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

Plastic Cloud - ST

Bob Bryden

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
Royal Family Solitude Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Mitchell, Joni You Dream Flat Tires Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Harris, Mike By the Fireside Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Griff, Ray Our Country Canada "My Native Land"
New Creation The Status Quo Song Troubled
Griff, Ray Canadian Pacific Canada "My Native Land"
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
King Herbert And the Knights Amen With Jack Harden
Fringe, The Executive Dream Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Bear Paws Devil Is On the Run Kitche-Ogamah
Haunted Twist ST
Noble, Hank & His Red River Valley Boys Things That Might Have Been Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You
Brazda Brothers Nature ST
Triaxe Chain of Superstition Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
London, Jack & the Sparrows Leavin' Blues (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding Silent Night Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Ennis, Barry Mountain of Ice Mountain of Ice b/w School Days
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon The High ST
Fabulous PJ's What Do You Want Me to Do? What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon You Don't Know Happiness ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Breaking Others Hearts Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Aftermath Do You Believe In Magic? Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
British North American Act Don't Run Away In the Beginning
Daigle, Ted No One Else Teenage Time
Dandy, Trevor Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
Rascalz Whose The Hip Hopper Really Livin'
Mittoo, Jackie Sugar Jar Stepping Tiger
Brégent Mon frère Poussière Des Regrets
Echoes and a Dream Just Trying to Be Echoes and a Dream
Huckle Minstrel Song Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Athenians of Toronto Everybody's Everything San Skoteiniazei
Langley Schools Music Project Band On the Run Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Griff, Ray Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Palmer, Jerry Oh, Lucky Me String of Hits
Agostini, Lucio Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Vicky and the Coins B Jam Boogie ST
Martin, Billy Watermelon Man Strawberry Soul
Rodier, Roger Am I supposed to let it by again Upon Velveatur
Simmons, Luke and His Blue Mountain Boys Howlin' at the Moon Just Waitin' // Howlin' at the Moon
Jeremy Dormouse hollywood heaven Toad Rejects
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre whn i first came to vancouvr Sonic Horses I
Boudreau, Walter Imagination Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Northern Gentleman Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman
Jensen Sisters Fly Away With Me Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
British North American Act Just How You Feel In the Beginning
Grimes Gambang Geidi Primes
Biggy Twiggy Band Mama Won't Let You Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Canadian Beadles Steady Guy Three Faces North
Harris, Mike Wednesday Night Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Carrington, Don Trio A Song for My Father Makin' It Happen
Greenwood, John 3/4 Time My Sailboat and Me
Bear Paws Can't You See Kitche-Ogamah
Riverson Can't Live Without You (Franki Hart) ST
Haunted Horror Show ST
David Descension ST
Huckle Wild Night Wild Blue Yonder
Ladykiller Still Madly in Love Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Never Mind My Job ST (psych cover)
Graham, Sheila By the Time I Get to Phoenix ST
Agostini, Lucio Canadians at Work Once Upon a Hundred Years
Moonstone Finas Birthday Song ST
O'Boie, Billy and the Country Jewels Little Rosa I Love My Gal b/w Little Rosa (picture sleeve)
British North American Act Baby Jane Days and Nights In the Beginning
Gillan, Marty Try a Little Kindness Try A Little Kindness
Dunn, Willie Protest Song Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Plateau Mambo ST
Georges Leningrad Main name est Eva Braun Made In Taiwan
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Bonnie Scots Jeanie McCall Laugh and Cry
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Intermission Poetry Home Grown Stuff
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Organization, The Crocadile Rock ST
Bishop, Randy Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning I Sing A Soft Song
Snider, Art Exodus Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Dandy, Trevor It's a Long Journey Don't Cry Little Tree
Vogel, Vic Booze is Beautiful Montreal Bandleader
Huckle Gabriola Day Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Threads Of Fybre Mama Mama b/w Believe Me
Baloue, Lewis Cool Night In Paris L'amour
Pepper Tree Blue Caravan Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Rascalz How the Story Goes Really Livin'
Sweet Somethings Summertime hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Dixon, Hugh Blues Stay Away From Me The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
New Creation All is Well Troubled
London, Jack & the Sparrows Our Love has Passed ST
No Exit Downtown Weekend ST
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre whn u cum into me Sonic Horses I
Mason, Dutch Gamblin' Fever Half Ain't Been Told
Northwest Company Get Away From it All Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Comin' Home Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Agostini, Lucio Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Brown, Jim Lionel Kearns - Transport The First See Hear
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited The Alphatype Beep The Optic Earful
Rodier, Roger Listen to these chords I play (Celeste) Upon Velveatur
Griff, Ray Jimmy, Luke and Me Canada "My Native Land"

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