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
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Wet Wash ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Moose Head ST
Dutch Mason Polk Salad Annie Half Ain't Been Told
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia The Undertaker's Ball ST
Pat's People Changes Today
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Piano Piano ST (psych cover)
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Ray Griff That Old Montana Moon Canada "My Native Land"
Teenage Head Tearin' Me Apart Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Bear Paws Standing by the River Kitche-Ogamah
Georges Leningrad lollipon lady Made In Taiwan
Barbara Gryfe One Child What the World Needs Now
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Passive & Blue Commercials For Free (EP)
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Chip's Groove Chip Dip
Ablaze Sadistic Dream Psychopath
Cargo Dubious Front Side, Back Side
Christmas Oasis ST
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Jim Brown Roy Cooper - Prelude to 1984 The First See Hear
Randy Bishop Lillipads I Sing A Soft Song
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre yu seem to be apeering to follo sum distant star Sonic Horses I
Sweet Somethings Summertime hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Count Baculis ST
Hugh Dixon Hot Pants (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre now, according to paragraph C Awake in th Red Desert
Chantettes Donna Remember.....
Lord Ryur Heroes After Heroes Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes
Roger Rodier Just fine Upon Velveatur
Les 409 They Say They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
Reign Ghost Breast Stroke Blues Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Bear Paws Kitch-Ogamah Kitche-Ogamah
Cargo I Found a Way Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
John Palmer Return Shorelines
Plastic Cloud Bridge Under the Sky ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook & Sling Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Souls of Inspyration Pursuit ST
Ardels Stereo Popeye Rhythm & Blues
Ray Griff Maple Leaf Canada "My Native Land"
Legacy Gimme My Drugs Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs
John Palmer The Wheel Shorelines
Mike Harris London Hornipie Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
The Fringe Token For My Mind Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
VXN Which One Are You ST
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Gravel Road ST
Sheila Graham Little Green Apples ST
Jackie Mittoo World of Love Stepping Tiger
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Wanda Unda Landa Chip Dip
Don And Adrian River Run You Down River Run You Down b/w Lord When I’m Down
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
New Creation All is Well Troubled
Brazda Brothers Lonely Time ST
Emtidi Saat Saat
Lucio Agostini Pastorale Once Upon a Hundred Years
Jeremy Dormouse High Flying Bird Toad
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 2) (Dick Kelder) ST
Reign Ghost Breadbox Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Bear Paws House of the Rising Sun Kitche-Ogamah
Nerve Preludes Penchant b/w Preludes
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Let Him Go ST (psych cover)
Spring Fever Spring Fever Woodstock
Mike Harris Orange Blossom Special Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Phillip Werren Polish Wedding music Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Chessmen Mustang Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Spring Fever She's Lookin' Good Woodstock
David Lovely Lady ST
John Palmer Mandalla Shorelines
Hazel McKirdy Mama Didn't Lie End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Sunshine "Coming Out"
The Reaction On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
David Fromager Concrete City Life If What You Said Was True
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - I've Grown Accustomed to His Face Unselfconsciously Canadian
EQ Come Alive (King Otto Remix) Swellsville
Jeremy Dormouse Just to Hear the Bells Toad
Jeremy Dormouse hesitation blues Toad Rejects
Sweet Somethings Do You Wanna Dance hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
D.N.A. Seashell Because I Love You b/w Seashell
Biggy Twiggy Band Mama Won't Let You Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Other Half Thoughts ST
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Three ST
King Herbert And the Knights You Make Me So Very Happy With Jack Harden
Jack London & the Sparrows Give My Love to You ST
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
Jack London & the Sparrows It's Been One of Those Days ST
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Bell that Couldn't Jingle Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Huckle Flowers Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Papa Bears Medicine Show O.K. ST
Gentlemen of Horror God Knows you by Name Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Barry Ennis Mountain of Ice Mountain of Ice b/w School Days
Roger Rodier The Key Upon Velveatur
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Mike Harris Wednesday Night Waltz Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Billy Martin Stax Strawberry Soul
Jeff Moore & Friends Both Sides (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Chantettes Harry Was a Communist Remember.....
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
The Organization Don't Let the Green Grass Fool Ya ST
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)

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

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

1987-05-24_Sacrifice + Ablaze + Faulkwolf_Bathurst Theatre (Toronto)_orange original flyer reduced

ST

ST

Glenn-Copeland, Beverly

Sussex

Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Teenage Head

Crash & Burn, TORONTO, Canada. July 22 and 23, 1977. Not one, but two big nights.

February 22, 1976 we headed across the street from Steve Park's house on Forsyth St. North in HAMILTON, and into what is now called The McMaster Children's Hospital, for our first photo shoot.

It was never really a great shot, but so far it's the only picture we have of our first gig, October 17, 1975. This one came from the Westdale High School year book, which is where we played, in the "new" cafeteria they built on the ground floor courtyard

September 8, 1977 starting the new school year out in Scarberia with TEENAGE HEAD at Centennial College

Lucio Agostini - Once Upon a Hundred Years

Mutual Understanding

In Wonderland

Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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