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
Mock Duck	Introduction - Ground Hog	Test Record	05:34
Dutch Mason	Lights Are On But Nobody's Home	Half Ain't Been Told	05:41
Huckle	Get Down	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	04:11
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Mannequin Demo	03:32
Hank Snow	I Don't Hurt Anymore	Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:56
David Wiffen	Four Strong Winds	Live at the Bunkhouse	04:14
Derek Scott Markle	Southern Lady	ST	02:24
Art Snider	Sweet Caroline	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	02:17
Stompin' Tom Connors	Algoma Central No. 69	Northland's Own	02:30
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	The Sound of Next Year's Echo	Invisible Roots	03:42
David Fromager	Innocent Times	If What You Said Was True	02:47
Lucio Agostini	Skiing in Québec	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:30
Opposite	One Night	Help Us Make It	03:02
London Experimental Jazz Quartet	Jazz Widow Waltz	Invisible Roots	05:31
Mystique	Memories	Black Rider	05:47
Pat's People	To-day	Today	03:19
Jensen Sisters	I Can't Deny	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:56
Caribou	Lune	ST	03:51
VXN	The Magic’s in Your Hands	ST	03:54
Stefan Gnys	Soliloguy	English Oaks and Evangeline	03:40
British North American Act	Don't Run Away	In the Beginning	02:37
Stephanie Taylor	I'm Going to Make You Love Me	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	02:39
Roger Rodier	Listen to these chords I play (Celeste)	Upon Velveatur	03:12
Ray Griff	Sweet Bird of Youth	Canada "My Native Land"	02:59
Rock-a-tunes	You're Some Kind of Nice	Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)	01:42
Ted Daigle	When You Said You All	Ruby b/w When You Said You All	03:22
VXN	Running Out	ST	03:42
Riverson	Winter Garden (Brian Edwards)	ST	03:19
Liska	You Make Me Smile Again	Cry Out Loud	02:14
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Report from Cairo	The Montreal Scene	05:31
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	boomerang th floating oranges	Sonic Horses I	04:23
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	th deacon bros in barbados	Awake in th Red Desert	00:23
May Run	Up Where Dreams Begin	Days Into Years	03:54
VXN	Which One Are You	ST	03:11
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band	Tooth Decay	Commercials For Free (EP)	01:31
Haunted	Shake	ST	02:22
Golden Earrings	My Situation	My Situation b/w Nothing Much	02:09
Jensen Sisters	I'm Gonna Love You	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:11
The Fringe	I Don't Want To Live	Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo	03:52
Sound Sett	You're a Better Man Than I (Mike & Brian Hugg)	1966-1967	03:24
Spring Fever	She Moves Me	Woodstock	03:30
Huckle	Ocean	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	03:42
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎	Saddle Lake Guitar Rhythm	Country and Rock & Roll Sound	02:26
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	mountain lake	Sonic Horses I	03:37
Riverson	Between the Lines (Brian Edwards)	ST	04:10
Blind Owl	Song To the Wind	ST	03:06
Liska	A Smile	Cry Out Loud	03:40
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Wet Wash	ST	02:01
Platinum Blonde	Hey Hey You	Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets	02:36
Sweet Somethings	Frosty Friday	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:45
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Comin' Home	The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope	05:21
Arcade Fire	Headlights Look like Diamonds	ST	04:25
Canadian Beadles	I Just Don't Think it's Fair	Three Faces North	02:15
Opposite	Land of 1000 Dances	Help Us Make It	03:18
Ronney Mitchell	Fools Rush in	The Five Man Cargo	02:48
Randy Bishop	Childhood Song to Christopher Robin	I Sing A Soft Song	03:45
Ronney Mitchell	I've Got to be Me	The Five Man Cargo	02:48
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Cat Piss	Year Zero	02:53
Jerry Palmer	Head Over Heels in Love	String of Hits	01:40
Jim Brown	Lionel Kearns - The Woman Who	The First See Hear	03:11
VXN	Putting Love Aside	Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)	04:02
Dutch Mason	Dust My Broom	Half Ain't Been Told	03:28
Garden Bower	Lord I’m Tired	Etc. w/ Trains	02:36
Athenians of Toronto	San Skoteiniazei	San Skoteiniazei	04:39
Lord Ryur	Heroes After Heroes	Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes	05:00
Jimmy Apostle & the Willows	I Love Ya Honey	I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love	02:02
Nomads Four	Be On Your Way	Be On Your Way b/w Come On Home	02:33
EQ	Play The Back	Swellsville	04:35
R. Taylor Dean	Poor Girl	My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)	02:40
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Doctor Norman Bethune	ST	07:19
Humble Sponge	Lady Is Love	Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas	02:57
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Rock and Soul	Chip Dip	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
November Grief	Requiem (For Mother Earth)	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	01:35
Gargoyle	Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster)	ST	09:11
Sheila Graham	Little Green Apples	ST	03:49
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	I'll Take Romance	ST	02:14
Catseye	River	Catseye	04:03
Opposite	Le Telephone	Help Us Make It	02:32
Liska	Angela	Cry Out Loud	04:15
Stormbringer	Evil Mind	The Curse b/w Evil Mind	05:28
Calgary Range Riders	Rocky Mountain Rhythm	Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair	02:19
Jensen Sisters	You Walked Into My Life	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:12
Mike Harris	Norwegian Waltz	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:42
The Organization	Change in the Weather	ST	02:37
Roger Rodier	While my castles burning	Upon Velveatur	04:19
Derek Scott Markle	Could it Be	ST	03:03
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
September (1)	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w Celebration	02:39
Marty Gillan	Time and Love	Try A Little Kindness	03:09
Braineaters	Modern Man Pt 2	Planet X	01:16
Reign Ghost	Breast Stroke Blues	Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires	04:24
Skeptical Eye	Universal Call - The Message	The Devil's Playground	08:50
Joni Mitchell	Be Cool	Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)	04:12
Triaxe	Chain of Superstition	Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution	05:34
Walter Boudreau	Imagination	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	08:28
Les 409	Born in Chicago	They Say b/w Born in Chicago	02:50

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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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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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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