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.

Bent Wind - Sussex - Vinyl Side 2

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Reaction

Black Knight - Master of Disaster

George Cook - Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley

Rockadrome - Royal American 20th Century Blues BACK

Moonstone - ST

Sweet Somethings - hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'

Siggy Magic & the Hey Ho Band - Commercials For Free (EP)

Frankie

Stephanie Taylor - "I Don't Know Where I Stand"

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

David

Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 02

Bob Bryden

Plastic Cloud - ST

Les 409 acetate label one-of-a-kind garage artifact

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - Coming Out

Joker's Memory - ST

Ablaze - Psychopath b/w Sadistic Dream

Hank Snow - Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)

Phillip Werren - Electronic Music (1968-1971)

Squires - The Sultan b/w Aurora

Natalie Pollock & John Turner

Michel & the French Canadians - Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Palmer, John Better Later Than Never Shorelines
Papa Bears Medicine Show Golden Girl ST
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle I'll Take Romance ST
Rodier, Roger Am I supposed to let it by again Upon Velveatur
Harris, Mike Orange Blossom Special Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Braineaters Modern Man Planet X
Ardels Heads Up Rhythm & Blues
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Bird Woman of Bath ST
Liska All My Love Cry Out Loud
Bonnie Scots Jeanie McCall Laugh and Cry
Gargoyle Brian Dunfield - Too Late ST
EQ Step Up Swellsville
Ellison Satanic (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Daigle, Ted Ruby Ruby b/w When You Said You All
Griff, Ray Calgary, Alberta Canada "My Native Land"
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre heard ya tellin Awake in th Red Desert
Brazda Brothers Walking in the Sun ST
Matlows If You Were Mine If You Were Mine // Only You
Arcade Fire Old Flame ST
VXN Running Out ST
Bonnie Scots The Billy and the Sally Laugh and Cry
Twice Upon a Never Last Thing On My Mind Twice Upon a Never
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre leevin th electrik citee (2) Sonic Horses I
Pat's People Changes Today
Griff, Ray Friends and Neighbors Canada "My Native Land"
Mystique Wake Up Screamin' Black Rider
Souls of Inspyration Stranger ST
Griff, Ray That Old Montana Moon Canada "My Native Land"
Compilation Shades of Blond - All Your Love International Master Discovery Records
Dixon, Hugh Blues Stay Away From Me The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Teah, Johnny & The Jubilee Mountain Boys Sad Whistle Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome
Claman, Dolores Odd Couplet #2 Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Mantra San Francisco Morning (D'arcy Draper) ST
Perth County Conspiracy If You Can Want ST
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Blind Owl Roads ST
Dandy, Trevor Don’t Cry Little Tree Don't Cry Little Tree
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Casino Royale James Bond 007
Vicky and the Coins Cotton Fields ST
Langley Schools Music Project Saturday Night Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Never Mind My Job ST (psych cover)
Brazda Brothers Share With Love ST
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
Moosetracks Someone on the Line ST
Kings This Beat Goes On - Switchin' Switchin'
Moosetracks This Place is No Place to be Happy ST
Harris, Mike Rippling Water Jig Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
David Take My Hand ST
Boudreau, Walter Synchronisation I Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Emtidi Walkin' In The Park Saat
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Roads to New York Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
Baloue, Lewis Don't Stop It Now Romantic Times
Agostini, Lucio Dundurn Castle Once Upon a Hundred Years
Fromager, David If What You Said Was True If What You Said Was True
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone That's the Way I Like It "Coming Out"
Gentlemen of Horror Bank Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Original Bones The Verses of the Fool ST
No Exit Bureaucracy ST
Palmer, John Free Me Shorelines
Rock-a-tunes Maria Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Snider, Art Ode to Billy Joe Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
College, Joe & the Rulers It Ain't Allright (With Me) It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre she, still and curling Awake in th Red Desert
Huckle Wild Night Wild Blue Yonder
Scott Markle, Derek Hey Hoe ST
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Time is of the Essence Invisible Roots
Agostini, Lucio Cocktails In New York Once Upon a Hundred Years
Chessmen Meadowlands Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Reign Ghost Pudsy's Parable Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Original Bones Lady Anne ST
Vicky and the Coins Girl From Ipanema ST
Sweet Somethings Frosty Friday hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) God Bless ST (psych cover)
Mantra Depend on Somebody (D'arcy Draper) ST
Black Knight Warlords Wrath Master of Disaster (EP)
Palmer, John Seedling of Light Shorelines
Spring It's So Hard Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Mittoo, Jackie Totally Together Stepping Tiger
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra The Spy Who Loved Me James Bond 007
Langley Schools Music Project Space Oddity Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Uncertain Land of 1000 Dances Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
Riverson I'll be There (Brian Edwards) ST
Sidewinders Can't You Feel the Fire Flatfoot Hustlin'
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
Palmer, John Return Shorelines
Langley Schools Music Project Wild Fire Wix - Brown Elementary School
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Moon Raker James Bond 007
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding Silent Night Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Fromager, David Catch Him If You Can If What You Said Was True
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre gold minrs Sonic Horses I
Haunted A Message to Pretty ST
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Plateau Mambo ST
Souls of Inspyration Dil Kusha (Heart's Happiness) ST
Jeremy Dormouse Small Man Toad
Lord Ryur Heroes After Heroes Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Sweet Somethings Will You Love Me Tomorrow hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'

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