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
Jeremy Dormouse	fly around my pretty little miss	Toad Rejects	02:08
British North American Act	Joe Cool	In the Beginning	02:27
Twice Upon a Never	Last Thing On My Mind	Twice Upon a Never	02:31
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	is yr car 2 soft 4 th road	Awake in th Red Desert	00:32
Twice Upon a Never	Come the Day	Twice Upon a Never	02:03
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Rainbow	ST	03:32
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	The High	ST	06:00
Souls of Inspyration	Dil Kusha (Heart's Happiness)	ST	06:44
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	Funny Feeling	Home Grown Stuff	03:31
Aftermath	Sunny	Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny	02:25
Vicky and the Coins	Old Fashioned Girl	ST	01:58
No Exit	Energy Crisis	ST	01:40
Ray Griff	If it Hadn't Been for Music	Canada "My Native Land"	04:11
Legacy	Come With Me	Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs	03:46
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	she's a very good cook	Awake in th Red Desert	02:17
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Lucio Agostini	Centennial Caravan	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:06
Sunshyne	Eclypse & Sunny Day (Ross Barrett and Ken Spence)	The Raven (EP)	06:52
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	Intermission Poetry	Home Grown Stuff	03:06
Sweet Somethings	Pot of Gold	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:31
Jeremy Dormouse	freight train	Toad Rejects	01:55
Tyrant	Hooked On You	Hooked On You b/w Carol	03:12
New Creation	Sodom and Gomorrah	Troubled	02:49
Bonnie Scots	Lonely Prison Cell	Laugh and Cry	02:36
Plastic Cloud	Face Behind the Sun	ST	04:52
B.C. Centennial Spots	B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 3	B.C. Centennial Song	00:29
Mike Harris	Andy's Favorite Jig	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:02
A Joint Effort	Battle of New Orleans	Final Effort	01:52
Grimes	Sardaukar Levenbrech	Geidi Primes	02:05
David Wiffen	Climb the Stairs	Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)	04:15
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Doctor Norman Bethune	ST	07:19
Stompin' Tom Connors	Luke's Guitar	The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar	03:01
Strange Movies	(I Can) Feel It Coming	(I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag	03:11
Rockadrome	T.O. Town	Royal American 20th Century Blues	02:13
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Who You Frontin' For (Remix)	Year Zero	04:02
Marty Gillan	Colours	Try A Little Kindness	02:09
Willie Dunn	Walking Eagle	Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12	07:01
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	You Know The Science	Year Zero	03:39
British North American Act	See How Free	In the Beginning	02:10
John Palmer	Solitude	Shorelines	04:38
Twice Upon a Never	Turtle Dove	Twice Upon a Never	02:16
Sunshyne	Dixie Medley (Traditional)	The Raven (EP)	03:37
Rockadrome	Royal American Twentieth Century Blues	Royal American 20th Century Blues	04:51
The Fringe	Token For My Mind	Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo	02:58
New Creation	The Status Quo Song	Troubled	03:41
Bonnie Scots	The Billy and the Sally	Laugh and Cry	01:36
No Exit	Bureaucracy	ST	01:46
Garden Bower	You’ve Got Me On Fire	Etc. w/ Trains	02:29
Jim Brown	Lloyd Burritt - The Hollow Men	The First See Hear	02:04
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:28
Derek Scott Markle	To Whisper Out Your Name	ST	02:35
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Hell Bent	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	03:31
Ted Daigle	When You Said You All	Ruby b/w When You Said You All	03:22
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Ardels	I'll Go Crazy	Rhythm & Blues	02:19
Rascalz	Really Livin'	Really Livin'	03:04
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	That's the Way I Like It	"Coming Out"	04:02
Joker's Memory	A Jokers Memory Part Three	ST	03:35
Jarvis Street Revue	Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song)	Mr. Oil Man	04:44
Billy Martin	Stax	Strawberry Soul	03:09
John Greenwood	Every Time I Think of You I Smile	My Sailboat and Me	02:40
Skarecrow	I Got to Have It	Blues...Live at the Explorer	02:48
Stefan Gnys	You're Not The Only One	English Oaks and Evangeline	03:28
Plastic Cloud	Civilization Machine	ST	08:51
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	gold minrs	Sonic Horses I	04:10
Arcade Fire	I'm Sleeping in a Submarine	ST	02:48
Jeremy Dormouse	Young Face	Toad	01:53
A Joint Effort	Hitchhikers Dream	Final Effort	03:02
Bonnie Scots	The Drunken Man	Laugh and Cry	02:31
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	heard ya tellin	Awake in th Red Desert	02:37
Compilation	Tommy Banks Orchestra - Bluesette	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:35
Billy O'Boie and the Country Jewels	I Love My Gal	I Love My Gal b/w Little Rosa (picture sleeve)	02:22
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Modigliani	ST	03:06
Fyre	David's Song	David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges	03:03
Spring Fever	I Just Want to Make Love to You	Woodstock	02:28
George Cook	Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am	Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley	02:50
Canadian Beadles	Steady Guy	Three Faces North	02:08
Joy	Ready to Move	Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried	02:10
John Palmer	Better Later Than Never	Shorelines	04:52
Arcade Fire	No Cars Go	ST	06:02
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Montreal West	The Montreal Scene	05:16
Opposite	Baby Why	Help Us Make It	02:27
November Grief	The Aftermath	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	03:09
British North American Act	Baby Jane Days and Nights	In the Beginning	02:47
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band	Passive & Blue	Commercials For Free (EP)	00:59
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	God Bless	ST (psych cover)	03:48
Dennis Walton	Jah Way to Salvation is Easy	Sweeter Love	05:13
Reign Ghost	The Gum Wrapper Song	ST	01:51
Strange Movies	What A Drag	(I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag	02:45
Hugh Dixon	Delilah	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	03:10
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Taking My Time	ST	02:13
Hugh Dixon	Saints Go Marching Inn	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	03:51
Brégent	Dans ma maison	Poussière Des Regrets	07:09
Huckle	Flower To The Sun	Wild Blue Yonder	06:17
Twice Upon a Never	Obladi Oblada	Twice Upon a Never	02:45
Rascalz	Whose The Hip Hopper	Really Livin'	04:28
Sidewinders	Time For Loving	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:24
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Let it Be	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	04:08

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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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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Kings - Switchin'

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Spring - Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind

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Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

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Joker's Memory - ST

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

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Bent Wind - Sussex

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Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

The Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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Jim Brown - The First See Hear

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Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra - James Bond 007

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - "Coming Out"

The Chessmen - Mustang b/w Meadowlands

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London Experimental Jazz Quartet - Invisible Roots

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Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record

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Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

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D.N.A. - Because I Love You b/w Seashell

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