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
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Urine Trouble Year Zero
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal West The Montreal Scene
Sheila Graham Gentle On My Mind ST
Hazel McKirdy Mama Didn't Lie End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie
Reign Ghost Pudsy's Parable Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Dutch Mason Walkin' Blues Half Ain't Been Told
Canadian Beadles Lonely Blue Boy Three Faces North
Joe College & the Rulers It Ain't Allright (With Me) It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
Jensen Sisters Fly Away With Me Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Adanac Reply What Would It Be Like? What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Catseye Rhythms of an Empty Room Catseye
John Greenwood Hey, Minstrel Boy My Sailboat and Me
Hugh Dixon Esquire Shuffle (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Billy O'Boie and the Country Jewels I Love My Gal I Love My Gal b/w Little Rosa (picture sleeve)
Souls of Inspyration Dil Kusha (Heart's Happiness) ST
Haunted Searching For My Baby ST
Barbara Gryfe Don't Give Up What the World Needs Now
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Interval ST
Jack London & the Sparrows Take it Slow (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Sweet Somethings Do You Wanna Dance hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Ron Martin Special With Mustard Invisible Roots
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Bird Woman of Bath ST
Roger Rodier Just fine Upon Velveatur
Willie Dunn Protest Song Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Catseye Love Catseye
Spring Fever Oh Baby Hold Me Woodstock
John Greenwood Jig My Sailboat and Me
Sound Sett Oh No (The Sound Sett) 1966-1967
Pat's People We Shall Overcome Today
Canadian Beadles I Lost Your Love Last Night Three Faces North
Jeff Moore & Friends Flying So High (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
Gentlemen of Horror Rough Hike ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Truck Drivers Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Jim Morrison Ready to Rock Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre fires in the tempul Awake in th Red Desert
Ray Griff Garrington Canada "My Native Land"
Sedum Shadows Thinking Away Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Lucio Agostini Dundurn Castle Once Upon a Hundred Years
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Other Half Don't Think Twice ST
A Joint Effort Champagne Junction Final Effort
Brégent Je t'Aime Poussière Des Regrets
King Herbert And the Knights Ooga Boogaloo With Jack Harden
King Herbert And the Knights You Make Me So Very Happy With Jack Harden
Michael-Jon Rosenberg What a Lovely Place to be Buried ST
Christmas Sorry I Bore You Victoria ST
Reign Ghost Standing Room Only, Mr. Mars ST
Skarecrow Bring It On Home to Me Blues...Live at the Explorer
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Durocher ST
Lucio Agostini Centennial Caravan Once Upon a Hundred Years
The Fringe Token For My Mind Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Ronney Mitchell Fools Rush in The Five Man Cargo
Bear Paws Lady of the Nite Kitche-Ogamah
Papa Bears Medicine Show Golden Girl ST
Glenn Dixon Dreamer Parts 1-3 Reflections
Jerry Palmer Your Love String of Hits
Stompin' Connors Tom Movin' On to Rouyn Northland's Own
April Wine Gimme Love The Whole World's Going Crazy (test pressing)
Jensen Sisters You Lit the Fire (I Want Only You) Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre mountain lake Sonic Horses I
Brégent La mélancolie Poussière Des Regrets
Spring Fever A Long Time Coming Woodstock
Sheila Graham 24 Hours of Loneliness ST
Spade Nielsen Fuddle Duddle Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
Dutch Mason Polk Salad Annie Half Ain't Been Told
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Moose Head ST
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Stompin' Connors Tom My Swisha Miss Northland's Own
Cyrus Eden Wasteland First Offense (EP)
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) You Know The Science Year Zero
The Organization Crocadile Rock ST
Canadian Beadles Mojo Workout Three Faces North
Emtidi Love Time Rain Saat
Brazda Brothers Civilization ST
David Fromager If What You Said Was True If What You Said Was True
Ray Griff D-Dogies Canada "My Native Land"
John Palmer The Wheel Shorelines
Catseye Hedgegate Catseye
Perth County Conspiracy So Many Things ST
Marty Gillan Home from the Forest Try A Little Kindness
Lucio Agostini Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Haunted Out of Time ST
David Fromager Out on the Weekend If What You Said Was True
Gargoyle Brian Dunfield - Too Late ST
Other Half 100 lbs. Clay ST
Tex Lecor Le frigidaire Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
New Creation Wind Troubled
Opposite Oh Mamy Blue Help Us Make It
Reign Ghost Breast Stroke Blues Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Georges Leningrad lollipon lady Made In Taiwan
George Hauschild & Carole But For Love Penticton b/w But For Love
Huckle Lady Goldberry Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
John Greenwood Give Us Love My Sailboat and Me
Jerry Palmer Head Over Heels in Love String of Hits
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band People Who Created Me Commercials For Free (EP)
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Jack London & the Sparrows Give My Love to You ST
Mystique Memories Black Rider

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