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
Other Half	Thoughts	ST	04:06
Shagnasty	Ringing in My Ear	Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers	03:26
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited	Symphony #1 In A, B, C, D, etc.	The Optic Earful	11:09
David Wiffen	More Often Than Not	Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)	04:42
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
John Palmer	Salvation's Den	Shorelines	05:15
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
November Grief	Psychotopsy	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	02:41
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Urine Trouble	Year Zero	02:22
Jerry Palmer	Love's Come to Me	String of Hits	02:50
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	Time is of the Essence	Invisible Roots	03:36
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Alexander Brott & Donald McGill	Canada: Case History (Earle Birney) - Erosion (E.J. Pratt) - Children of Martha (Gilean Douglas) - Quiet (Marjorie Pickthall) - Paul Bunyan (A Legend of his return to St. Eustache) (Arthur S. Bourinot	Sept for Seven: Seven Brief Movements Combining the Arts of Music and Poetry - A Setting of Five Canadian Poems, Introduced by Musical Prelude and concluded with a Postlude	14:29
Lorne Ranger	Let it Rot	French Fried Freedom	04:07
Sweet Somethings	Will You Love Me Tomorrow	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:47
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	Times are Changing	Home Grown Stuff	02:39
Reign Ghost	Reaching	ST	09:12
Nihilist Spasm Band	Oh Brian Dibb	No Record	04:36
The Fringe	Executive Dream	Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo	03:04
Hugh Dixon	Chopin's Nocturne	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	03:33
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Casino Royale	James Bond 007	02:43
Story Structure	I Told You (Instrumental Mix)	I Told You	04:55
John Greenwood	My Sailboat and Me	My Sailboat and Me	04:41
Cargo	Habits and Jails	Front Side, Back Side	05:16
Ladykiller	Still Madly in Love	Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman	04:40
Billy Martin	Egg Roll	Strawberry Soul	03:02
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Count Baculis	ST	02:14
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
Gargoyle	Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969	ST	01:00
Blind Owl	Roads	ST	05:11
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Wanda Unda Landa	Chip Dip	02:32
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	The High	ST	06:00
Hugh Dixon	Yellow Bird	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	03:13
David Wiffen	Blue	Live at the Bunkhouse	03:42
Emtidi	Walkin' In The Park	Saat	06:38
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	Edible Wallpaper	Invisible Roots	04:01
Perth County Conspiracy	I Shall be Released	ST	06:32
Laurie Ingalls	Devil's Daughter	Cheap Champagne	03:56
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Walkin' the Dog	Chip Dip	03:13
Ultimate Image	It's a Hard Life	It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn	02:54
Jim Brown	Bp Nichol - Another Day Older	The First See Hear	01:45
Riverson	Hermit Glen (Rayburn Blake)	ST	03:06
Derek Scott Markle	I Don't Know For Certain	ST	01:56
Ray Griff	Curley	Canada "My Native Land"	03:07
Fabulous PJ's	What Do You Want Me to Do?	What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary	02:45
The Shouter's	In The Evening	In The Evening b/w Can I Help It	02:44
Lewis Baloue	As the Boats Go By	Romantic Times	03:10
Pat's People	Changes	Today	03:27
May Run	Lay Your Hands	Days Into Years	03:45
Hi-Fives	Mo-Shun	Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun	01:32
Reign Ghost	Breast Stroke Blues	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	04:24
George Hauschild & Carole	But For Love	Penticton b/w But For Love	02:50
Moonstone	Finas Birthday Song	ST	00:51
Jim Brown	Wayne Carr - Timbral Changes	The First See Hear	04:57
Art Snider	Silly Jilly	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	02:14
Mike Harris	Bill Cheatem	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	01:46
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Lewis Baloue	Romance For Two	L'amour	04:44
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	You Know The Science	Year Zero	03:39
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als	Beach Rat	Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy	02:12
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Good Morning Blues	ST	04:37
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	the canada council juree prson is missing	Sonic Horses I	03:07
Jeremy Dormouse	fly around my pretty little miss	Toad Rejects	02:08
Skarecrow	Wee Wee Baby	Blues...Live at the Explorer	04:00
Liska	All My Love	Cry Out Loud	04:09
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
EQ	Inner Thoughts	Swellsville	02:50
Rascalz	Quest for Rhyme	Really Livin'	04:03
Derek Scott Markle	To Whisper Out Your Name	ST	02:35
Compilation	Judy Singh - Emily	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:54
Sound Sett	You're a Better Man Than I (Mike & Brian Hugg)	1966-1967	03:24
November Grief	T.W.O.D.	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	00:43
Jim Morrison	Ready to Rock	Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)	02:10
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	My Favourite Things	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	03:11
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	she's a very good cook	Awake in th Red Desert	02:17
Reign Ghost	Breadbox	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	02:05
Chantettes	Jamaica Farewell	Remember.....	01:32
New Creation	No Excuse	Troubled	04:43
Reign Ghost	The Gum Wrapper Song	ST	01:51
Nerve	The Nerve - Penchant (2005 live recording by the Smarties)	Penchant b/w Preludes	04:12
EQ	Come Alive (King Otto Remix)	Swellsville	04:18
Nomads Four	Be On Your Way	Be On Your Way b/w Come On Home	02:33
Skarecrow	Bo Diddley	Blues...Live at the Explorer	07:37
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Ya Habibi	The Montreal Scene	04:34
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Cat Piss	Year Zero	02:53
Mantra	San Francisco Morning (D'arcy Draper)	ST	03:17
Moonstone	Black Blind Light	ST	04:24
Jeremy Dormouse	the immortal st. canthor	Toad Rejects	03:14
Spring	You Were Blind	Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind	02:28
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	A Mic In A Fist	Year Zero	02:14
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	Smokestack Lightning	ST	04:09
Hank Snow	I'm Movin' On	Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:49
Brazda Brothers	Your Kingdom	ST	04:06
Hazel McKirdy	Mama Didn't Lie	End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie	02:03
Grimes	Zoal, Face Dancer	Geidi Primes	02:36
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Let's Make Up Your Mind (Joyce Hahn vocals)	ST	02:36
Ardels	Heads Up	Rhythm & Blues	02:06
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Jazz Compo No. 2 "The Beak"	ST	02:15
Garden Bower	18 Bricker	Etc. w/ Trains	02:47
Cargo	Say Goodbye	Front Side, Back Side	02:53

Rarest Canadian Music

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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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Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

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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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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

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Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

Jimmy Apostle & the Willows - I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

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Ellison - ST

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Perth County Conspiracy - ST

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Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

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

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Kings - Switchin'

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Spring - Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind

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Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

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Joker's Memory - ST

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

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Bent Wind - Sussex

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