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
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Jeremy Dormouse	what joy - what bliss	Toad Rejects	01:35
Hugh Dixon	Chopin's Nocturne	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	03:33
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Montreal West	The Montreal Scene	05:16
Huckle	Rolling River	Wild Blue Yonder	04:41
Laurie Ingalls	Cheap Champagne	Cheap Champagne	03:04
Sunshyne	Dixie Medley (Traditional)	The Raven (EP)	03:37
Mantra	San Francisco Morning (D'arcy Draper)	ST	03:17
Gargoyle	Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster)	ST	09:11
Randy Bishop	Lillipads	I Sing A Soft Song	03:11
Lewis Baloue	Romance For Two	L'amour	04:44
Catseye	Days Gone By	Catseye	05:15
Moonstone	Murk	ST	02:08
Dutch Mason	Ain't Nobody's Business	Half Ain't Been Told	04:55
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited	Stage 3: Bossanova	The Optic Earful	01:52
Original Bones	One More Night	ST	02:05
Athenians of Toronto	San Skoteiniazei	San Skoteiniazei	04:39
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Don't Despair (Jazz Version)	ST	02:59
Mock Duck	My Time	Test Record	06:44
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎	Modern Rock	Country and Rock & Roll Sound	02:23
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	I'll Take Romance	ST	02:14
Trevor Dandy	Overture and Judgement Morning	Don't Cry Little Tree	09:32
British North American Act	All the World is In Your Eyes	In the Beginning	02:13
Langley Schools Music Project	Venus and Mars	Wix - Brown Elementary School	02:47
Echoes and a Dream	Life is a Love Song	Echoes and a Dream	03:54
Golden Earrings	My Situation	My Situation b/w Nothing Much	02:09
John Palmer	Solitude	Shorelines	04:38
Bloodstone	I'm Your Man	Toronto b/w I'm Your Man	02:26
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Baroque	ST	02:50
Reign Ghost	Breast Stroke Blues	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	04:24
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
No Exit	No Exit	ST	02:41
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Ya Ya	Chip Dip	04:00
Canadian Beadles	I'm Coming Home	Three Faces North	02:20
British North American Act	Baby Jane Days and Nights	In the Beginning	02:47
Souls of Inspyration	Eyes of Nature	ST	03:29
Randy Bishop	(A World of) Black And Brown	I Sing A Soft Song	02:57
Moosetracks	Airplane Over the Rockies	ST	01:21
Grimes	Beast Infection	Geidi Primes	02:21
Robert Armes	Requiem	Songs for Icarus	03:30
Mike Harris	Maple Sugar	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:24
Rockadrome	Very Strange	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:14
Jack London & the Sparrows	Our Love has Passed	ST	03:38
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	heart flash us	Sonic Horses I	03:20
Jolly Tambourine Man	Nazi Punks Go Bowling	Wheeeee! Demo	01:24
Moonstone	Hope You Come See	ST	03:03
Stompin' Tom Connors	Carolyne	Northland's Own	03:07
Jensen Sisters	I Can't Deny	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:56
The Fringe	Inside Lookin' Out	Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo	04:20
Billy Martin	Moon Ride	Strawberry Soul	04:16
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Brad Richards	Right Time for Love	Right Time for Love	04:07
Marty Gillan	I Ain't Done Yet (Theme from the T.V. Series "The Manipulators") (Bobby Hales)	Try A Little Kindness	02:38
Bonnie Scots	This Land Is Your Land	Laugh and Cry	02:56
Skarecrow	I Got to Have It	Blues...Live at the Explorer	02:48
Skarecrow	Stormy Monday Blues	Blues...Live at the Explorer	06:59
Brégent	Mon frère	Poussière Des Regrets	02:30
Liska	Rose	Cry Out Loud	02:38
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Golden Earrings	Nothing Much	My Situation b/w Nothing Much	02:11
Jim Brown	Ross Barrett & Jim Brown - Tree Person	The First See Hear	03:07
David Wiffen	Driving Wheel	Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)	06:19
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Casino Royale	James Bond 007	02:43
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Urine Trouble	Year Zero	02:22
Nihilist Spasm Band	Destroy the Nations	No Record	08:18
Moonstone	Cointreau	ST	03:30
Rockadrome	R.A.T.C.B. Teaser	Royal American 20th Century Blues	01:08
Lorne Ranger	Come On	French Fried Freedom	03:03
Jeff Moore & Friends	Flying So High (Christina Becker)	The Youngest Son	04:46
The Haunted	Untie Me	ST	04:44
Athenians of Toronto	Make Me Smile	San Skoteiniazei	08:20
Cyrus Eden	Rock You To The Limit	First Offense (EP)	03:15
Huckle	Minstrel Song	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	03:26
Barry Ennis	School Days	Mountain of Ice b/w School Days	02:17
Canadian Beadles	Whole Lot of Shakin Going On	Three Faces North	02:28
Hugh Dixon	Esquire Shuffle (Dixon)	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	02:38
Gerry Fiander	So Long, Goodbye	So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)	03:16
Garden Bower	Lord I’m Tired	Etc. w/ Trains	02:36
Jensen Sisters	I Want to Give You My Love	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	02:53
Plastic Cloud	Face Behind the Sun	ST	04:52
John Greenwood	The Princess	My Sailboat and Me	04:12
Liska	All My Love	Cry Out Loud	04:09
No Exit	Decisions	ST	01:29
David Wiffen	You'll Never Make a Dollar That Way	Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)	04:03
Ladykiller	Still Madly in Love	Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman	04:40
Joy	Ready to Move	Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried	02:10
Arcade Fire	Old Flame	ST	03:58
Bloodstone	Toronto	Toronto b/w I'm Your Man	03:23
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Doctor Norman Bethune	ST	07:19
Sacrifice	1985-10_Slaughter - Terry, Sacrifice - Rob_CKLN FM fundraising_Interviews	Interviews 1985 + First Live Show	00:37
Braineaters	Kid Stuff	Planet X	01:33
Moonstone	In Case	ST	04:28
Reign Ghost	Curio Shop	ST	03:26
Joy	Tears to be Cried	Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried	02:37
Raphaels	Someday	Someday b/w I Change My Mind	02:36
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	th ride to th place uv meditaysyun	Sonic Horses I	24:36
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Phil	Phil	03:19
VXN	Not Only in Love	ST	03:54
Langley Schools Music Project	Saturday Night	Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger	03:50
Skarecrow	Mule Skinner Blues	Blues...Live at the Explorer	02:28

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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Clockwork - Cybernaut b/w Mean Lady

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Hi Octane Band - Shakey Ground b/w Feelings

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

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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The Other Half - ST

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The Haunted - ST

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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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