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
Cargo Black Window Front Side, Back Side
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Let Him Go ST (psych cover)
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
No Exit Decisions ST
Stephanie Taylor Windmills of Your Mind "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Stephanie Taylor Working on a Groove Thing "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Dr. No James Bond 007
Lewis Baloue I Thought The World Of You L'amour
Jim Brown Lloyd Burritt - The Hollow Men The First See Hear
Lucio Agostini Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
May Run Up Where Dreams Begin Days Into Years
Pat's People We Shall Overcome Today
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Don't Despair ST
Chantettes Wayward Wind Remember.....
EQ Step Up Swellsville
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Elevated Platform Home Grown Stuff
Sweet Somethings Summertime hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
George Cook Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley
Tyrant Hooked On You Hooked On You b/w Carol
Don Carrington Trio A Song for My Father Makin' It Happen
Jackie Mittoo Totally Together Stepping Tiger
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Bent Wind Riverside Sussex
Sacrifice 1985-10_Slaughter, Sacrifice, Terminal Rage_CKLN FM fundraising_Interviews Interviews 1985 + First Live Show
Lewis Baloue Love Showered Me L'amour
Marty Gillan Try a Little Kindness Try A Little Kindness
Jolly Tambourine Man Lisa Burger Wheeeee! Demo
Jerry Palmer Walking Home String of Hits
Moosetracks Hangman ST
Spring Fever Mama, What About Your Daughter Woodstock
Derek Scott Markle Could it Be ST
Original Bones Rollin' Over ST
Stefan Gnys Machine English Oaks and Evangeline
R. Taylor Dean Poor Girl My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
Norris Vines and The Luvlines Give In Give In b/w Feel The Warm
Robert Armes Slipping Away Songs for Icarus
Stephanie Taylor Feeling Groovy "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
London Experimental Jazz Quartet My Dog's Tail is Longer Than Yours Invisible Roots
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Ellison Satanic (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
Laurie Ingalls Mountain Magic Cheap Champagne
Rockadrome Very Strange Royal American 20th Century Blues
Nihilist Spasm Band Dog Face Man No Record
Jim Brown Lionel Kearns - Transport The First See Hear
Gentlemen of Horror Overhead Projector Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Skarecrow Wine Wine Wine Blues...Live at the Explorer
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited The Alphatype Beep The Optic Earful
Platinum Blonde Hey Hey You Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Comin' Home Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers What'd I Say Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say
Blind Owl Some Tears You Have To Cry ST
Ray Griff Canadian Pacific Canada "My Native Land"
Tex Lecor Ste-Scholastique Blues Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Something Evil The Great Winnipeg Riot Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Apirqsupagit (Marry Me Though I Am Not Rich) People Of The Ice
David Wiffen Climb the Stairs Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Grimes Feyd Rautha Dark Heart Geidi Primes
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers Roll Over Beethoven Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say
Jeremy Dormouse Believe Me Toad
A Joint Effort Hitchhikers Dream Final Effort
Grimes Venus In Fleurs Geidi Primes
Lucio Agostini Voyageur Canoe Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Ted Daigle Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
Other Half Thoughts ST
Lucio Agostini Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Brégent Dans ma maison Poussière Des Regrets
No Exit No Exit ST
Bonnie Scots Northern Lights of Aberdeen Laugh and Cry
Christmas Your Humble Suitor ST
EQ Come Alive (King Otto Remix) Swellsville
Original Bones Song for Pierre Laporte ST
Skarecrow Bo Diddley Blues...Live at the Explorer
EQ Come Alive Swellsville
November Grief Intro To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Brégent Le chien Poussière Des Regrets
John Palmer Such a Long Long Time Shorelines
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers A Stranger in Your Own World The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
Reign Ghost Standing Room Only, Mr. Mars ST
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Go Tell it On the Mountain Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Ablaze Sadistic Dream Psychopath
Hugh Dixon Hugh's Hangout (Dixon) The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Stephanie Taylor Softly as I Leave You "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Sound Sett Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) 1966-1967
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 1) (Dick Kelder) ST
Moosetracks Cry A Little Tear ST
September (1) Blue Lady Blue Lady b/w Celebration
Moonstone In Case ST
Blind Owl Open Your Window ST
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone What's Come Over Me? "Coming Out"
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Until Nine ST (psych cover)
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau God Bless ST (psych cover)
Jerry Palmer Hey, Sweet Baby String of Hits
Sheila Graham 24 Hours of Loneliness ST
Reign Ghost More Than I Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Mike Harris Orange Blossom Special Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Skarecrow Mule Skinner Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Snowfall Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding

Minutes From Downtown '82

Minutes From Downtown

CASSETTE - Minutes From Downtown - ST DEMO FRONT

Wheeeee! Demo

Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

ST

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Reign Ghost

Christmas

Christmas

Christmas

Christmas

Christmas

Christmas

ST

Christmas

Christmas-ST (Paragon) LABEL 02

Christmas-ST (Paragon) LABEL 01

Christmas - ST

French Fried Freedom

ST

Caribou

Caribou - ST LABEL 02

Caribou - ST LABEL 01

Caribou - ST BACK

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