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
Jeremy Dormouse October Morning Toad
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey #2 Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Jerry Palmer Party Pooper String of Hits
Mock Duck Home Made Jam Test Record
Huckle Flower To The Sun Wild Blue Yonder
Haunted Twist ST
Plastic Cloud Face Behind the Sun ST
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal West The Montreal Scene
Dolores Claman Odd Couplet Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Cargo Once a Proud Man Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
Lucio Agostini Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Lewis Baloue Like To See You Again L'amour
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
Joy Ready to Move Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Stephanie Taylor I'm Going to Make You Love Me "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Nucleus Johnny Peace Johnny Peace b/w Ernie's Gone (picture sleeve)
Dutch Mason Gamblin' Fever Half Ain't Been Told
Mike Harris Wednesday Night Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Jackie Mittoo Totally Together Stepping Tiger
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Go Tell it On the Mountain Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Liska Dagger of the Soul Cry Out Loud
Chantettes Freight Train Remember.....
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau I'm Not Guilty ST (psych cover)
Nomads Four Be On Your Way Be On Your Way b/w Come On Home
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Rainbow ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Gravel Road ST
Souls of Inspyration Eyes of Nature ST
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding My Favourite Things Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Robert Armes Put Your Cards on the Table Songs for Icarus
Jim Brown Lionel Kearns - Transport The First See Hear
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Barry Ennis School Days Mountain of Ice b/w School Days
Fred Latremouille Mashed Potato Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Dutch Mason Tighten Up On It Half Ain't Been Told
Lost Soul Dept. Wild-Weekend Wild-Weekend b/w Pot Belly
Braineaters Johnny Planet X
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud
Liska Coming Home Cry Out Loud
Ultimate Image Rains of Autumn It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Langley Schools Music Project Saturday Night Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Skarecrow Stormy Monday Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Compilation Stampeders - You Never Know Until You Try International Master Discovery Records
Mike Harris Golden Slippers Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Moonstone Murk ST
Bonnie Scots Dundee Weaver Laugh and Cry
Robert Armes Fallen Star Songs for Icarus
Huckle Hello Sunshine Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
John Palmer Return Shorelines
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Wet Wash ST
Bonnie Scots Lonely Prison Cell Laugh and Cry
David Wiffen Slice of Life Live at the Bunkhouse
King Beezz Gloria Gloria b/w She Belongs to Me
Huckle Ocean Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Riverson Winter Garden (Brian Edwards) ST
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Sunshine "Coming Out"
Jim Morrison Ready to Rock Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Broadway Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre yu seem to be apeering to follo sum distant star Sonic Horses I
Jeff Moore & Friends Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Original Bones The Verses of the Fool ST
Twice Upon a Never A World of Our Own Twice Upon a Never
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra For Your Eyes Only James Bond 007
Ardels Night Time is the Right Time Rhythm & Blues
Rascalz Buggin' to the Boogie Really Livin'
Sweet Somethings My Guy (From My Girl) hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
David Hey Jude ST
Skeptical Eye Tortured From Inside The Devil's Playground
Mystique No Return Black Rider
Moosetracks Sophie ST
Canadian Beadles Funny Feeling Three Faces North
Lucio Agostini Once Upon a Hundred Years (Theme) Once Upon a Hundred Years
Skarecrow Sea-Suckin' Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
George Cook Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
Peter Mathieson Yonge Street Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
Liska All My Love Cry Out Loud
Marty Gillan Try a Little Kindness Try A Little Kindness
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Until Nine ST (psych cover)
Derek Scott Markle Livin' Love ST
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Buck Shots ST
Dutch Mason Walkin' Blues Half Ain't Been Told
Willie Dunn Walking Eagle Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Marty Gillan Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday Try A Little Kindness
Spring Fever Woodstock (Joni Mitchell) Woodstock
Hank Snow I'm Movin' On Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)
A Joint Effort My Man Final Effort
Lewis Baloue I Thought The World Of You L'amour
Lewis Baloue Even Rainbows Turn Blue L'amour
Rascalz Really Livin' Really Livin'
Rockadrome Live and Love Child Royal American 20th Century Blues
Lewis Baloue Summer's Moon L'amour
Tex Lecor Ste-Scholastique Blues Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Mystique Wake Up Screamin' Black Rider
Compilation Judy Singh - My Name is Love Unselfconsciously Canadian
Jackie Mittoo Special Mission Stepping Tiger
R. Taylor Dean My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Grazin' in the Grass Chip Dip

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Compilation

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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

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

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Glenn-Copeland, Beverly

Sussex

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

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