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
Norris Vines and The Luvlines Feel The Warm Give In b/w Feel The Warm
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Spade Nielsen Fuddle Duddle Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
Jeremy Dormouse what joy - what bliss Toad Rejects
Pat's People What Have They Done to the Rain Today
New Creation New Creation Troubled
Papa Bears Medicine Show Baroque ST
David Wiffen Don't Think Twice Live at the Bunkhouse
Jeremy Dormouse I Need a Friend Toad
New Creation Dig! (The Origin of Man) Troubled
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre the canada council juree prson is missing Sonic Horses I
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers What'd I Say Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say
Royal Family Solitude Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Skarecrow I'm A Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre boomerang th floating oranges Sonic Horses I
EQ Help a Bruva Out Swellsville
King Herbert And the Knights Sing a Simple Song With Jack Harden
Reign Ghost Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy ST
A Joint Effort Oh! Canada Final Effort
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Season of the Witch ST
Lost Soul Dept. Wild-Weekend Wild-Weekend b/w Pot Belly
Original Bones Friend of the Devil ST
Ted Daigle No One Else Teenage Time
Benge Black Sky Lullaby Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Jack London & the Sparrows Take it Slow (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Royal Family Sometimes Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Heat Brighouse Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair
Langley Schools Music Project Venus and Mars Wix - Brown Elementary School
Rockadrome Royal American Twentieth Century Blues Royal American 20th Century Blues
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
Hi-Fives Fujikami The Warrior Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
King Herbert And the Knights Amen With Jack Harden
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
A Joint Effort My Man Final Effort
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding What Child is This Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Reign Ghost Curio Shop ST
The Stonefield Deep Shades of Blue Deep Shades of Blue b/w Morning Hours
Opposite Higher and Higher Help Us Make It
Jeremy Dormouse rollin' again Toad Rejects
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Doctor Norman Bethune ST
Jackie Mittoo World of Love Stepping Tiger
Haunted A Message to Pretty ST
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal West The Montreal Scene
EQ Play The Back Swellsville
David Because I'm Black ST
Hugh Dixon Chopin's Nocturne The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Dolores Claman Western Panorama Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Huckle The Sunshine Shuffle Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Other Half Thoughts ST
Riverson Empty Sky (Brian Edwards - Rayburn Blake) ST
Liska A Smile Cry Out Loud
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Time is of the Essence Invisible Roots
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra From Russia With Love James Bond 007
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers A Stranger in Your Own World The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Intersystems Orange Juice & Velvet Underwear Number One
Nerve The Nerve - Penchant (2005 live recording by the Smarties) Penchant b/w Preludes
Skeptical Eye Mama Does'n Understand The Devil's Playground
Ardels Heads Up Rhythm & Blues
Garden Bower Lord I’m Tired Etc. w/ Trains
Cargo Initial Mailing Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Do You Agree With Me ST (psych cover)
Walter Boudreau Synchronisation I Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Huckle Lady Goldberry Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Roger Rodier Listen to these chords I play (Celeste) Upon Velveatur
Jerry Palmer Hey, Sweet Baby String of Hits
Art Snider Denise Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Aftermath Do You Believe In Magic? Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Brégent Dans ma maison Poussière Des Regrets
Moonstone Murk ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Let's Make Up Your Mind (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
Twice Upon a Never Pussy Willows, Cat Tails Twice Upon a Never
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Jeff Moore & Friends For You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
David Wiffen Times are Getting' Hard Live at the Bunkhouse
Papa Bears Medicine Show Golden Girl ST
Trooper Mr. Big 3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)
Mantra Stay (D'arcy Draper) ST
Sheila Graham Son of a Preacher Man ST
Sound Sett Oh No (The Sound Sett) 1966-1967
Billy Martin Stax Strawberry Soul
Five Man Cargo Memories Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra You Only Live Twice James Bond 007
Ray Griff The Last of the Winfield Amateurs Canada "My Native Land"
Sheila Graham Gentle On My Mind ST
Ronney Mitchell Good Luck Charm - She's Not You The Five Man Cargo
Vicky and the Coins In Old Shanty Town ST
Threads Of Fybre Mama Mama b/w Believe Me
Cyrus Eden Rock You To The Limit First Offense (EP)
Rockadrome Very Strange Royal American 20th Century Blues
Hugh Dixon Blues Stay Away From Me The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Sheila Graham 24 Hours of Loneliness ST
Sound Sett Dead Sea (Bruce MacGregor modified) 1966-1967
Sheila Graham The Letter ST
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra James Bond Theme James Bond 007
Brégent Le chien Poussière Des Regrets
Blind Owl Hooked On You ST
Other Half Evil Ways ST
Glenn Dixon As Our Days Fly By Reflections

ST

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

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