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
Ice On the Radio On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher
C.B. & The Klassic Rockers Roll Over Beethoven Roll Over Beethoven b/w What'd I Say
Riverson Empty Sky (Brian Edwards - Rayburn Blake) ST
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Skarecrow Ballad of Glen & Trevor Blues...Live at the Explorer
Spring Fever Woodstock (Joni Mitchell) Woodstock
Moore, Jeff & Friends Both Sides (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Skarecrow Bo Diddley Blues...Live at the Explorer
Palmer, Jerry Come Along With Me String of Hits
November Grief The Aftermath To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Mock Duck Introduction - Ground Hog Test Record
Palmer, John Such a Long Long Time Shorelines
Sphex Leaving This Crazy City Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City
Hauschild, George & Carole Penticton Penticton b/w But For Love
King Herbert And the Knights I Believe With Jack Harden
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Palmer, Jerry Head Over Heels in Love String of Hits
Scott Markle, Derek Could She Fly ST
Huckle Lady Goldberry Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Ratherford, Michael Hard Drugs (Version) Hard Drugs
Jeremy Dormouse Portrait for Marianne Toad
Reign Ghost Enola Gay Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Brown, Jim Lloyd Burritt - The Hollow Men The First See Hear
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 1) (Dick Kelder) ST
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Ticky Tock ST
King Herbert And the Knights Amen With Jack Harden
Expedition to Earth Time Time Time Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Griff, Ray If it Hadn't Been for Music Canada "My Native Land"
Pat's People To-day Today
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Plastic Cloud Shadows of Your Mind ST
David Alvin J. Ashtray ST
Northwest Company Hard to Cry Hard to Cry b/w Get Away From it All
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey #1 ST
Teenage Head Picture My Face Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)
Reign Ghost Long Day Journey #2 Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Gillan, Marty Colours Try A Little Kindness
Huckle Beyonder Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
No Exit Energy Crisis ST
Brazda Brothers Blooming Flowers ST
Palmer, John Free Me Shorelines
Original Bones Song for Pierre Laporte ST
No Exit Parliament Swindle ST
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Maritime Waltz Northland's Own
Brown, Jim Al Neil Trio - Lombardo The First See Hear
No Exit Bureaucracy ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Porno Groove Year Zero
David Never Been In Love ST
Echoes and a Dream Midnight Passion Echoes and a Dream
Cargo Dubious Front Side, Back Side
Carrington, Don Trio Make Me Smile Makin' It Happen
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Doctor Norman Bethune ST
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Montreal East The Montreal Scene
Jensen Sisters Dancin' in the Autumn Breeze Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Dixon, Hugh Yellow Bird The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Bent Wind Look at Love Sussex
Super 8 Corporation Free Version Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Pat's People Dona Dona Today
Wiffen, David More Often Than Not Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)
Snider, Art Edelweiss Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Mantra Tomorrow Without You (D'arcy Draper) ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Funny Feeling Home Grown Stuff
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Palmer, John Mandalla Shorelines
Lecor, Tex John McNally Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
College, Joe & the Rulers Working Class Hero It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
Fabulous PJ's Proud Mary What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Rockadrome Very Strange Royal American 20th Century Blues
Dandy, Trevor Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
Jeremy Dormouse fly around my pretty little miss Toad Rejects
Riverson Between the Lines (Brian Edwards) ST
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Two and The Montreal Scene
Mystique Memories Black Rider
A Joint Effort Winter Final Effort
Huckle Rolling River Wild Blue Yonder
Cyrus Eden You Came For Me First Offense (EP)
Bishop, Randy Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning I Sing A Soft Song
Armes, Robert Epilogue Songs for Icarus
King Herbert And the Knights Chicken Strut With Jack Harden
London, Jack & the Sparrows If You Don't Want My Love ST
Jeremy Dormouse High Flying Bird Toad
Moonstone In Case ST
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Bird She Fly Low ST
Graham, Sheila The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart ST
Dixon, Hugh Saints Go Marching Inn The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Ellison Strawberry Rain (Vincent Marandola, Richard Arcand) ST
High Park Sewer Side Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
Boudreau, Walter Danse Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Liska Cry Out Loud Cry Out Loud
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
Riverson Eleanor Rigby (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) ST
EQ Inner Thoughts Swellsville
New Creation Sodom and Gomorrah Troubled
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Spring Shine Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Dixon, Hugh What's New The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Rosenberg, Michael-Jon You Don't Know Happiness ST
Mason, Dutch Lights Are On But Nobody's Home Half Ain't Been Told
Skarecrow Can't Judge a Book Blues...Live at the Explorer
Dunn, Nina Stay and Dance If You Want My Love (Do It) b/w Stay and Dance

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