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
Sound Sett	Oh No (The Sound Sett)	1966-1967	04:31
Jim Brown	Wayne Carr - Timbral Changes	The First See Hear	04:57
Barbara Gryfe	I'll Never Fall in Love Again	What the World Needs Now	03:14
Terry & The Pyrates	Someone	Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone	04:15
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	fading era	Sonic Horses I	05:18
Mock Duck	Sitting on Top of the World	Test Record	04:15
Sphex	Leaving This Crazy City	Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City	03:28
Jeremy Dormouse	Young Face	Toad	01:53
Medium	I'll Love Everyone at Last	ST	02:53
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	You Are Too Beautiful	ST	02:57
Joe College & the Rulers	It Ain't Allright (With Me)	It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero	04:10
Original Bones	Say it With gentle	ST	03:38
Willie Dunn	Walking Eagle	Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12	07:01
High Park	Sewer Side	Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side	02:46
Sound Sett	Mustang Sally (Mack Rice)	1966-1967	03:05
Billy Martin	Watermelon Man	Strawberry Soul	03:30
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Spring	Long Long Way	Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind	03:17
Bear Paws	Season of the Wind	Kitche-Ogamah	03:07
Opposite	We Say Yeah	Help Us Make It	02:15
Echoes and a Dream	Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull)	Echoes and a Dream	04:31
The Nerve	Preludes	Penchant b/w Preludes	05:28
Stephanie Taylor	Suzanne (Leonard Cohen)	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	03:06
Grimes	Venus In Fleurs	Geidi Primes	02:43
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:28
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Mr. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	James Bond 007	02:16
Grimes	Beast Infection	Geidi Primes	02:21
Sound Sett	You're a Better Man Than I (Mike & Brian Hugg)	1966-1967	03:24
Riverson	Take Me (Rayburn Blake)	ST	02:55
Vicky and the Coins	Girl From Ipanema	ST	02:55
Story Structure	I Told You (Extended Mix)	I Told You	06:33
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Flyin' C.P.R.	Northland's Own	02:38
Plastic Cloud	Epistle to Paradise	ST	03:35
Lost Soul Dept.	Pot Belly	Wild-Weekend b/w Pot Belly	02:22
Mantra	Tomorrow Without You (D'arcy Draper)	ST	05:32
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Café Symphony	ST	03:22
Ice	Soul Searcher	On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher	04:01
Jensen Sisters	I Can't Deny	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:56
Huckle	Wild Night	Wild Blue Yonder	04:07
Moonstone	Said Gently	ST	03:55
Gypsy	The Market	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	02:30
British North American Act	Only a Dream	In the Beginning	02:56
Randy Bishop	Felicitas	I Sing A Soft Song	04:26
EQ	Freestyle	Swellsville	04:33
Haunted	A Message to Pretty	ST	03:07
Derek Scott Markle	The Circle is Changin' Around	ST	01:55
Plateau	My Life	My Life b/w Under the Big House	03:33
Walter Boudreau	Passion	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	05:01
Minutes From Downtown	Minutes From Downtown	Minutes From Downtown '82	03:49
Sacrifice	The Exorcism	The Exorcism	02:46
New Day	They're Callin' Me Back Home	They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around	04:06
Huckle	She's Coming Home	Wild Blue Yonder	03:28
Gargoyle	Ian Young - Child of the Sea	ST	01:21
Echoes and a Dream	Just Trying to Be	Echoes and a Dream	01:45
Hugh Dixon	Saints Go Marching Inn	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	03:51
Sweet Somethings	Frosty Friday	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:45
Robert Armes	Someday	Songs for Icarus	02:39
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Lucio Agostini	Dundurn Castle	Once Upon a Hundred Years	01:08
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Stumpwater	Stumpwater - Turn Me On Woman	Turn Me On Woman b/w Ronnie and Natalie - 6 Times	03:33
Jerry Palmer	Travelin' Shoes	String of Hits	02:04
Hi-Fives	Fujikami The Warrior	Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun	02:10
Lewis Baloue	My Whole Life	L'amour	02:20
Jeff Moore & Friends	Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore)	The Youngest Son	06:04
Mike Harris	Golden Slippers	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:02
Bear Paws	Stand By Me	Kitche-Ogamah	03:44
Dolores Claman	Summer Walk	Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes	03:02
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	whn i first came to vancouvr	Sonic Horses I	01:04
Lewis Baloue	I Thought The World Of You	L'amour	02:34
Marty Gillan	Yesterme, Yesteryou, Yesterday	Try A Little Kindness	02:34
Lost Soul Dept.	Wild-Weekend	Wild-Weekend b/w Pot Belly	02:08
Caribou	Le blues sale	ST	07:10
Vic Vogel	Booze is Beautiful	Montreal Bandleader	01:58
David	Never Been In Love	ST	03:30
Twice Upon a Never	Turtle Dove	Twice Upon a Never	02:16
Glenn Dixon	Waiting for the Dreams to Come	Reflections	05:14
Spring Fever	She Taught My Katie	Woodstock	03:14
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings	Walkin' the Dog	Chip Dip	03:13
Stephanie Taylor	I'm Going to Make You Love Me	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	02:39
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
VXN	Putting Love Aside	Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)	04:02
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Keep Your Hand Off My Girl	Year Zero	03:39
Media	Girl I Want You	Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream	04:20
Skarecrow	I'm A Man	Blues...Live at the Explorer	06:48
Moosetracks	Happily Day Is Done	ST	02:57
Jimmy Apostle & the Willows	I Love Ya Honey	I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love	02:02
Compilation	Jim Wheeler and the Spokes - Secret Spy	International Master Discovery Records	02:59
Sheila Graham	The Letter	ST	02:28
Catseye	It's a Long Way	Catseye	06:16
David	Take My Hand	ST	03:50
Original Bones	Song for Pierre Laporte	ST	03:53
Bear Paws	Standing by the River	Kitche-Ogamah	05:35
Ray Griff	That Old Montana Moon	Canada "My Native Land"	02:30
Haunted	Out of Time	ST	03:41
Willie Dunn	Ballad of a Pavillion	Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12	09:01
Opposite	Help Us Make it Through the Night	Help Us Make It	03:20
Joy	Tears to be Cried	Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried	02:37
King Herbert And the Knights	Let It Be	With Jack Harden	03:57

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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