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
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn i first came to vancouvr Sonic Horses I
No Exit Decisions ST
Vic Vogel Shadow of Your Smile and Yesterday Montreal Bandleader
Ted Daigle Ruby Ruby b/w When You Said You All
Media Endless Dream Girl I Want You b/w Endless Dream
Opposite Oh Mamy Blue Help Us Make It
Papa Bears Medicine Show Golden Girl ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Little Wawa Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman
Opposite Le Telephone Help Us Make It
New Creation Countdown to Revolution! Troubled
Phillip Werren Polish Wedding music Electronic Music (1968-1971)
Sheila Graham Little Green Apples ST
Christmas Oasis ST
John Palmer Mandalla Shorelines
Spring Fever She Taught My Katie Woodstock
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Oil in the Ground "Coming Out"
Golden Earrings Nothing Much My Situation b/w Nothing Much
November Grief Requiem (For Mother Earth) To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Michael Ratherford Hard Drugs Hard Drugs
Barbara Gryfe What the World Needs Now What the World Needs Now
Art Snider Exodus Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Squires Aurora The Sultan b/w Aurora
Haunted Shake ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hook & Sling Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Wanda Unda Landa Chip Dip
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Goldfinger James Bond 007
Rascalz Whose The Hip Hopper Really Livin'
Vicky and the Coins Bill Bailey ST
New Creation Eternity Ahead Troubled
Perth County Conspiracy I Shall be Released ST
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Ya Ya Chip Dip
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Blues in Your Room ST (psych cover)
Papa Bears Medicine Show Taking My Time ST
Jeremy Dormouse hesitation blues Toad Rejects
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Symphony #1 In A, B, C, D, etc. The Optic Earful
Dolores Claman Wilderness West Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Gentlemen of Horror Rich Kids ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Chantettes Donna Remember.....
Derek Scott Markle Hey Hoe ST
Compilation Myrna Lawrence - Here, There and Everywhere Unselfconsciously Canadian
Intersystems Lately Number One
Bonnie Scots Scotland 'Ra Brave Laugh and Cry
Jack London & the Sparrows You Don’t Want Me Now ST
Mike Harris London Hornipie Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Rockadrome Thirteen Miles Down Royal American 20th Century Blues
Jerry Palmer Gotta Learn to Twist String of Hits
Joni Mitchell You Dream Flat Tires Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
Hugh Dixon Chopin's Nocturne The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Other Half Summertime ST
Athenians of Toronto San Skoteiniazei San Skoteiniazei
Rockadrome Ain't It a Shame Royal American 20th Century Blues
Lewis Baloue Bon Voyage Romantic Times
Twice Upon a Never California Dreamin' Twice Upon a Never
Lucio Agostini Centennial Caravan Once Upon a Hundred Years
November Grief Exit Life (With China White) To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Skarecrow More Than Once Blues...Live at the Explorer
Jensen Sisters Dancin' in the Autumn Breeze Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Georges Leningrad Main name est Eva Braun Made In Taiwan
EQ Hostile Swellsville
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Spain is for Old Ladies Invisible Roots
The Fringe Executive Dream Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Bent Wind The Lions Sussex
Bear Paws Season of the Wind Kitche-Ogamah
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Hugh Dixon What's New The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Stompin' Tom Connors Carolyne Movin' On To Rouyn b/w Carolyne
Sheila Graham Straight Life ST
Ray Griff The Last of the Winfield Amateurs Canada "My Native Land"
Emtidi Die Reise Saat
Ted Daigle Young & Beautiful Teenage Time
Ice On the Radio On the Radio b/w Soul Searcher
London Experimental Jazz Quartet My Dog's Tail is Longer Than Yours Invisible Roots
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Count Baculis ST
Nick Ayoub Quintet Two and The Montreal Scene
Ronney Mitchell Time Alone Will Tell The Five Man Cargo
Riverson Hermit Glen (Rayburn Blake) ST
Moosetracks Sophie ST
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers What Does it Take The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Eric's Madness Invisible Roots
John Palmer Colours For the Shoreline Shorelines
Glenn Dixon One By One Reflections
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
The Shouter's In The Evening In The Evening b/w Can I Help It
Willie Dunn Protest Song Who Were The Ones? Parts 11-12
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Huckle Wild Blue Yonder Wild Blue Yonder
Liska Tear Away My Heart Cry Out Loud
Robert Armes Woman in Toronto Songs for Icarus
New Day They're Callin' Me Back Home They're Callin' Me Back Home b/w Gotta Spread Some Love Around
Trevor Dandy Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
Ardels Linda Lou Rhythm & Blues
John Greenwood Give Us Love My Sailboat and Me
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never
Skarecrow Wee Wee Baby Blues...Live at the Explorer
Ronnie Dove and the Ron-Als I'm Happy Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy
Heat Rocking Chair Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair
Opposite We Say Yeah Help Us Make It
Sphex Time Time b/w Leaving This Crazy City

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Mississauga, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

Vancouver, British Columbia → Toronto → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

Harlem, New York, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Jimmy Apostle & the Willows - I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

FEATURED

Ellison - ST

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Perth County Conspiracy - ST

Stratford, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Heat - Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair

FEATURED

Something Evil - Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Kings - Switchin'

Vancouver, British Columbia; Oakville, Ontario

FEATURED

Spring - Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Fyre - David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges

Barrie, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Joker's Memory - ST

Ottawa, Ontario

FEATURED

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - ST

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → New Brunswick, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Bent Wind - Sussex

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Teenage Head - Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Mutual Understanding - In Wonderland

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jim Brown - The First See Hear

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra - James Bond 007

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - ST

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

Oshawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone - "Coming Out"

Philadelphia, USA → Florida, USA → Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

The Chessmen - Mustang b/w Meadowlands

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

London Experimental Jazz Quartet - Invisible Roots

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record

London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Diodes - Raw / War (split with The Curse)

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

D.N.A. - Because I Love You b/w Seashell

Hamilton, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Live Off-The-Floor Demo

Mannequin Demo

Boys Brigade

Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

Rehearsal 1985-09

Rehearsal 1985-03-11

Haggath

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09 tape

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-09_tape track list_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_02

Haggath / Live Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07_tape cover_03

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape track list_02

Haggath / Rehearsal 1985-03-11 (rehearsal) DE21_tape

Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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

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