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
Ultimate Image	It's a Hard Life	It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn	02:54
The Reaction	On The Beach	On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)	05:58
Barbara Gryfe	People (Lovers) Such As	What the World Needs Now	03:06
Cargo	Alisa	Front Side, Back Side	03:50
Cargo	Rural Route One	Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing	02:18
Pepper Tree	Message	Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)	03:33
Jimmy Apostle & the Willows	I Love Ya Honey	I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love	02:02
Rockadrome	Live and Love Child	Royal American 20th Century Blues	01:38
Garden Bower	Folsom Prison Blues	Etc. w/ Trains	02:27
Teenage Head	Tearin' Me Apart	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:41
D.N.A.	Because I Love You	Because I Love You b/w Seashell	03:53
Opposite	Don't Say I Love You	Help Us Make It	03:02
Blind Owl	Hooked On You	ST	03:02
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	My Favourite Things	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	03:11
New Creation	Songs to Sing	Troubled	01:48
John Greenwood	Every Time I Think of You I Smile	My Sailboat and Me	02:40
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Soul Kitchen	ST	13:55
Stompin' Tom Connors	Little Wawa	Northland's Own	03:19
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Dada Lama	Motherlove	03:06
Bonnie Scots	Coulter's Candy	Laugh and Cry	02:37
Original Bones	Rollin' Over	ST	03:09
Ablaze	Psycho Path	Psychopath	06:40
Hazel McKirdy	Mama Didn't Lie	End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie	02:03
Happy Dolls	Bombie	Show Album No. 1	04:06
Liska	Coming Home	Cry Out Loud	05:38
Original Bones	Sit Down	ST	03:24
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Bonnie Scots	The Billy and the Sally	Laugh and Cry	01:36
Bonnie Scots	Scotland 'Ra Brave	Laugh and Cry	01:38
Legacy	Gimme My Drugs	Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs	02:45
Roger Rodier	Just fine	Upon Velveatur	03:59
Canadian Beadles	Leah	Three Faces North	03:24
Brazda Brothers	Your Kingdom	ST	04:06
Plastic Cloud	Art's a Happy Man	ST	03:13
British North American Act	If You're Looking for Honey	In the Beginning	02:12
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Montreal East	The Montreal Scene	04:54
Ray Griff	Our Country	Canada "My Native Land"	02:38
Billy Martin	Prayer Meetin'	Strawberry Soul	03:08
Phillip Werren	Dance Music I	Electronic Music (1968-1971)	12:55
Skarecrow	Ain't Gonna Pop 'Dem Blues	Blues...Live at the Explorer	04:54
Blind Owl	Lingering Dreams	ST	04:38
Langley Schools Music Project	Mandy	Wix - Brown Elementary School	02:40
The Amen	Peter Zeus	Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus	02:28
Gentlemen of Horror	Rough Hike	Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)	01:20
Moonstone	Murk	ST	02:08
Chantettes	Freight Train	Remember.....	02:34
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Wait and See	ST	04:00
Mike Harris	Andy's Favorite Jig	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:02
John Palmer	The Wheel	Shorelines	01:03
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Souls of Inspyration	Pursuit	ST	02:45
Barbara Gryfe	Colours of the Rainbow	What the World Needs Now	02:44
Compilation	Buddy Victor - Didn’t' We	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:06
Other Half	Warm Summer's Night	ST	03:03
John Palmer	Such a Long Long Time	Shorelines	02:18
Jerry Palmer	Your Love	String of Hits	02:53
The Organization	Out in the Country	ST	02:57
Stompin' Tom Connors	Movin' On to Rouyn	Northland's Own	02:37
Mock Duck	Sitting on Top of the World	Test Record	04:15
Twice Upon a Never	Pussy Willows, Cat Tails	Twice Upon a Never	02:07
Ardels	Lonely Hours	Rhythm & Blues	03:13
Hank Noble & His Red River Valley Boys	I`ll Spend My Life Loving You	Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You	02:33
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Don't Despair	ST	02:59
Canadian Beadles	Lonely Blue Boy	Three Faces North	02:39
Sound Sett	Dead Sea (Bruce MacGregor modified)	1966-1967	02:05
Brazda Brothers	Walking in the Sun	ST	03:02
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
The Organization	I Believe in Music	ST	02:44
Vicky and the Coins	Cotton Fields	ST	02:33
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Moon Raker	James Bond 007	02:27
Stonemen	Faded Colors	In the Evening b/w Faded Colors	02:50
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Bib and I	The Montreal Scene	05:22
April Wine	Shotdown	The Whole World's Going Crazy (test pressing)	08:49
Joe College & the Rulers	It Ain't Allright (With Me)	It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero	04:10
Brazda Brothers	20th Century	ST	04:07
Georges Leningrad	lollipon lady	Made In Taiwan	03:31
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Pillsville	The Montreal Scene	03:15
King Herbert And the Knights	Lucille	With Jack Harden	02:45
Opposite	We Say Yeah	Help Us Make It	02:15
King Herbert And the Knights	Ode to Billy Joe	With Jack Harden	04:15
Ardels	Unchain My Heart	Rhythm & Blues	02:50
Haunted	1-2-5	ST	02:30
Ray Griff	Jimmy, Luke and Me	Canada "My Native Land"	03:35
Billy Martin	One More Time	Strawberry Soul	02:32
Reign Ghost	Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy	ST	04:11
Garden Bower	Gord’s Dream	Etc. w/ Trains	06:39
Gordon Lightfoot	Steel Rail Blues	Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)	02:53
Marty Gillan	Home from the Forest	Try A Little Kindness	02:40
Dutch Mason	Gamblin' Fever	Half Ain't Been Told	04:04
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Year Zero	Year Zero	01:58
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	th ride to th place uv meditaysyun	Sonic Horses I	24:36
Bear Paws	Season of the Wind	Kitche-Ogamah	03:07
Robert Armes	Put Your Cards on the Table	Songs for Icarus	03:48
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	No one in Particular	Home Grown Stuff	03:40
Marty Gillan	Sweet Caroline	Try A Little Kindness	04:08
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Sound Sett	Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings)	1966-1967	02:23
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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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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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

The Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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Jim Brown - The First See Hear

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Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra - James Bond 007

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - "Coming Out"

Chessmen - Mustang b/w Meadowlands

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London Experimental Jazz Quartet - Invisible Roots

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Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record

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Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

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D.N.A. - Because I Love You b/w Seashell

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Compilation - International Master Discovery Records

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Shades of Blond - All Your Love

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49th Parallel - She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)

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Trevor Dandy - Don't Cry Little Tree

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Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) - Phil

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Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) - Year Zero

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