Rarest Canadian Music

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
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Let it Be The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
The Organization Superstar ST
No Exit They'll Never Know ST
Ray Griff Garrington Canada "My Native Land"
Derek Scott Markle Could it Be ST
Echoes and a Dream Midnight Passion Echoes and a Dream
Opposite Land of 1000 Dances Help Us Make It
Mystique Beyond the Four Winds Black Rider
A Joint Effort Winter Final Effort
Brégent La mélancolie Poussière Des Regrets
Benge Black Sky Lullaby Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Skarecrow Wee Wee Baby Blues...Live at the Explorer
Nihilist Spasm Band Oh Brian Dibb No Record
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Memory Lane The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Chip's Groove Chip Dip
New Creation The Status Quo Song Troubled
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Modern Rock Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Michel & the French Canadians Comfort Him Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Barbara Gryfe Reunion With the Reserves What the World Needs Now
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Style 386 Year Zero
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Oil in the Ground "Coming Out"
Ronney Mitchell Welcome to the Country The Five Man Cargo
Opposite Baby Why Help Us Make It
Athenians of Toronto Opi Aniko San Skoteiniazei
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Cyrus Eden Horizon First Offense (EP)
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Song The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
John Palmer Solitude Shorelines
Ray Griff Canadian Pacific Canada "My Native Land"
Sheila Graham The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart ST
Jerry Palmer Head Over Heels in Love String of Hits
Souls of Inspyration Eyes of Nature ST
Nick Ayoub Quintet Pillsville The Montreal Scene
Nihilist Spasm Band Destroy the Nations No Record
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet #2 Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Rockadrome Thirteen Miles Down Royal American 20th Century Blues
Stefan Gnys The Pleasant Land of Counterpane English Oaks and Evangeline
Skarecrow Bring It On Home to Me Blues...Live at the Explorer
Barry Ennis Mountain of Ice Mountain of Ice b/w School Days
Liska Rose Cry Out Loud
VXN Putting Love Aside Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
Stephanie Taylor Feeling Groovy "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Catseye Days Gone By Catseye
Brégent Je t'Aime Poussière Des Regrets
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Mynah Birds The Mynah Bird Hop The Mynah Bird Hop b/w The Mynah Bird Song
Chantettes Man Come Into Egypt Remember.....
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
Ellison Unchanged World (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand, Robert Cager, Christian Tremblay) ST
John Greenwood Jig My Sailboat and Me
Chantettes Un Canadian Errant Remember.....
The Reaction The Kid's Arrived On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Goldfinger James Bond 007
Sweet Somethings Do You Wanna Dance hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Art Snider "Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show) Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Jensen Sisters Let a Raindrop be a Tear for You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Original Bones I Went Walkin' ST
Riverson Empty Sky (Brian Edwards - Rayburn Blake) ST
Dutch Mason Gamblin' Fever Half Ain't Been Told
Barbara Gryfe If I Were a Rich Girl What the World Needs Now
Ice Soul Searcher On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher
Randy Bishop Felicitas I Sing A Soft Song
Catseye I Met a Girl Out in the Country Catseye
Stompin' Tom Connors May, The Millright's Daughter Northland's Own
Compilation Joe Vassos - New World Unselfconsciously Canadian
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
Skeptical Eye Tortured From Inside The Devil's Playground
Rascalz How the Story Goes Really Livin'
Marty Gillan Sweet Caroline Try A Little Kindness
Jeremy Dormouse birds of joy Toad Rejects
Nerve Odd Fellows - Mr. Handshake (1982) (unreleased) Penchant b/w Preludes
Hugh Dixon Delilah The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Two ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Movin' On To Rouyn Movin' On To Rouyn b/w Carolyne
Billy Martin If You Care Strawberry Soul
Mike Harris By the Fireside Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Other Half Don't Think Twice ST
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Realize ST (psych cover)
Bent Wind Touch of Red Sussex
Vicky and the Coins Bill Bailey ST
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
Nick Ayoub Quintet Bib and I The Montreal Scene
Grimes Sardaukar Levenbrech Geidi Primes
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Groovin ST
Dolores Claman Summer Walk Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Biggy Twiggy Band I Don't Want That to Change Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Lewis Baloue As the Boats Go By Romantic Times
Jeremy Dormouse High Flying Bird Toad
Jack London & the Sparrows Take it Slow (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Ray Griff My Rocky Mountain Home Canada "My Native Land"
Jensen Sisters You Light Up My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Nina Dunn Stay and Dance If You Want My Love (Do It) b/w Stay and Dance
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal East The Montreal Scene
Original Bones One More Night ST

FEATURED

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

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

Vancouver, British Columbia → Toronto → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

Harlem, New York, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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

FEATURED

Ellison - ST

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Perth County Conspiracy - ST

Stratford, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

FEATURED

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

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Kings - Switchin'

Vancouver, British Columbia; Oakville, Ontario

FEATURED

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Barrie, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joker's Memory - ST

Ottawa, Ontario

FEATURED

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Bent Wind - Sussex

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jim Brown - The First See Hear

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra - James Bond 007

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - ST

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Philadelphia, USA → Florida, USA → Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Chessmen - Mustang b/w Meadowlands

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

London Experimental Jazz Quartet - Invisible Roots

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Compilation - International Master Discovery Records

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Shades of Blond - All Your Love

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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

Rehearsal 1985-09

Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Haggath

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09 tape

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09_tape track list_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_03

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape track list_02

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape

Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

Strawberry Soul

I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

ST

Compilation

ST

GUESS289-color

Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

45-Something Evil-Die Children Die VINYL 02

45-Something Evil-Die Children Die VINYL 01

45-Something Evil-The Great Winnipeg Riot BACK

Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

Something Evil

Heat

45-Heat - Brighouse bw Rocking Chair VINYL 02

Switchin'

Diodes' Paul Robinson @ Black Swan, Ottawa March 1978 courtesy Cameron Muir

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

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

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

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