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
Jeremy Dormouse	freight train	Toad Rejects	01:55
Matlows	If You Were Mine	If You Were Mine // Only You	02:17
Golden Earrings	My Situation	My Situation b/w Nothing Much	02:09
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Count Baculis	ST	02:14
Ronney Mitchell	Quando Quando	The Five Man Cargo	02:32
David Fromager	Nicky	If What You Said Was True	03:00
The Other Half	Travellin Band	ST	03:39
Ray Griff	Canadian Pacific	Canada "My Native Land"	03:22
Gargoyle	Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love	ST	02:14
Moonstone	Black Blind Light	ST	04:24
Stephanie Taylor	Long and Winding Road	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	03:41
November Grief	Psychotopsy	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	02:41
November Grief	Grass Is Gold	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	02:47
Barbara Gryfe	If I Were a Rich Girl	What the World Needs Now	03:36
The Fringe	Executive Dream	Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo	03:04
Brégent	La mélancolie	Poussière Des Regrets	04:25
Billy Martin	Funky Feelin'	Strawberry Soul	02:44
Billy Martin	It's Your Life	Strawberry Soul	02:42
Don Carrington Trio	Breaking Up is Hard to Do	Makin' It Happen	06:43
Strange Movies	(I Can) Feel It Coming	(I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag	03:11
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Sacrifice	1986-02_Terry Sadler interviews Sacrifice_Interviews	Interviews 1985 + First Live Show	03:39
Laurie Ingalls	Peace Country	Cheap Champagne	04:54
David Wiffen	Courtin' in the Kitchen	Live at the Bunkhouse	02:55
Jensen Sisters	You Light Up My Life	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:12
David	House of the Rising Sun	ST	03:41
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding	Scarlet Ribbons	Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding	02:34
A Joint Effort	Winter	Final Effort	04:01
Barbara Gryfe	I'll Never Fall in Love Again	What the World Needs Now	03:14
Legacy	Gimme My Drugs	Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs	02:45
New Creation	Countdown to Revolution!	Troubled	07:20
Langley Schools Music Project	Wild Fire	Wix - Brown Elementary School	04:32
Opposite	We Say Yeah	Help Us Make It	02:15
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	yu seem to be apeering to follo sum distant star	Sonic Horses I	04:14
Jarvis Street Revue	Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song)	Mr. Oil Man	04:44
John Palmer	Such a Long Long Time	Shorelines	02:18
Hugh Dixon	Silly Bo Dilly (Dixon)	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	02:52
Cargo	Rural Route One	Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing	02:18
Mantra	Beatrices (D'arcy Draper)	ST	03:15
Garden Bower	You’ve Got Me On Fire	Etc. w/ Trains	02:29
Jeremy Dormouse	hollywood heaven	Toad Rejects	03:10
April Wine	Shotdown	The Whole World's Going Crazy (test pressing)	08:49
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Wet Wash	ST	02:01
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Bib and I	The Montreal Scene	05:22
Spring Fever	Woodstock (Joni Mitchell)	Woodstock	03:59
Medium	Stars	ST	05:35
Medium	My Lady Lies Forever	ST	02:41
Huckle	Get Down	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	04:11
Rockadrome	Inside Out, Inside In	Royal American 20th Century Blues	03:46
Jack London & the Sparrows	Leavin' Blues (vocal by Jerry Edmonton)	ST	03:14
John Palmer	Seedling of Light	Shorelines	02:20
Two Tones	Summer Love	Live at the Village Corner	02:35
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Swords of Gold	ST	02:51
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Wait and See	ST	04:00
Lorne Ranger	Come On	French Fried Freedom	03:03
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Good Morning Blues	ST	04:37
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
May Run	Save Me	Days Into Years	03:04
A Joint Effort	Battle of New Orleans	Final Effort	01:52
Fabulous PJ's	Proud Mary	What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary	02:48
Emtidi	Trume	Saat	03:25
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎	Country Four Blues	Country and Rock & Roll Sound	02:40
Art Snider	Silly Jilly	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	02:14
David Wiffen	Coast to Coast Fever	Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)	04:08
VXN	No More	Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)	03:49
Canadian Beadles	Lonely Blue Boy	Three Faces North	02:39
Rockadrome	Royal American Twentieth Century Blues	Royal American 20th Century Blues	04:51
Reign Ghost	The Gum Wrapper Song	ST	01:51
King Herbert And the Knights	Let's Get Together	With Jack Harden	03:18
Rascalz	Nothin' But a Rascal	Really Livin'	03:42
Moonstone	Murk	ST	02:08
Threads Of Fybre	Mama	Mama b/w Believe Me	02:46
Norris Vines and The Luvlines	Give In	Give In b/w Feel The Warm	02:46
Compilation	Buddy Victor - Didn’t' We	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:06
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	Smokestack Lightning	ST	04:09
Spring Fever	Mama, What About Your Daughter	Woodstock	02:38
Triaxe	Chain of Superstition	Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution	05:34
Skarecrow	I'm A Man	Blues...Live at the Explorer	06:48
Lewis Baloue	We Danced All Night	Romantic Times	03:35
Grimes	Rosa	Geidi Primes	03:12
Trevor Dandy	It's a Long Journey	Don't Cry Little Tree	03:56
Stompin' Tom Connors	Movin' On to Rouyn	Northland's Own	02:37
Brégent	Epitaphe villon	Poussière Des Regrets	03:21
Gargoyle	Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree	ST	04:39
Randy Bishop	Two Jugglers	I Sing A Soft Song	02:55
The Other Half	Thoughts	ST	04:06
Dolores Claman	Summer Walk	Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes	03:02
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	On Her Majesty's Secret Service	James Bond 007	03:31
Gargoyle	Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand	ST	01:53
Original Bones	Sit Down	ST	03:24
Robert Armes	Someday	Songs for Icarus	02:39
Trevor Dandy	Is There Any Love?	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:32
Ardels	Heads Up	Rhythm & Blues	02:06
The Organization	Crocadile Rock	ST	03:45
Emtidi	Saat	Saat	04:16
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Ice	On the Radio	On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher	03:01
Jolly Tambourine Man	Mold in My Ears	Wheeeee! Demo	01:51

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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Ellison - ST

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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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