a Never	Butterfly of Love	Twice Upon a Never	02:45
Shagnasty	All My Teachers	Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers	04:20
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Catseye	I Met a Girl Out in the Country	Catseye	04:12
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
King Herbert And the Knights	Sissy Strut	With Jack Harden	03:44
John Palmer	Mandalla	Shorelines	05:08
The Fringe	Inside Lookin' Out	Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo	04:20
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Burgundy	Ex-Lovin' Man	Lady Blue b/w Ex-Lovin' Man	02:48
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	You Got the Green Light	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	04:03
Rockadrome	R.A.T.C.B. Reprise	Royal American 20th Century Blues	05:22
Haggath	Evil Transitions	Rehearsal 1985-09	07:43
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back)	People Of The Ice	03:14
Stompin' Tom Connors	Little Wawa	Northland's Own	03:19
Cargo	Once a Proud Man	Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way	01:40
Lucio Agostini	Canadians at Work	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:45
Rockadrome	Thirteen Miles Down	Royal American 20th Century Blues	02:20
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Porno Groove	Year Zero	00:58
Fred Latremouille	Tossin' and Turnin'	Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato	01:54
Trevor Dandy	Sometimes	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:33
Langley Schools Music Project	Desperado	Wix - Brown Elementary School	03:34
Something Evil	Die Children Die	Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot	02:59
John Greenwood	Give Us Love	My Sailboat and Me	03:59
Jack London & the Sparrows	I'll be the Boy	ST	01:55
Ice	Soul Searcher	On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher	04:01
Art Snider	Denise	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	02:05
Lewis Baloue	Bringing You a Rose	Romantic Times	04:42
Guess Who	American Woman	American Woman (split with Christie, Cliff Richards & Arlene Harden)	05:09
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Moon Raker	James Bond 007	02:27
Ronney Mitchell	Welcome to the Country	The Five Man Cargo	03:39
New Reality	Moments of Silence	Demo Tape	04:10
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Live and Let Die	James Bond 007	02:47
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Count Baculis	ST	02:14
Chantettes	Gay Hawaiian Melody	Remember.....	01:16
Don And Adrian	River Run You Down	River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down	04:27
Reign Ghost	Enola Gay	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	08:26
Shades of Blond	All Your Love	All Your Love	02:12
Original Bones	Tom Greene County Fair	ST	02:21
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	leevin th electrik citee	Sonic Horses I	09:01
Skarecrow	Can't Judge a Book	Blues...Live at the Explorer	03:28
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited	Stage 3: Bossanova	The Optic Earful	01:52
Heat	Rocking Chair	Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair	02:03
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	leevin th electrik citee (2)	Sonic Horses I	10:09
Don Carrington Trio	Breaking Up is Hard to Do	Makin' It Happen	06:43
Ablaze	Sadistic Dream	Psychopath	05:34
A Joint Effort	Hitchhikers Dream	Final Effort	03:02
Mynah Birds	The Mynah Bird Song	The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song	03:11
Moosetracks	Hangman	ST	02:53
Barbara Gryfe	Sunrise Sunset	What the World Needs Now	02:56
Ray Griff	That Old Montana Moon	Canada "My Native Land"	02:30
Jim Morrison	Ready to Rock	Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)	02:10
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Walkin' the Dog	Chip Dip	03:13
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎	Roads to New York	Country and Rock & Roll Sound	03:22
Two Tones	Calypso Baby	Live at the Village Corner	02:06
Twice Upon a Never	Turtle Dove	Twice Upon a Never	02:16
Barbara Gryfe	Reunion With the Reserves	What the World Needs Now	03:00
Huckle	Flowers	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	03:09
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Bird Woman of Bath	ST	03:25
Les 409	They Say	They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)	02:25
Jeremy Dormouse	the immortal st. canthor	Toad Rejects	03:14
Catseye	Rhythms of an Empty Room	Catseye	05:53
Spring Fever	She Taught My Katie	Woodstock	03:14
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Mannequin Demo	03:32
Laurie Ingalls	You Were Wrong	Cheap Champagne	03:21
Rascalz	Really Livin'	Really Livin'	03:04
Caribou	Les goelands	ST	04:27
Stompin' Tom Connors	Algoma Central No. 69	Northland's Own	02:30
Ardels	Heads Up	Rhythm & Blues	02:06
Laurie Ingalls	Mountain Magic	Cheap Champagne	02:52
Opposite	Ebony Eyes	Help Us Make It	03:17
Ardels	Linda Lou	Rhythm & Blues	02:23
Marty Gillan	Try a Little Kindness	Try A Little Kindness	02:54
Bonnie Scots	This Land Is Your Land	Laugh and Cry	02:56
Catseye	Love	Catseye	07:29

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

Neil Young - My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)

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Ellison - ST

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Clockwork - Cybernaut b/w Mean Lady

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Hi Octane Band - Shakey Ground b/w Feelings

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Something Evil - Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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The Other Half - ST

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The Haunted - ST

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Wheeeee! Demo

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Christmas - ST

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Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

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Caribou - ST

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Laurie Ingalls - Cheap Champagne

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Sacrifice - Interviews 1985 + First Live Show

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Sacrifice - The Exorcism

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Sacrifice - Turn In Your Grave (demo)

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Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends - Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends

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Ablaze - Psychopath

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May Run - Days Into Years

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Gerry Fiander - So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)

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Moonstone - ST

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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New Creation - Troubled

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Haggath - Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

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