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
VXN No More Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)
Mock Duck Sitting on Top of the World Test Record
Ellison Freedom (Vincent Marandola) ST
Ardels Heads Up Rhythm & Blues
Derek Scott Markle Goin' Thru the Town ST
Canadian Beadles Mojo Workout Three Faces North
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Calgary Range Riders Rocky Mountain Rhythm Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Do You Agree With Me ST (psych cover)
Medium Melon ST
Moosetracks Judith Wills ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers A Stranger in Your Own World The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Ultimate Image It's a Hard Life It's a Hard Life b/w Rains of Autumn
Walter Boudreau Imagination Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
VXN The Magic’s in Your Hands ST
November Grief The Aftermath To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Stompin' Connors Tom The Northern Gentleman Northland's Own
Ronney Mitchell Sandy The Five Man Cargo
Willie Dunn Ballad of a Pavillion Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre all th brite eyez deep in the rivr bed Sonic Horses I
Blind Owl Roads ST
No Exit No Exit ST
Skeptical Eye Ghet-ti Train The Devil's Playground
Ray Griff Piano Man Canada "My Native Land"
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Casino Royale James Bond 007
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Gordon Lightfoot Movin' Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Untitled (Make the Answer "Yes") ST
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Ray Griff Mama, This One's for You Canada "My Native Land"
November Grief Grass Is Gold To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Pepper Tree Message Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Don Carrington Trio Make Me Smile Makin' It Happen
Jarvis Street Revue Mr. Oil Man Mr. Oil Man
Stephanie Taylor Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
EQ Let it be Known Swellsville
Jack London & the Sparrows Glad to Be With You ST
Rockadrome T.O. Town Royal American 20th Century Blues
Mantra San Francisco Morning (D'arcy Draper) ST
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited The Alphatype Beep The Optic Earful
Moosetracks Lest We Forget ST
November Grief Intro To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
David Take My Hand ST
John Greenwood Every Time I Think of You I Smile My Sailboat and Me
Art Snider Exodus Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
John Greenwood My Sailboat and Me My Sailboat and Me
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band People Who Created Me Commercials For Free (EP)
Huckle Beautiful You Are Wild Blue Yonder
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Don't Despair (Jazz Version) ST
Threads Of Fybre Believe Me Mama b/w Believe Me
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Reprise Royal American 20th Century Blues
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Good Morning Blues ST
Bear Paws Season of the Wind Kitche-Ogamah
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Doctor Norman Bethune ST
John Palmer Seedling of Light Shorelines
Other Half In Passing ST
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers What'd I Say Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Only Takes a Minute "Coming Out"
Nihilist Spasm Band Destroy the Nations No Record
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre leevin th electrik citee Sonic Horses I
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Sugluk Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Ronney Mitchell It's Your Thing The Five Man Cargo
Opposite A Dark Night Help Us Make It
Billy Martin It's Your Life Strawberry Soul
Nucleus Johnny Peace Johnny Peace b/w Ernie's Gone (picture sleeve)
Huckle Get Down Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Fred Latremouille Mashed Potato Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Randy Bishop Two Jugglers I Sing A Soft Song
Dutch Mason Baby Please Don't Go Half Ain't Been Told
Reign Ghost The Gum Wrapper Song ST
Humble Sponge Barabbas Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding The Bell that Couldn't Jingle Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook and Sling The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Grimes Beast Infection Geidi Primes
Ronney Mitchell Welcome to the Country The Five Man Cargo
Stompin' Connors Tom Streets of Toronto Northland's Own
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 3) (Dick Kelder) ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Pot O' Gold Home Grown Stuff
Ronney Mitchell Time Alone Will Tell The Five Man Cargo
Strange Movies What A Drag (I Can) Feel It Coming b/w What A Drag
Vicky and the Coins Old Fashioned Girl ST
Phillip Werren Polish Wedding music Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre she, still and curling Awake in th Red Desert
Christmas Just Suppose ST
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Silhouette ST
Nerve The Nerve - Penchant (2005 live recording by the Smarties) Penchant b/w Preludes
Jeremy Dormouse what joy - what bliss Toad Rejects
Mike Harris Patty the Coon Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Vic Vogel Shadow of Your Smile and Yesterday Montreal Bandleader
Mystique No Return Black Rider
Barbara Gryfe One Child What the World Needs Now
Jackie Mittoo Russian Satelite Stepping Tiger
Lucio Agostini Centennial Caravan Once Upon a Hundred Years
Jackie Mittoo Special Mission Stepping Tiger
David Wiffen Four Strong Winds Live at the Bunkhouse
Hi-Fives Mo-Shun Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Modigliani ST

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

Lucio Agostini - Once Upon a Hundred Years

Mutual Understanding

In Wonderland

Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

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