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
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Here Is Year Zero
Triaxe Persecution Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
David Take My Hand ST
Moonstone Black Blind Light ST
Reign Ghost Breadbox Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Grimes Venus In Fleurs Geidi Primes
Snider, Art Edelweiss Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Dr. No James Bond 007
Catseye It's a Long Way Catseye
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre all th brite eyez deep in the rivr bed Sonic Horses I
April Wine Gimme Love The Whole World's Going Crazy (test pressing)
Sweet Somethings Will You Love Me Tomorrow hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Other Half Travellin Band ST
Gentlemen of Horror Bank ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Mystique Beyond the Four Winds Black Rider
Cyrus Eden Wasteland First Offense (EP)
Daigle, Ted When You Said You All Ruby b/w When You Said You All
Arcade Fire No Cars Go ST
British North American Act Baby Jane Days and Nights In the Beginning
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding The Bell that Couldn't Jingle Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Brazda Brothers Gemini ST
Gargoyle George Dawber - Remembering Morris ST
Rockadrome Very Strange Royal American 20th Century Blues
British North American Act Joe Cool In the Beginning
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud
Opposite One Night Help Us Make It
Mock Duck Hurt On Me Test Record
Perth County Conspiracy Hurdy-Gurdy Man ST
Mason, Dutch C.C. Rider Half Ain't Been Told
Graham, Sheila Stormy ST
Vicky and the Coins Old Fashioned Girl ST
Mittoo, Jackie Special Mission Stepping Tiger
Rockadrome Thirteen Miles Down Royal American 20th Century Blues
Reign Ghost Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy ST
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
King Herbert And the Knights You Make Me So Very Happy With Jack Harden
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
Organization, The Together Forever ST
Ellison Freedom (Vincent Marandola) ST
High Park Sewer Side Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
Dunn, Willie Protest Song Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Michel & the French Canadians Cause I Believe Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Brown, Jim Wayne Carr - Timbral Changes The First See Hear
Noble, Hank & His Red River Valley Boys I`ll Spend My Life Loving You Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You
Other Half Swinging Shepherd ST
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Ice Soul Searcher On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher
Lecor, Tex Le frigidaire Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Fromager, David If What You Said Was True If What You Said Was True
Gargoyle John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) ST
Bonnie Scots This Land Is Your Land Laugh and Cry
Rockadrome Live and Love Child Royal American 20th Century Blues
Brégent Le chien Poussière Des Regrets
Greenwood, John Blessed My Sailboat and Me
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Other Half Stormy Monday Blues ST
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
Spring Fever She Taught My Katie Woodstock
Fray, Ronnie & The Playboys The Vulture Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture
Terry & The Pyrates Someone Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone
Latremouille, Fred Tossin' and Turnin' Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre boomerang th floating oranges Sonic Horses I
Haunted A Message to Pretty ST
Story Structure I Told You (Instrumental Mix) I Told You
Bear Paws Stand By Me Kitche-Ogamah
Ultimate Image Rains of Autumn It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Compilation Judy Singh - My Name is Love Unselfconsciously Canadian
Chessmen Mustang Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Duet: Photomodifications The Optic Earful
A Joint Effort Horse with No Name Final Effort
Other Half Don't Think Twice ST
Gnys, Stefan Machine English Oaks and Evangeline
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Palmer, John Solitude Shorelines
Cook, George Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am Why Have You Left Me the Way I Am // On the Trail of Sunset Valley
Baloue, Lewis Like To See You Again L'amour
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Interval ST
Morrison, Jim Ready to Rock Ready to Rock b/w (split with Gerry Fiander)
Rockadrome T.O. Town Royal American 20th Century Blues
Agostini, Lucio Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band People Who Created Me Commercials For Free (EP)
Jensen Sisters Do What Makes You Happy Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Chantettes Gay Hawaiian Melody Remember.....
Twice Upon a Never Last Thing On My Mind Twice Upon a Never
Nerve Odd Fellows - Mr. Handshake (1982) (unreleased) Penchant b/w Preludes
Scott Markle, Derek I Don't Know For Certain ST
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding Christmas Waltz Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Silhouette ST
Spring Fever I Just Want to Make Love to You Woodstock
Pepper Tree Message Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra The Spy Who Loved Me James Bond 007
Skarecrow I Got to Have It Blues...Live at the Explorer
Greenwood, John My Sailboat and Me My Sailboat and Me
Werren, Phillip Polish Wedding music Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Diamonds Are Forever James Bond 007
Plastic Cloud Epistle to Paradise ST
Huckle She's Coming Home Wild Blue Yonder
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre fires in the tempul Awake in th Red Desert

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