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
Mystique Wake Up Screamin' Black Rider
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Perth County Conspiracy Mr. Truthful Licks ST
Sheila Graham The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart ST
British North American Act If You're Looking for Honey In the Beginning
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Dreams in Fall ST
Ronney Mitchell Fools Rush in The Five Man Cargo
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre fading era Sonic Horses I
Triaxe Persecution Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
Mystique Black Rider Black Rider
Cyrus Eden Rock You To The Limit First Offense (EP)
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre gold minrs Sonic Horses I
Braineaters Closet Case Planet X
Black Knight Metal Screams Master of Disaster (EP)
Skarecrow Ain't Gonna Pop 'Dem Blues Blues...Live at the Explorer
Spring Fever Gimme Shelter Woodstock
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Ron Martin Special With Mustard Invisible Roots
Ardels Linda Lou Rhythm & Blues
Legacy Come With Me Come With Me b/w Gimme My Drugs
Skeptical Eye Universal Call - The Message The Devil's Playground
Twice Upon a Never Come the Day Twice Upon a Never
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Chip's Groove Chip Dip
Lucio Agostini Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Jarvis Street Revue Mr. Business Man Mr. Oil Man
Souls of Inspyration Of Lambs & Wolves ST
Nick Ayoub Quintet Ya Habibi The Montreal Scene
Langley Schools Music Project The Long and Winding Road Wix - Brown Elementary School
Jensen Sisters I Can't Deny Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Sedum Shadows Thinking Away Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Plastic Cloud Bridge Under the Sky ST
November Grief Exit Life (With China White) To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Langley Schools Music Project I Get Around Wix - Brown Elementary School
Compilation Judy Singh - My Name is Love Unselfconsciously Canadian
Brazda Brothers 20th Century ST
Derek Scott Markle Goin' Thru the Town ST
Jeff Moore & Friends Is It You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
EQ Bring it On Swellsville
VXN No More Putting Love Aside b/w No More (picture sleeve)
Stefan Gnys English Oaks English Oaks and Evangeline
Don Carrington Trio Dingus Makin' It Happen
Sound Sett Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) 1966-1967
Sweet Somethings Will You Love Me Tomorrow hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
King Herbert And the Knights Amen With Jack Harden
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Blind Owl Roads ST
Jerry Palmer Love's Come to Me String of Hits
Genèse Je crois en moi L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi
Lewis Baloue Like To See You Again L'amour
Skeptical Eye My Life Is The Devil's Playground
Roger Rodier Listen to these chords I play (Celeste) Upon Velveatur
Black Knight Master Of Disaster Master of Disaster (EP)
David Fromager Chains If What You Said Was True
Royal Family Solitude Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Stompin' Tom Connors The Northern Gentleman Northland's Own
Dutch Mason Tighten Up On It Half Ain't Been Told
Reign Ghost Black Ode ST
Subhumans Oh Canaduh Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh
Medium In Between ST
Gentlemen of Horror Rich Kids ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Mike Harris London Hornipie Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Billy Martin If You Care Strawberry Soul
Trevor Dandy Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Skeptical Eye Tortured From Inside The Devil's Playground
Ablaze Sadistic Dream Psychopath
Vic Vogel Quiet Nights Montreal Bandleader
R. Taylor Dean Poor Girl My Lady Bug Stay Away From That Beatle Bug b/w Poor Girl (unreleased)
Neil Young My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) (promo, DJ Label copy only)
Souls of Inspyration Dil Kusha (Heart's Happiness) ST
Dutch Mason C.C. Rider Half Ain't Been Told
Sedum Shadows Anatomy of a Shadow Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
David Fromager Girl from the North Country If What You Said Was True
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre normal is not returning Sonic Horses I
Ray Griff D-Dogies Canada "My Native Land"
Rascalz Really Livin' Really Livin'
Hazel McKirdy Mama Didn't Lie End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie
Sound Sett Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen) 1966-1967
Rockadrome R.A.T.C.B. Teaser Royal American 20th Century Blues
Stonemen Faded Colors In the Evening b/w Faded Colors
VXN The Magic’s in Your Hands ST
Lewis Baloue Cool Night In Paris L'amour
Art Snider "Travellin Man" (Theme from the Tommy Hunter Show) Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Original Bones The Verses of the Fool ST
David Take My Hand ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Speak Of The Devil Year Zero
Jarvis Street Revue 20 Years Mr. Oil Man
Reign Ghost Solar Nice Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Sikumiut (Come Hear Us Play) People Of The Ice
Moosetracks Down Young Street ST
Jeremy Dormouse Suzanne Toad
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
Other Half Swinging Shepherd ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Pot O' Gold Home Grown Stuff
Stephanie Taylor Windmills of Your Mind "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Other Half Evil Ways ST
Sheila Graham Without You ST
Spring Fever Woodstock (Joni Mitchell) Woodstock
Moonstone Relative Hoak ST
Echoes and a Dream Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) Echoes and a Dream
Jeremy Dormouse you can't go back Toad Rejects

Strawberry Soul

I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

ST

Compilation

ST

GUESS289-color

Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

45-Something Evil-Die Children Die VINYL 02

45-Something Evil-Die Children Die VINYL 01

45-Something Evil-The Great Winnipeg Riot BACK

Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

Something Evil

Heat

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

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