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
Lucio Agostini Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Northwind ST
Reign Ghost More Than I Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Roger Rodier Let's see some happyness Upon Velveatur
Ray Griff Our Country Canada "My Native Land"
Ray Griff Canada Canada "My Native Land"
Gargoyle George Dawber - Remembering Morris ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck No one in Particular Home Grown Stuff
Hugh Dixon Saints Go Marching Inn The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Stonemen In the Evening In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Jackie Mittoo Totally Together Stepping Tiger
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Durocher ST
Jeremy Dormouse what joy - what bliss Toad Rejects
Mike Harris By the Fireside Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Tex Lecor John McNally Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Roger Rodier Just fine Upon Velveatur
Ted Daigle Ruby Ruby b/w When You Said You All
Rockadrome There You Go Again Royal American 20th Century Blues
Willie Dunn Protest Song Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Marty Gillan She's a Woman (Terry Frewer) Try A Little Kindness
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud
Jensen Sisters Let a Raindrop be a Tear for You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Les 409 Born in Chicago They Say b/w Born in Chicago
Plateau Under the Big House My Life b/w Under the Big House
Reign Ghost Reaching ST
Mike Harris Andy's Favorite Jig Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
No Exit They'll Never Know ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) You Know The Science Year Zero
Derek Scott Markle Southern Lady ST
No Exit Do You Wanna Join? ST
Sound Sett Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) 1966-1967
Huckle Beyonder Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Catseye Am I the One Catseye
David Wiffen Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
Jerry Palmer Got a Love String of Hits
D.O.A. Royal Police Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Gentlemen of Horror Rough Hike ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Spring Fever I Just Want to Make Love to You Woodstock
Heat Rocking Chair Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair
Dolores Claman Summer Walk Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
High Park Let Go the Lifeline Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
Plastic Cloud Epistle to Paradise ST
Jarvis Street Revue Mr. Oil Man Mr. Oil Man
Rascalz Kibbles 'N Bits Really Livin'
Jeremy Dormouse I Need a Friend Toad
Marty Gillan Raindrops Keep Fallin' Try A Little Kindness
New Creation Dig! (The Origin of Man) Troubled
Stompin' Connors Tom May, The Millright's Daughter Northland's Own
Jim Brown Al Neil Trio - Lombardo The First See Hear
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
Mike Harris Chinese Breakdown Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Huckle High For Sky Wild Blue Yonder
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra For Your Eyes Only James Bond 007
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Stephanie Taylor Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
R. Taylor Dean Poor Girl My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
Fred Latremouille Tossin' and Turnin' Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
The Organization Superstar ST
The Organization Change in the Weather ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Pot O' Gold Home Grown Stuff
Phillip Werren Dance Music II Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Art Snider Sweet Caroline Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Art Snider Ode to Billy Joe Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Glenn Dixon Silence (The Cold Hours Come) Reflections
Norris Vines and The Luvlines Feel The Warm Give In b/w Feel The Warm
No Exit Parliament Swindle ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Roger Rodier The Key Upon Velveatur
Bloodstone Toronto Toronto b/w I'm Your Man
Huckle She's Coming Home Wild Blue Yonder
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
Jeff Moore & Friends For You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Chantettes Wayward Wind Remember.....
Mike Harris Golden Slippers Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Riverson Eleanor Rigby (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) ST
Stephanie Taylor I'm Going to Make You Love Me "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Original Bones One More Night ST
Arcade Fire I'm Sleeping in a Submarine ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra The Spy Who Loved Me James Bond 007
Five Man Cargo Why Can't I Get You Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You
Lucio Agostini Cocktails In New York Once Upon a Hundred Years
EQ Help a Bruva Out Swellsville
Rascalz Whose The Hip Hopper Really Livin'
Chessmen Mustang Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Spring Fever Watch Yourself Woodstock
Haunted A Message to Pretty ST
Jim Brown Bp Nichol - Another Day Older The First See Hear
The Mix Maybe (Face To The Wall) Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)
November Grief The Aftermath To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Moosetracks Cry A Little Tear ST
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Oil in the Ground "Coming Out"
King Herbert And the Knights Chicken Strut With Jack Harden
David Wiffen Slice of Life Live at the Bunkhouse
David Fromager Country Boy's Memories If What You Said Was True
Brad Richards Right Time for Love Right Time for Love
Moosetracks Lost In A Southern Town ST
Hugh Dixon Yellow Bird The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Sweet Somethings Going Out of My Head - Can't Take My Eyes Off You hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City

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

ST

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

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

1987-05-24_Sacrifice + Ablaze + Faulkwolf_Bathurst Theatre (Toronto)_orange original flyer reduced

ST

ST

Glenn-Copeland, Beverly

Sussex

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

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

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