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
A Joint Effort Greed for Gold Final Effort
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Style 386 Year Zero
Liska You Make Me Smile Again Cry Out Loud
Barbara Gryfe Jerusalem of Gold What the World Needs Now
Reign Ghost Pudsy's Parable Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
New Creation Dig! (The Origin of Man) Troubled
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn u cum into me Sonic Horses I
Original Bones Say it With gentle ST
Art Snider Something Stupid - Tea for Two Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Evolution Expantion Blow Up Blow Up b/w Blues Finding
Vic Vogel Shadow of Your Smile and Yesterday Montreal Bandleader
Arcade Fire Old Flame ST
Huckle Flower To The Sun Wild Blue Yonder
Joy Tears to be Cried Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Jensen Sisters You Light Up My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Andre Beaupre The Saga of Wayne Gretzky The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
Calgary Range Riders Rocky Mountain Rhythm Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair
Mike Harris Wednesday Night Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Interval ST
David Fromager My Woman Left Me If What You Said Was True
David Wiffen Courtin' in the Kitchen Live at the Bunkhouse
Gargoyle John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Streets of Toronto Northland's Own
Riverson Take Me (Rayburn Blake) ST
David Cup of Tea ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Goin' Back Up North Northland's Own
Garden Bower Lord I’m Tired Etc. w/ Trains
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Country Cooking Phil
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Little Pony Home Grown Stuff
Dis Band Dead Brezhnev's - I'm Not in Love Gone Dead Out
Huckle She's Coming Home Wild Blue Yonder
A Joint Effort My Man Final Effort
No Exit Do You Wanna Join? ST
May Run Anastasia Days Into Years
British North American Act Give Yourself a Ride In the Beginning
Moonstone Said Gently ST
Lewis Baloue Things Just Happen That Way L'amour
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Passive & Blue Commercials For Free (EP)
Sheila Graham Son of a Preacher Man ST
Story Structure I Told You (Extended Mix) I Told You
John Greenwood There is Peace My Sailboat and Me
VXN The Magic’s in Your Hands ST
Rascalz Gal Business Really Livin'
Terry & The Pyrates Someone Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone
Sacrifice The Shining - Sacrifice The Exorcism
Jolly Tambourine Man Lisa Burger Wheeeee! Demo
Gordon Lightfoot Steel Rail Blues Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)
Bear Paws Stand By Me Kitche-Ogamah
Sacrifice Burned at the Stake The Exorcism
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Groovin ST
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Moosetracks Sophie ST
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Silent Night Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre o a b a Awake in th Red Desert
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Jensen Sisters Let a Raindrop be a Tear for You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Echoes and a Dream Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) Echoes and a Dream
David Fromager Chains If What You Said Was True
Clymaxe Walkin' Blues R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues
Derek Scott Markle The Circle is Changin' Around ST
Rascalz Quest for Rhyme Really Livin'
Arcade Fire My Heart is an Apple ST
Bonnie Scots Dundee Weaver Laugh and Cry
Cargo Only My Best Friends Can Tell Front Side, Back Side
Roger Rodier The Key Upon Velveatur
Canadian Beadles Whole Lot of Shakin Going On Three Faces North
Hugh Dixon Yellow Bird The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Mock Duck Introduction - Ground Hog Test Record
Walter Boudreau Imagination Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Chantettes Advertisement Song Remember.....
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Love Won't let Me Wait "Coming Out"
Stefan Gnys The Pleasant Land of Counterpane English Oaks and Evangeline
Dis Band Gone Dead Out Gone Dead Out
Compilation Stampeders - You Never Know Until You Try International Master Discovery Records
Marty Gillan Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday Try A Little Kindness
Laurie Ingalls After All Cheap Champagne
Barbara Gryfe If I Were a Rich Girl What the World Needs Now
Boys Brigade Exodus Live Off-The-Floor Demo
John Palmer Colours For the Shoreline Shorelines
Huckle Beyonder Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Jolly Tambourine Man Nazi Punks Go Bowling Wheeeee! Demo
Stompin' Tom Connors Emily, the Maple Leaf Northland's Own
Billy Martin It's Your Life Strawberry Soul
Spring Fever She Moves Me Woodstock
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Edible Wallpaper Invisible Roots
Jolly Tambourine Man Scary Bowl Wheeeee! Demo
May Run Separation Day Days Into Years
Rockadrome T.O. Town Royal American 20th Century Blues
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Marty Gillan Sweet Caroline Try A Little Kindness
Moonstone Hope You Come See ST
King Herbert And the Knights Sing a Simple Song With Jack Harden
Chantettes Come and Go With Me Remember.....
British North American Act Baby Jane Days and Nights In the Beginning
Ted Daigle Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) A Mic In A Fist Year Zero
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Season of the Witch ST
Brégent Dans ma maison Poussière Des Regrets
Moosetracks Someone on the Line ST

Ready to Rock b/w (with Gerry Fiander)

Gerry Fiander with Elvis Presley (History Van R&R Vol 1)

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison / Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)

Gone Dead Out

Dis Band

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out CASSETTE 02

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out CASSETTE 01

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out BACK

CASSETTE - Dis Band - Gone Dead Out FRONT FOLDOUT

My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)

ST

Cybernaut b/w Mean Lady

Shakey Ground b/w Feelings

45-Hi Octane Band - Shakey Ground VINYL 02

Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

45-Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path VINYL 02

ST

ST

Minutes From Downtown '82

Minutes From Downtown

CASSETTE - Minutes From Downtown - ST DEMO FRONT

Wheeeee! Demo

Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

ST

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

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