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
The Organization	Pretty City Lady	ST	03:09
Mike Harris	Maple Sugar	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:24
Stormbringer	The Curse	The Curse b/w Evil Mind	03:07
Caribou	Gretta cromo	ST	03:24
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	For Your Eyes Only	James Bond 007	02:55
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	State Of The Art	Year Zero	01:28
Vic Vogel	Close to You	Montreal Bandleader	02:41
British North American Act	Don't Run Away	In the Beginning	02:37
Cargo	Alisa	Front Side, Back Side	03:50
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	whn i first came to vancouvr	Sonic Horses I	01:04
Barry Ennis	School Days	Mountain of Ice b/w School Days	02:17
Tex Lecor	Je t'amène avec moi	Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)	01:50
The Nerve	The Nerve - Penchant (2005 live recording by the Smarties)	Penchant b/w Preludes	04:12
Brégent	Dans ma maison	Poussière Des Regrets	07:09
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	The Bell that Couldn't Jingle	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	02:54
Biggy Twiggy Band	Mama Won't Let You	Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change	03:16
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	th ride to th place uv meditaysyun	Sonic Horses I	24:36
Medium	Stars	ST	05:35
Rascalz	Gal Business	Really Livin'	02:51
Lewis Baloue	Summer's Moon	L'amour	03:49
Lucio Agostini	Canadians at Work	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:45
Nihilist Spasm Band	Dog Face Man	No Record	07:53
Stephanie Taylor	I'm Going to Make You Love Me	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	02:39
Twice Upon a Never	Go Where You Go	Twice Upon a Never	02:21
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Hugh Dixon	Green Green Grass of Home (vocals: Pat Dixon)	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	01:35
Jeremy Dormouse	birds of joy	Toad Rejects	01:38
Brazda Brothers	Gemini	ST	03:38
Canadian Beadles	Fool of the Year	Three Faces North	02:39
Spring Fever	Mama, What About Your Daughter	Woodstock	02:38
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Soul Kitchen	ST	13:55
Echoes and a Dream	Midnight Passion	Echoes and a Dream	04:18
Sweet Somethings	Hold On, I'm Comin'	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:19
Rockadrome	Very Strange	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:14
Jim Brown	Bruce Clarke - Of Spiralling Why	The First See Hear	09:40
Brazda Brothers	20th Century	ST	04:07
Willie Dunn	Protest Song	Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12	05:48
New Creation	Where Are You Going?	Troubled	03:11
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Reflections	ST	08:05
Sugluk	I Didn't Know	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	03:50
Two Tones	We Come Here to Sing	Live at the Village Corner	02:34
Marty Gillan	Colours	Try A Little Kindness	02:09
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Chip's Groove	Chip Dip	02:52
Robert Armes	Someday	Songs for Icarus	02:39
Cargo	Talk With Us	Front Side, Back Side	07:45
Moosetracks	Sophie	ST	02:05
Plastic Cloud	Epistle to Paradise	ST	03:35
September (1)	Celebration	Blue Lady b/w Celebration	03:26
Twice Upon a Never	Early in the Morning	Twice Upon a Never	01:32
Fabulous PJ's	What Do You Want Me to Do?	What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary	02:45
Skarecrow	I Got to Have It	Blues...Live at the Explorer	02:48
Billy Martin	If You Care	Strawberry Soul	04:05
Barbara Gryfe	Jerusalem of Gold	What the World Needs Now	03:42
Hugh Dixon	What's New	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	02:52
Bent Wind	Hate	Sussex	05:22
Jeremy Dormouse	the immortal st. canthor	Toad Rejects	03:14
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Moosetracks	Hangman	ST	02:53
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Northern Gentleman	Northland's Own	02:11
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	o a b a	Awake in th Red Desert	02:29
Shagnasty	All My Teachers	Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers	04:20
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Perth County Conspiracy	Welcome Surprise	ST	03:12
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Casino Royale	James Bond 007	02:43
Langley Schools Music Project	Calling Occupants	Wix - Brown Elementary School	05:21
Bear Paws	Can't You See	Kitche-Ogamah	04:11
Jensen Sisters	You Lit the Fire (I Want Only You)	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:56
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau	I'm Not Guilty	ST (psych cover)	03:47
Compilation	Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:08
Papa Bears Medicine Show	O.K.	ST	03:41
Sedum Shadows	Anatomy of a Shadow	Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow	03:04
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	she, still and curling	Awake in th Red Desert	03:31
Ray Griff	D-Dogies	Canada "My Native Land"	04:02
Tyrant	Carol	Hooked On You b/w Carol	04:09
Hi-Fives	Fujikami The Warrior	Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun	02:10
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich)	People Of The Ice	02:37
Rascalz	Kibbles 'N Bits	Really Livin'	04:10
Stefan Gnys	You're Not The Only One	English Oaks and Evangeline	03:28
Boys Brigade	Portrait	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:45
November Grief	Intro	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	04:31
Stompin' Tom Connors	Carolyne	Northland's Own	03:07
King Herbert And the Knights	Lucille	With Jack Harden	02:45
Original Bones	The Verses of the Fool	ST	02:14
Skarecrow	I'm A Man	Blues...Live at the Explorer	06:48
Sound Sett	Dead Sea (Bruce MacGregor modified)	1966-1967	02:05
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Five Man Cargo	Memories	Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You	02:55
Stefan Gnys	Evangeline	English Oaks and Evangeline	03:10
Stefan Gnys	Horizoning	English Oaks and Evangeline	03:52
EQ	Bring it On	Swellsville	04:17
Shades of Blond	All Your Love	All Your Love	02:12
Squires	The Sultan	The Sultan b/w Aurora	02:32
Skarecrow	Wee Wee Baby	Blues...Live at the Explorer	04:00
VXN	Putting Love Aside	ST	04:02
Garden Bower	You’ve Got Me On Fire	Etc. w/ Trains	02:29
Matlows	If You Were Mine	If You Were Mine // Only You	02:17
Georges Leningrad	Bad smells	Made In Taiwan	03:05
Robert Armes	Song for Icarus	Songs for Icarus	04:06
Reign Ghost	Black Ode	ST	03:29
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	normal is not returning	Sonic Horses I	01:18

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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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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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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