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
The Organization Back to Back ST
Blind Owl Some Tears You Have To Cry ST
Dolores Claman Wilderness West Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Sedum Shadows Anatomy of a Shadow Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Christmas Sorry I Bore You Victoria ST
November Grief Recuring Nightmares To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Plastic Cloud Shadows of Your Mind ST
Sheila Graham Straight Life ST
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers What'd I Say Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say
Dennis Walton Jah Way to Salvation is Easy Sweeter Love
Jerry Palmer Oh, Lucky Me String of Hits
Ablaze Sadistic Dream Psychopath
Robert Armes Sun Song Songs for Icarus
Perth County Conspiracy Hurdy-Gurdy Man ST
Dutch Mason Gonna Move to the Country Half Ain't Been Told
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love ST
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Michael-Jon Rosenberg You Don't Know Happiness ST
Nihilist Spasm Band Dog Face Man No Record
David Flight of the Egyptian Army ST
Sound Sett She Ain't No Use to Me (Dave Bingham & Roger Mayne, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Mock Duck Hurt On Me Test Record
Trevor Dandy Lord I Come to Thee Don't Cry Little Tree
Jackie Mittoo Special Mission Stepping Tiger
Rascalz Perfect Check Up Really Livin'
Brad Richards Send a Little Love My Way Right Time for Love
Moosetracks Lest We Forget ST
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band People Who Created Me Commercials For Free (EP)
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Tooth Decay Commercials For Free (EP)
Opposite Le Telephone Help Us Make It
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Times are Changing Home Grown Stuff
Ray Griff Mama, This One's for You Canada "My Native Land"
Jack London & the Sparrows If You Don't Want My Love ST
Langley Schools Music Project To Know Him is to Love Him Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Silhouette ST
Ice On the Radio On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher
New Creation Sodom and Gomorrah Troubled
Twice Upon a Never Pussy Willows, Cat Tails Twice Upon a Never
Other Half Eve of Destruction ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Hugh Dixon Saints Go Marching Inn The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Huckle Ocean Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Sunshyne Eclypse & Sunny Day (Ross Barrett and Ken Spence) The Raven (EP)
Marty Gillan Lalena Try A Little Kindness
Athenians of Toronto Opi Aniko San Skoteiniazei
Strange Movies What A Drag (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
Art Snider "Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show) Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Don Carrington Trio MacArthur Park Makin' It Happen
Stonemen In the Evening In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
David Fromager Chains If What You Said Was True
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Huckle Hello Sunshine Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Rockadrome There You Go Again Royal American 20th Century Blues
Sound Sett Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) 1966-1967
Tyrant Hooked On You Hooked On You b/w Carol
Cargo Child of the Playroom Front Side, Back Side
Nihilist Spasm Band When in London Sleep at the York Hotel No Record
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers You Got the Green Light The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Original Bones One More Night ST
Ronney Mitchell I Feel the Earth Move The Five Man Cargo
Robert Armes Imagine a World With No Music Songs for Icarus
Derek Scott Markle Goin' Thru the Town ST
Fyre David's Song David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Original Bones Song for Pierre Laporte ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Truck Drivers Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Joni Mitchell Wild Things Run Fast Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Sheila Graham 24 Hours of Loneliness ST
Bear Paws Devil Is On the Run Kitche-Ogamah
Ardels Linda Lou Rhythm & Blues
Echoes and a Dream Thank You (Led Zeppelin) Echoes and a Dream
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre all th brite eyez deep in the rivr bed Sonic Horses I
British North American Act Only a Dream In the Beginning
Moonstone Top Heavy ST
Sound Sett I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart) 1966-1967
David Alvin J. Ashtray ST
Hugh Dixon Silly Bo Dilly (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
R. Taylor Dean Poor Girl My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
The Organization Don't Let the Green Grass Fool Ya ST
Art Snider It Was a Very Good Year Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Cat Piss Year Zero
Strange Movies (I Can) Feel It Coming (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
Les Bel Kanto A Kind of Break Down A Kind of Break Down b/w Dors (promo)
Medium My Lady Lies Forever ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Roads to New York Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Moosetracks Lost In A Southern Town ST
Grimes Feyd Rautha Dark Heart Geidi Primes
Sweet Somethings Pot of Gold hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Reflections ST
Chantettes Come and Go With Me Remember.....
Brégent Epitaphe villon Poussière Des Regrets
Teenage Head Tearin' Me Apart Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau God Bless ST (psych cover)
Marty Gillan Colours Try A Little Kindness
Marty Gillan Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday Try A Little Kindness
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Doctor Norman Bethune ST
Moonstone Finas Birthday Song ST
Chantettes Harry Was a Communist Remember.....
David Fromager Girl from the North Country If What You Said Was True

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

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

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