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
Hank Noble & His Red River Valley Boys	Things That Might Have Been	Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You	02:44
Stephanie Taylor	I'm Going to Make You Love Me	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	02:39
Skeptical Eye	Tortured From Inside	The Devil's Playground	04:19
The Organization	Don't Let the Green Grass Fool Ya	ST	02:58
Riverson	I'll be There (Brian Edwards)	ST	03:15
Moonstone	David	ST	04:27
Ardels	Lonely Hours	Rhythm & Blues	03:13
Souls of Inspyration	Stranger	ST	03:02
A Joint Effort	Champagne Junction	Final Effort	04:26
Reign Ghost	Curio Shop	ST	03:26
Spade Nielsen	Fuddle Duddle	Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)	02:31
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	Season of the Witch	ST	05:42
John Palmer	Cloud	Shorelines	05:17
Bonnie Scots	This Land Is Your Land	Laugh and Cry	02:56
John Greenwood	The Princess	My Sailboat and Me	04:12
The Haunted	Searching For My Baby	ST	03:03
Skarecrow	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	03:18
Athenians of Toronto	Now More Than Ever	San Skoteiniazei	07:44
Mantra	Hopscotch (Part 1) (Dick Kelder)	ST	01:28
King Herbert And the Knights	Let's Get Together	With Jack Harden	03:18
British North American Act	See How Free	In the Beginning	02:10
Ray Griff	Piano Man	Canada "My Native Land"	03:01
Ardels	Dream Lover	Rhythm & Blues	03:06
May Run	Up Where Dreams Begin	Days Into Years	03:54
Lost Soul Dept.	Wild-Weekend	Wild-Weekend b/w Pot Belly	02:08
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎	Saddle Lake Guitar Rhythm	Country and Rock & Roll Sound	02:26
Compilation	Joe Vassos - New World	Unselfconsciously Canadian	02:31
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	heard ya tellin	Awake in th Red Desert	02:37
King Herbert And the Knights	Amen	With Jack Harden	03:22
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	Love Won't let Me Wait	"Coming Out"	05:37
Boys Brigade	Exodus	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:12
The Amen	Carnivals and Cotton Candy	Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus	02:55
Lewis Baloue	Cool Night In Paris	L'amour	03:15
King Herbert And the Knights	Sing a Simple Song	With Jack Harden	04:48
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Norris Vines and The Luvlines	Give In	Give In b/w Feel The Warm	02:46
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Country Cooking	Phil	04:07
A Joint Effort	Hitchhikers Dream	Final Effort	03:02
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Who You Frontin' For (Remix)	Year Zero	04:02
Hugh Dixon	Blues Stay Away From Me	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	04:22
Souls of Inspyration	Eyes of Nature	ST	03:29
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Montreal West	The Montreal Scene	05:16
Ray Griff	Our Country	Canada "My Native Land"	02:38
Spring	Long Long Way	Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind	03:17
Stephanie Taylor	Working on a Groove Thing	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	02:50
Vicky and the Coins	In Old Shanty Town	ST	02:25
EQ	Play The Back	Swellsville	04:35
Stephanie Taylor	Windmills of Your Mind	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	03:29
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Bear Paws	Stand By Me	Kitche-Ogamah	03:44
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	she, still and curling	Awake in th Red Desert	03:31
Vic Vogel	Booze is Beautiful	Montreal Bandleader	01:58
Spring	It's So Hard	Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind	02:36
Two Tones	The Fox	Live at the Village Corner	02:32
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Moose Head	ST	02:19
Billy O'Boie and the Country Jewels	I Love My Gal	I Love My Gal b/w Little Rosa (picture sleeve)	02:22
Bent Wind	Goin' to the City	Sussex	02:51
Tex Lecor	John McNally	Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)	04:04
Ronney Mitchell	Welcome to the Country	The Five Man Cargo	03:39
Robert Armes	Epilogue	Songs for Icarus	02:50
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Cargo	Talk With Us	Front Side, Back Side	07:45
Glenn Dixon	Silence (The Cold Hours Come)	Reflections	09:38
Huckle	Wild Blue Yonder	Wild Blue Yonder	04:14
Gargoyle	Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster)	ST	09:11
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	Spain is for Old Ladies	Invisible Roots	05:56
Lorne Ranger	Let it Rot	French Fried Freedom	04:07
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Jarvis Street Revue	Mr. Business Man	Mr. Oil Man	02:41
Athenians of Toronto	Proud Mary	San Skoteiniazei	03:02
Gargoyle	Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand	ST	01:53
Five Man Cargo	Memories	Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You	02:55
Tex Lecor	The Draveur	Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)	02:55
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎	Roads to New York	Country and Rock & Roll Sound	03:22
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	No one in Particular	Home Grown Stuff	03:40
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	fires in the tempul	Awake in th Red Desert	02:11
Mantra	Hopscotch (Part 2) (Dick Kelder)	ST	00:32
Jack London & the Sparrows	Sparrows and Daisies	ST	02:18
Ronney Mitchell	Will it go Round in Circles?	The Five Man Cargo	03:26
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Jazz Compo No. 2 "The Beak"	ST	02:15
Art Snider	Lara's Theme	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	02:33
Original Bones	Say it With gentle	ST	03:38
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎	Country Four Blues	Country and Rock & Roll Sound	02:40
Ray Griff	My Rocky Mountain Home	Canada "My Native Land"	02:52
Sacrifice	1985-10_Slaughter - Terry, Sacrifice - Rob_CKLN FM fundraising_Interviews	Interviews 1985 + First Live Show	00:37
Cargo	Rural Route One	Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing	02:18
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Good Morning Blues	ST	04:37
Skarecrow	My Coffee's Gettin' Cold	Blues...Live at the Explorer	03:19
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Medium	Stars	ST	05:35
Canadian Beadles	Think I'm Gonna Cry	Three Faces North	02:27
Ray Griff	The Last of the Winfield Amateurs	Canada "My Native Land"	03:35
Jerry Palmer	Gotta Learn to Twist	String of Hits	02:47
Brazda Brothers	Share With Love	ST	02:44
Jeremy Dormouse	High Flying Bird	Toad	02:27
EQ	Serious	Swellsville	02:03
Liska	Cry Out Loud	Cry Out Loud	04:58
King Herbert And the Knights	Chicken Strut	With Jack Harden	03:43
Reign Ghost	Enola Gay	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	08:26

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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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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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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