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
Heat
Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair
45-Heat - Brighouse bw Rocking Chair VINYL 02
Switchin'
Diodes' Paul Robinson @ Black Swan, Ottawa March 1978 courtesy Cameron Muir
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
ok. thanks. I'll get those posted in the next little while....RW
oops - correct title of the Rockadrome album is "Royal American 20th Century Blues" - vk
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