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	Length
Reign Ghost	Solar Nice	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	02:33
EQ	Bring it On	Swellsville	04:17
Riverson	Stoney Day (Brian Edwards, Lisa Eisenhardt (Lisa Hartt))	ST	04:28
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	A Stranger in Your Own World	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	04:33
Brégent	Epitaphe villon	Poussière Des Regrets	03:21
Reign Ghost	Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy	ST	04:11
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	Dreams in Fall	ST	01:03
EQ	Step Up	Swellsville	05:03
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Mike Harris	Wednesday Night Waltz	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	03:47
Brazda Brothers	Walking in the Sun	ST	03:02
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Other Half	Thoughts	ST	04:06
Bear Paws	Lady of the Nite	Kitche-Ogamah	03:52
Lost Soul Dept.	Pot Belly	Wild-Weekend b/w Pot Belly	02:22
Lucio Agostini	Pastorale	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:54
Joy	Ready to Move	Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried	02:10
Moonstone	Finas Birthday Song	ST	00:51
David	Little Boys	ST	01:57
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Pat's People	Less of Me	Today	02:20
April Wine	Gimme Love	The Whole World's Going Crazy (test pressing)	03:58
New Creation	Sodom and Gomorrah	Troubled	02:49
Jolly Tambourine Man	Mold in My Ears	Wheeeee! Demo	01:51
Marty Gillan	Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday	Try A Little Kindness	02:34
Jack London & the Sparrows	Give My Love to You	ST	02:17
Plastic Cloud	Shadows of Your Mind	ST	04:18
Cargo	I Found a Way	Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way	03:13
Plateau	Under the Big House	My Life b/w Under the Big House	03:03
Skarecrow	Bo Diddley	Blues...Live at the Explorer	07:37
Ablaze	Sadistic Dream	Psychopath	05:34
Walter Boudreau	Danse	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	07:20
John Palmer	Such a Long Long Time	Shorelines	02:18
Caribou	Trou perce	ST	02:33
Legacy	Come With Me	Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs	03:46
Ray Griff	Alberta My Alberta	Canada "My Native Land"	03:42
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Montreal East	The Montreal Scene	04:54
Sugluk	Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)	Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)	02:41
Ellison	Satanic (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand)	ST	02:02
Sphex	Time	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:49
Skarecrow	Stormy Monday Blues	Blues...Live at the Explorer	06:59
Teenage Head	Tearin' Me Apart	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:41
Barbara Gryfe	Jerusalem of Gold	What the World Needs Now	03:42
Twice Upon a Never	Go Where You Go	Twice Upon a Never	02:21
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	Little Toy Trains	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	02:31
Liska	A Smile	Cry Out Loud	03:40
The Amen	Peter Zeus	Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus	02:28
Ardels	I'll Go Crazy	Rhythm & Blues	02:19
Spring Fever	She Taught My Katie	Woodstock	03:14
Chantettes	Un Canadian Errant	Remember.....	03:27
Jeff Moore & Friends	For You (Jeff Moore)	The Youngest Son	02:59
Perth County Conspiracy	Mr. Truthful Licks	ST	02:48
British North American Act	Joe Cool	In the Beginning	02:27
Riverson	Clear Night (Rayburn Blake)	ST	03:06
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Billy Martin	Egg Roll	Strawberry Soul	03:02
B.C. Centennial Spots	B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 2	B.C. Centennial Song	01:17
Christmas	Just Suppose	ST	04:29
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	Strike Out Every Name	ST (psych cover)	04:04
Echoes and a Dream	Yesterday's Tomorrow	Echoes and a Dream	03:22
Compilation	David Foster - Listen to Daddy	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:00
Ronnie Fray & The Playboys	Mean Mama Blues	Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture	02:21
Other Half	Evil Ways	ST	04:30
Gentlemen of Horror	Bank	Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)	00:59
Jeff Moore & Friends	Is It You (Jeff Moore)	The Youngest Son	01:59
Aftermath	Do You Believe In Magic?	Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny	02:12
Sheila Graham	The Letter	ST	02:28
Mike Harris	Country Waltz	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:24
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers	Roll Over Beethoven	Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say	04:40
Rascalz	Just Bein' Blunt	Really Livin'	04:27
Jeremy Dormouse	Suzanne	Toad	04:52
Ardels	Dream Lover	Rhythm & Blues	03:06
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Bent Wind	Mystify	Sussex	03:13
Ronney Mitchell	I've Got to be Me	The Five Man Cargo	02:48
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Rockadrome	Royal American Twentieth Century Blues	Royal American 20th Century Blues	04:51
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	Time is of the Essence	Invisible Roots	03:36
Robert Armes	Put Your Cards on the Table	Songs for Icarus	03:48
Dutch Mason	Polk Salad Annie	Half Ain't Been Told	03:44
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers	What'd I Say	Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say	04:04
Clymaxe	Walkin' Blues	R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues	04:05
Uncertain	Wipeout	Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout	02:13
Five Man Cargo	Memories	Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You	02:55
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Memory Lane	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	05:04
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Georges Leningrad	Bad smells	Made In Taiwan	03:05
Jensen Sisters	You Light Up My Life	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:12
Arcade Fire	The Woodland National Anthem	ST	03:59
May Run	Up Where Dreams Begin	Days Into Years	03:54
Ray Griff	Garrington	Canada "My Native Land"	03:59
Brégent	Dieu est nègre	Poussière Des Regrets	12:19
Gargoyle	John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King)	ST	02:39
Lord Ryur	Pact With The Sinner	Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes	03:40
Stompin' Tom Connors	My Swisha Miss	Northland's Own	02:04
Laurie Ingalls	After All	Cheap Champagne	03:12
Original Bones	Song for Pierre Laporte	ST	03:53
Marty Gillan	I Ain't Done Yet (Theme from the T.V. Series "The Manipulators") (Bobby Hales)	Try A Little Kindness	02:38

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Wheeeee! Demo

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Christmas - ST

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Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

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Caribou - ST

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Laurie Ingalls - Cheap Champagne

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Sacrifice - Interviews 1985 + First Live Show

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Sacrifice - The Exorcism

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Sacrifice - Turn In Your Grave (demo)

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Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends - Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends

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Ablaze - Psychopath

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May Run - Days Into Years

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Gerry Fiander - So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)

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Moonstone - ST

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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New Creation - Troubled

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Haggath - Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

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Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

Jimmy Apostle & the Willows - I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

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Ellison - ST

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Perth County Conspiracy - ST

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Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

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Something Evil - Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

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