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.

Bent Wind - Sussex - Vinyl Side 2

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Reaction

Black Knight - Master of Disaster

George Cook - Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley

Rockadrome - Royal American 20th Century Blues BACK

Moonstone - ST

Sweet Somethings - hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'

Siggy Magic & the Hey Ho Band - Commercials For Free (EP)

Frankie

Stephanie Taylor - "I Don't Know Where I Stand"

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

Gentlemen of Horror - 5 song 45 (Sterling Death) (EP) skull cover

David

Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 02

Bob Bryden

Plastic Cloud - ST

Les 409 acetate label one-of-a-kind garage artifact

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - Coming Out

Joker's Memory - ST

Ablaze - Psychopath b/w Sadistic Dream

Hank Snow - Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)

Phillip Werren - Electronic Music (1968-1971)

Squires - The Sultan b/w Aurora

Natalie Pollock & John Turner

Michel & the French Canadians - Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Rockadrome Very Strange Royal American 20th Century Blues
Agostini, Lucio Canadians on the Go-Go Once Upon a Hundred Years
Snider, Art Edelweiss Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Langley Schools Music Project I Get Around Wix - Brown Elementary School
Jarvis Street Revue Mr. Oil Man Mr. Oil Man
Perth County Conspiracy Hindsight ST
Moonstone David ST
David Alvin J. Ashtray ST
Wiffen, David Since I Fell For You Live at the Bunkhouse
Spring Fever I Just Want to Make Love to You Woodstock
409, Les They Say They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)
Triaxe Chain of Superstition Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
Dove, Ronnie and the Ron-Als Beach Rat Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Brazda Brothers Blooming Flowers ST
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre is yr car 2 soft 4 th road Awake in th Red Desert
Spring You Were Blind Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Huckle Beautiful You Are Wild Blue Yonder
Rascalz Just Bein' Blunt Really Livin'
Palmer, Jerry Got a Love String of Hits
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers What Does it Take The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Arcade Fire The Woodland National Anthem ST
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
April Wine Shotdown The Whole World's Going Crazy (test pressing)
Twice Upon a Never A World of Our Own Twice Upon a Never
Chantettes Jamaica Farewell Remember.....
Spring Fever Watch Yourself Woodstock
Taylor, Stephanie Feeling Groovy "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Gentlemen of Horror Overhead Projector ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Compilation Stampeders - You Never Know Until You Try International Master Discovery Records
Skarecrow Ain't Gonna Pop 'Dem Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Sweet Somethings He's My Soul Baby hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Fray, Ronnie & The Playboys The Vulture Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture
Garden Bower 18 Bricker Etc. w/ Trains
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Reprise Royal American 20th Century Blues
Mock Duck Sitting on Top of the World Test Record
Moore, Jeff & Friends Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Garden Bower O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela Etc. w/ Trains
Palmer, Jerry Come Along With Me String of Hits
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Gentlemen of Horror Bank Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Rascalz Really Livin' Really Livin'
Connors, Stompin' Tom Luke's Guitar The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Teenage Head Tearin' Me Apart Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Sound Sett Dead Sea (Bruce MacGregor modified) 1966-1967
Dunn, Willie Ballad of a Metis Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Other Half Don't Think Twice ST
Chessmen Meadowlands Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Griff, Ray Alberta My Alberta Canada "My Native Land"
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Fabulous PJ's What Do You Want Me to Do? What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Brégent Mon frère Poussière Des Regrets
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Dandy, Trevor Is There Any Love? Don't Cry Little Tree
Moosetracks Sophie ST
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
Braineaters Modern Man Planet X
New Reality Yesterday a Child Was Born Demo Tape
Pepper Tree Carry On Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Martin, Billy It's Your Life Strawberry Soul
Gargoyle Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You ST
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Ullulimat (I Think of You Always) People Of The Ice
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Hook and Sling The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Mystique No Return Black Rider
Canadian Beadles I Just Don't Think it's Fair Three Faces North
Pat's People Less of Me Today
Souls of Inspyration Pursuit ST
Reaction, The On The Beach On The Beach b/w The Kid's Arrived (picture sleeve)
Huckle April Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Snider, Art "Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show) Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Sound Sett I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart) 1966-1967
Sound Sett Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) 1966-1967
Brazda Brothers Walking in the Sun ST
Jensen Sisters Let a Raindrop be a Tear for You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Medium I'll Love Everyone at Last ST
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre now, according to paragraph C Awake in th Red Desert
Fromager, David Country Boy's Memories If What You Said Was True
Ablaze Sadistic Dream Psychopath
Mason, Dutch Tighten Up On It Half Ain't Been Told
Rockadrome Good Dream Royal American 20th Century Blues
Connors, Stompin' Tom Little Wawa Northland's Own
Stormbringer The Curse The Curse b/w Evil Mind
Agostini, Lucio Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Rockadrome Inside Out, Inside In Royal American 20th Century Blues
Wiffen, David Don't Think Twice Live at the Bunkhouse
Moonstone Murk ST
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited The Alphatype Beep The Optic Earful
Papa Bears Medicine Show Soul Kitchen ST
Mitchell, Ronney Quando Quando The Five Man Cargo
Vicky and the Coins Girl From Ipanema ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Dixon, Glenn Silence (The Cold Hours Come) Reflections
Original Bones Drop Down Mama ST
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Untitled (Make the Answer "Yes") ST
Medium New Thing ST
Griff, Ray Jimmy, Luke and Me Canada "My Native Land"
Claman, Dolores Odd Couplet Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Liska Rose Cry Out Loud
Gillan, Marty Sweet Caroline Try A Little Kindness

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