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
Hazel McKirdy Mama Didn't Lie End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie
Jack London & the Sparrows Give My Love to Sally ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre normal is not returning Sonic Horses I
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Wanda Unda Landa Chip Dip
Jeremy Dormouse rollin' again Toad Rejects
Brégent Dieu est nègre Poussière Des Regrets
Ardels Night Time is the Right Time Rhythm & Blues
Billy O'Boie and the Country Jewels I Love My Gal I Love My Gal b/w Little Rosa (picture sleeve)
EQ Freestyle Swellsville
Don Carrington Trio A Song for My Father Makin' It Happen
Jeremy Dormouse October Morning Toad
Huckle Flower To The Sun Wild Blue Yonder
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Porno Groove Year Zero
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra You Only Live Twice James Bond 007
Jack London & the Sparrows Glad to Be With You ST
Intersystems Lately Number One
Randy Bishop Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning I Sing A Soft Song
New Creation Songs to Sing Troubled
Brazda Brothers Soldier in a Battleground ST
Souls of Inspyration Pursuit ST
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Rascalz Kibbles 'N Bits Really Livin'
Gentlemen of Horror Rough Hike Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Story Structure I Told You (7" Single Mix) I Told You
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
A Joint Effort Horse with No Name Final Effort
Emtidi Saat Saat
Huckle Gather The Children Wild Blue Yonder
New Creation No Excuse Troubled
Athenians of Toronto Everybody's Everything San Skoteiniazei
Stephanie Taylor Working on a Groove Thing "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
David Wiffen Abilene Live at the Bunkhouse
Dolores Claman Later Latin Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
New Creation New Creation Troubled
Garden Bower You’ve Got Me On Fire Etc. w/ Trains
Opposite We Say Yeah Help Us Make It
Other Half Eve of Destruction ST
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Ya Ya Chip Dip
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Phil Phil
Haunted Twist ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Funny Feeling Home Grown Stuff
Marty Gillan Lalena Try A Little Kindness
Grimes Sardaukar Levenbrech Geidi Primes
Jackie Mittoo Sugar Jar Stepping Tiger
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Hugh Dixon Hot Pants (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Langley Schools Music Project Your Sixteen Wix - Brown Elementary School
Original Bones Steamboat Whistle Blues ST
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Reprise Royal American 20th Century Blues
Georges Leningrad chanson italienne Made In Taiwan
Pat's People What Have They Done to the Rain Today
Stompin' Tom Connors Emily, the Maple Leaf Northland's Own
Ellison Untruth Story (Vincent Marandola) ST
Bear Paws All for the Love a Girl Kitche-Ogamah
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Song From Beads ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
The Organization Don't Let the Green Grass Fool Ya ST
Don Carrington Trio MacArthur Park Makin' It Happen
No Exit Decisions ST
Lewis Baloue As the Boats Go By Romantic Times
Billy Martin It's Your Life Strawberry Soul
Moosetracks Lost In A Southern Town ST
Garden Bower Lord I’m Tired Etc. w/ Trains
Benge Black Sky Lullaby Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Goldfinger James Bond 007
Huckle Minstrel Song Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Reign Ghost Black Ode ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Here Is Year Zero
Medium New Thing ST
Dutch Mason Polk Salad Annie Half Ain't Been Told
Ronney Mitchell I've Got to be Me The Five Man Cargo
Sweet Somethings Hold On, I'm Comin' hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Arcade Fire Vampire Forest Fire ST
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Bear Paws Lady of the Nite Kitche-Ogamah
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck No one in Particular Home Grown Stuff
Skarecrow Ain't Gonna Pop 'Dem Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Cargo Habits and Jails Front Side, Back Side
Bonnie Scots Lizzie Lindsay Laugh and Cry
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre awake in the red desert Awake in th Red Desert
Twice Upon a Never California Dreamin' Twice Upon a Never
EQ Help a Bruva Out Swellsville
Jeremy Dormouse hesitation blues Toad Rejects
Moosetracks This Place is No Place to be Happy ST
Mystique Memories Black Rider
New Reality Moments of Silence Demo Tape
EQ Let it be Known Swellsville
New Reality Yesterday a Child Was Born Demo Tape
Ardels Linda Lou Rhythm & Blues
Jerry Palmer Love's Come to Me String of Hits
Jeremy Dormouse hollywood heaven Toad Rejects
Lewis Baloue Let's Fall in Love Tonight L'amour
Arcade Fire I'm Sleeping in a Submarine ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
Randy Bishop (A World of) Black And Brown I Sing A Soft Song
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
Compilation Shades of Blond - All Your Love International Master Discovery Records
Ray Griff Jacket River Canada "My Native Land"
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Jack London & the Sparrows If You Don't Want My Love ST

So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)

ST

Motherlove

Troubled

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

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