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
Gentlemen of Horror God Knows you by Name Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Gargoyle Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) ST
Moonstone Black Blind Light ST
John Greenwood Jig My Sailboat and Me
Sheila Graham Stormy ST
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Benge Money Man Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Ardels Linda Lou Rhythm & Blues
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band People Who Created Me Commercials For Free (EP)
Randy Bishop Childhood Song to Christopher Robin I Sing A Soft Song
Plastic Cloud Dainty General Rides ST
Lucio Agostini Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years
Riverson Eleanor Rigby (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) ST
Ray Griff My Rocky Mountain Home Canada "My Native Land"
Medium Give Me a Peace ST
The Organization Happiness ST
Opposite Higher and Higher Help Us Make It
Cyrus Eden Wasteland First Offense (EP)
The Fringe Inside Lookin' Out Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
John Palmer The Wheel Shorelines
Sedum Shadows Anatomy of a Shadow Thinking Away b/w Anatomy of a Shadow
Adanac Reply What Would It Be Like? What Would It Be Like? b/w The Other One
Brazda Brothers Blooming Flowers ST
Jeremy Dormouse birds of joy Toad Rejects
Bonnie Scots Lonely Prison Cell Laugh and Cry
Clymaxe Walkin' Blues R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues
Blind Owl Some Tears You Have To Cry ST
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
Liska Dagger of the Soul Cry Out Loud
Medium The Mouse ST
Jensen Sisters You Light Up My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Skarecrow Bring It On Home to Me Blues...Live at the Explorer
Emtidi Saat Saat
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre yu sing Awake in th Red Desert
Huckle I Surrender Wild Blue Yonder
Skarecrow Ballad of Glen & Trevor Blues...Live at the Explorer
Skarecrow I'm A Man Blues...Live at the Explorer
Sweet Somethings My Guy (From My Girl) hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
The Fringe I Don't Want To Live Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Huckle Beyonder Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
David Wiffen Abilene Live at the Bunkhouse
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Diamonds Are Forever James Bond 007
Matlows Only You If You Were Mine // Only You
Langley Schools Music Project I Get Around Wix - Brown Elementary School
Glenn Dixon As Our Days Fly By Reflections
Plateau My Life My Life b/w Under the Big House
Perth County Conspiracy Take Your Time ST
Aftermath Do You Believe In Magic? Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Art Snider Edelweiss Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Ardels I'll Go Crazy Rhythm & Blues
Joe Kozak Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me
Sweet Somethings Young World hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Love Won't let Me Wait "Coming Out"
Michael Ratherford Hard Drugs (Version) Hard Drugs
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
Jeff Moore & Friends Flying So High (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
Sugluk Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard) Attama Onnikansigit (My Father's Story) b/w Sunamiq Pigumavit (What Do You Want?)/ Ajuinarasuasuga (I Tried Hard)
Perth County Conspiracy Woman for All Seasons ST
Souls of Inspyration Pursuit ST
Cargo Dubious Front Side, Back Side
Sweet Somethings Summertime hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'
Spade Nielsen Fuddle Duddle Fuddle Duddle b/w What's Happening (radio station advance copy)
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Jerry Palmer Oh, Lucky Me String of Hits
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau God Bless ST (psych cover)
Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time
Langley Schools Music Project God Only Knows Wix - Brown Elementary School
Cyrus Eden You Came For Me First Offense (EP)
Spring Fever She Taught My Katie Woodstock
Jeremy Dormouse freight train Toad Rejects
British North American Act I'll Find a Way In the Beginning
Chessmen Mustang Mustang b/w Meadowlands
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre now, according to paragraph C Awake in th Red Desert
Jensen Sisters You Lit the Fire (I Want Only You) Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Raphaels Someday Someday b/w I Change My Mind
No Exit Decisions ST
Ray Griff If it Hadn't Been for Music Canada "My Native Land"
Huckle Good Morning Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Jack London & the Sparrows Leavin' Blues (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Dolores Claman Happy Whistler Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Joe College & the Rulers Working Class Hero It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
VXN The Magic’s in Your Hands ST
Jeff Moore & Friends Both Sides (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre yu seem to be apeering to follo sum distant star Sonic Horses I
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) In A Bad Way (Remix) Year Zero
Jarvis Street Revue Heidi-Ho (Let Her Go) Mr. Oil Man
Bear Paws Can't You See Kitche-Ogamah
Cyrus Eden Rock You To The Limit First Offense (EP)
The Organization Superstar ST
Pepper Tree Blue Caravan Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
EQ Serious Swellsville
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Colourless ST
Ronney Mitchell Just a Little Bit More Baby The Five Man Cargo
Twice Upon a Never Pussy Willows, Cat Tails Twice Upon a Never
Midnight Angels I'm Sufferin' I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
John Greenwood My Sailboat and Me My Sailboat and Me
Brégent Le chien Poussière Des Regrets
Roger Rodier Listen to these chords I play (Celeste) Upon Velveatur

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

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

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