Rarest Canadian Music

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
Stonemen Faded Colors In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
Riverson Can't Live Without You (Franki Hart) ST
Grimes Zoal, Face Dancer Geidi Primes
Randy Bishop Childhood Song to Christopher Robin I Sing A Soft Song
Jensen Sisters I'm Gonna Love You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Original Bones The Verses of the Fool ST
David Wiffen You Don't Know My Mind Live at the Bunkhouse
Moonstone Finas Birthday Song ST
Nick Ayoub Quintet Montreal East The Montreal Scene
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Strike Out Every Name ST (psych cover)
Ted Daigle No One Else Teenage Time
Nerve Preludes Penchant b/w Preludes
Glenn Dixon As Our Days Fly By Reflections
Jerry Palmer Walking Home String of Hits
Ellison Winter Slutch (Vincent Marandola) ST
Brazda Brothers 20th Century ST
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Snowfall Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Michel & the French Canadians Comfort Him Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Art Snider Nasty Arthur Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Air I Breathe "Coming Out"
Langley Schools Music Project Your Sixteen Wix - Brown Elementary School
Sound Sett Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) 1966-1967
David Fromager Catch Him If You Can If What You Said Was True
Cargo I Found a Way Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
Braineaters Kid Stuff Planet X
Jarvis Street Revue Heidi-Ho (Let Her Go) Mr. Oil Man
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Smile Maria Smile The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Huckle April Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Christmas Jungle Fabulous ST
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
Haunted Shake ST
Gentlemen of Horror Bank ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Jensen Sisters I Want to Give You My Love Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
The Organization Happiness ST
Plastic Cloud Face Behind the Sun ST
Vic Vogel Quiet Nights Montreal Bandleader
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Oil in the Ground "Coming Out"
Trevor Dandy Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Chantettes Gay Hawaiian Melody Remember.....
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Lucio Agostini Dundurn Castle Once Upon a Hundred Years
Jackie Mittoo Harder than the Rest Stepping Tiger
Reign Ghost Pudsy's Parable Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Bent Wind Look at Love Sussex
The Chessmen Mustang Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Ronney Mitchell Time Alone Will Tell The Five Man Cargo
Dutch Mason Polk Salad Annie Half Ain't Been Told
Other Half Don't Think Twice ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers A Stranger in Your Own World The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Riverson Medallion Castle (Brian Edwards) ST
Ray Griff Maple Leaf Canada "My Native Land"
No Exit Energy Crisis ST
Jarvis Street Revue Mr. Oil Man Mr. Oil Man
David Wiffen Don't Think Twice Live at the Bunkhouse
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Stompin' Tom Connors The Flyin' C.P.R. Northland's Own
Cargo Dubious Front Side, Back Side
Skeptical Eye Concealed Truth The Devil's Playground
Reign Ghost Enola Gay Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
John Greenwood Hey, Minstrel Boy My Sailboat and Me
Stephanie Taylor Feeling Groovy "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Echoes and a Dream Just Trying to Be Echoes and a Dream
Jack London & the Sparrows Take it Slow (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Ellison Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
David Wiffen Mule Skinner Blues Live at the Bunkhouse
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Christmas Song Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
King Herbert And the Knights Let's Get Together With Jack Harden
Other Half Travellin Band ST
Jim Brown Bruce Clarke - Of Spiralling Why The First See Hear
Rockadrome Good Dream Royal American 20th Century Blues
Jensen Sisters Do What Makes You Happy Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
EQ Play The Back Swellsville
Huckle Gather The Children Wild Blue Yonder
Gentlemen of Horror God Knows you by Name Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Langley Schools Music Project Riannon Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Langley Schools Music Project Space Oddity Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Teenage Time
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Lewis Baloue Where Did My Love Go Away Romantic Times
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Don't Despair (Jazz Version) ST
Original Bones Lady Anne ST
Trevor Dandy Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
Calgary Range Riders Curly Hair Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair
Sheila Graham Stormy ST
Strange Movies (I Can) Feel It Coming (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
Hugh Dixon Chopin's Nocturne The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Canadian Beadles Steady Guy Three Faces North
Trevor Dandy Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Stephanie Taylor Softly as I Leave You "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Robert Armes Bobcaygeon Songs for Icarus
Lucio Agostini Canadians at Work Once Upon a Hundred Years
Dolores Claman Summer Walk Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Walter Boudreau Synchronisation I Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre arbutus garden apartments 6 p m Awake in th Red Desert
Skarecrow Ballad of Glen & Trevor Blues...Live at the Explorer
Walter Boudreau Danse Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Huckle Ocean Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)

Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

Rehearsal 1985-09

Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Haggath

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09 tape

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09_tape track list_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_03

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape track list_02

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape

Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

Strawberry Soul

I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

ST

Compilation

ST

GUESS289-color

Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

45-Something Evil-Die Children Die VINYL 02

45-Something Evil-Die Children Die VINYL 01

45-Something Evil-The Great Winnipeg Riot BACK

Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

Something Evil

Heat

45-Heat - Brighouse bw Rocking Chair VINYL 02

Switchin'

Diodes' Paul Robinson @ Black Swan, Ottawa March 1978 courtesy Cameron Muir

Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind

David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

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