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 Bridge Crossings Rock and Soul Chip Dip
Rockadrome T.O. Town Royal American 20th Century Blues
Barbara Gryfe Reunion With the Reserves What the World Needs Now
Spring Fever Woodstock (Joni Mitchell) Woodstock
Jerry Palmer Sweet Lorene String of Hits
Sweet Somethings Hold On, I'm Comin' hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Plastic Cloud Shadows of Your Mind ST
Bent Wind Mystify Sussex
Robert Armes Imagine a World With No Music Songs for Icarus
Ronney Mitchell Time Alone Will Tell The Five Man Cargo
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Duet: Photomodifications The Optic Earful
Stompin' Tom Connors Little Wawa Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre she, still and curling Awake in th Red Desert
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Destroy the Nihilistic Picnic Invisible Roots
Ardels Night Time is the Right Time Rhythm & Blues
Fred Latremouille Mashed Potato Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Jeremy Dormouse Believe Me Toad
Jackie Mittoo Totally Together Stepping Tiger
Ray Griff Friends and Neighbors Canada "My Native Land"
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Take a Long Last Look (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
Uncertain Land of 1000 Dances Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
The Organization Crocadile Rock ST
Canadian Beadles Mojo Workout Three Faces North
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Teenage Time
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Symphony #1 In A, B, C, D, etc. The Optic Earful
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Spain is for Old Ladies Invisible Roots
Pat's People Get To-Gether Today
Bonnie Scots Lonely Prison Cell Laugh and Cry
David Wiffen Four in the Mornin' Live at the Bunkhouse
The Organization Happiness ST
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Opposite Help Us Make it Through the Night Help Us Make It
Evolution Expantion Blues Finding Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Derek Scott Markle Southern Lady ST
Spring Shine Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Art Snider It Was a Very Good Year Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
David Fromager If What You Said Was True If What You Said Was True
Jeremy Dormouse Suzanne Toad
Vicky and the Coins Girl From Ipanema ST
Perth County Conspiracy Hindsight ST
Johnny Teah & The Jubilee Mountain Boys Hello Mister Lonesome Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Moonstone Finas Birthday Song ST
Billy Martin Funky Feelin' Strawberry Soul
Sweet Somethings Young World hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Michael-Jon Rosenberg The High ST
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Free to be Free ST (psych cover)
Skarecrow Ballad of Glen & Trevor Blues...Live at the Explorer
Platinum Blonde Hey Hey You Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Smokestack Lightning ST
Echoes and a Dream Life is a Love Song Echoes and a Dream
Art Snider Silly Jilly Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Nihilist Spasm Band Oh Brian Dibb No Record
EQ Freestyle Swellsville
Original Bones Friend of the Devil ST
Pepper Tree Man of Gold Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Moose Head ST
Athenians of Toronto 26 or 6 to 4 San Skoteiniazei
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Here Is Year Zero
David Alvin J. Ashtray ST
Norris Vines and The Luvlines Give In Give In b/w Feel The Warm
VXN Just a Game ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers A Stranger in Your Own World The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding What Child is This Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
King Herbert And the Knights Sissy Strut With Jack Harden
Jensen Sisters You Light Up My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Walter Boudreau Imagination Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
No Exit Parliament Swindle ST
Roger Rodier Am I supposed to let it by again Upon Velveatur
Arcade Fire The Woodland National Anthem ST
Original Bones Lady Anne ST
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
Vic Vogel Quiet Nights Montreal Bandleader
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre is yr car 2 soft 4 th road Awake in th Red Desert
Marty Gillan Home from the Forest Try A Little Kindness
Cargo Talk With Us Front Side, Back Side
Jarvis Street Revue Mr. Oil Man Mr. Oil Man
John Greenwood Hey, Minstrel Boy My Sailboat and Me
Biggy Twiggy Band Mama Won't Let You Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Diamonds Are Forever James Bond 007
Art Snider Lara's Theme Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
April Wine Gimme Love The Whole World's Going Crazy (test pressing)
Robert Armes Sun Song Songs for Icarus
Moosetracks Judith Wills ST
Bear Paws House of the Rising Sun Kitche-Ogamah
The Organization Change in the Weather ST
Riverson Empty Sky (Brian Edwards - Rayburn Blake) ST
Vic Vogel Shadow of Your Smile and Yesterday Montreal Bandleader
Robert Armes Fallen Star Songs for Icarus
Souls of Inspyration Sun Shines in the Winter ST
New Creation The Status Quo Song Troubled
Boys Brigade Cut Up Mannequin Demo
Trevor Dandy When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Jim Morrison Ready to Rock Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)
A Joint Effort Tequilla Sunrise Final Effort
Souls of Inspyration Eyes of Nature ST

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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, 🇨🇦

Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Mannequin Demo

Boys Brigade

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

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