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
Moosetracks Happily Day Is Done ST
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Edible Wallpaper Invisible Roots
Stompin' Tom Connors The Maritime Waltz Northland's Own
Ted Daigle Red Hen Hop Teenage Time
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Realize ST (psych cover)
Hi-Fives Mo-Shun Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra James Bond Theme James Bond 007
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre heart flash us Sonic Horses I
Canadian Beadles Lonely Blue Boy Three Faces North
Andre Beaupre The Saga of Wayne Gretzky The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II
Stompin' Tom Connors My Home Cradled Out in the Waves Northland's Own
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre awake in the red desert Awake in th Red Desert
Barbara Gryfe Evening of Roses What the World Needs Now
Twice Upon a Never Go Where You Go Twice Upon a Never
Canadian Beadles Steady Guy Three Faces North
Ray Griff Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Cyrus Eden Horizon First Offense (EP)
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Compilation Stampeders - You Never Know Until You Try International Master Discovery Records
Huckle April Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Style 386 Year Zero
Nihilist Spasm Band Oh Brian Dibb No Record
Jerry Palmer Head Over Heels in Love String of Hits
George Hauschild & Carole But For Love Penticton b/w But For Love
Stefan Gnys English Oaks English Oaks and Evangeline
Barbara Gryfe Don't Give Up What the World Needs Now
New Reality Yesterday a Child Was Born Demo Tape
Liska A Smile Cry Out Loud
Gargoyle Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You ST
Braineaters London Town Planet X
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Broadway Boogie Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Brazda Brothers Soldier in a Battleground ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Little Wawa Northland's Own
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Arcade Fire Vampire Forest Fire ST
No Exit Parliament Swindle ST
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Shagnasty Ringing in My Ear Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Happy Dolls Hello Dolly Show Album No. 1
Stefan Gnys You're Not The Only One English Oaks and Evangeline
Benge Black Sky Lullaby Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre is yr car 2 soft 4 th road Awake in th Red Desert
Joy Tears to be Cried Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Lewis Baloue Love Showered Me L'amour
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
British North American Act Baby Jane Days and Nights In the Beginning
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) You Know The Science Year Zero
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Let's Make Up Your Mind (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
Canadian Beadles Whole Lot of Shakin Going On Three Faces North
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Season of the Witch ST
Moosetracks Down Young Street ST
Mantra Beatrices (D'arcy Draper) ST
Nomads Four Be On Your Way Be On Your Way b/w Come On Home
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Summertime Chip Dip
Jerry Palmer Come Along With Me String of Hits
Reign Ghost More Than I Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
King Herbert And the Knights Ode to Billy Joe With Jack Harden
Tex Lecor Ste-Scholastique Blues Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Lewis Baloue I Thought The World Of You L'amour
Stephanie Taylor Windmills of Your Mind "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Reign Ghost Reaching ST
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Billy Martin Funky Feelin' Strawberry Soul
Ardels Georgia On My Mind Rhythm & Blues
Bent Wind Touch of Red Sussex
Marty Gillan I Ain't Done Yet (Theme from the T.V. Series "The Manipulators") (Bobby Hales) Try A Little Kindness
Trevor Dandy Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
Jeremy Dormouse rollin' again Toad Rejects
Jack London & the Sparrows Give My Love to Sally ST
King Herbert And the Knights Sissy Strut With Jack Harden
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre whn i first came to vancouvr Sonic Horses I
A Joint Effort Battle of New Orleans Final Effort
Michael-Jon Rosenberg The High ST
Stompin' Tom Connors Algoma Central No. 69 Northland's Own
Spring Fever Gimme Shelter Woodstock
Liska All My Love Cry Out Loud
Bear Paws Devil Is On the Run Kitche-Ogamah
VXN Which One Are You ST
Other Half In Passing ST
Brazda Brothers Your Kingdom ST
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra For Your Eyes Only James Bond 007
Glenn Dixon One By One Reflections
Catseye Love Catseye
Hugh Dixon Chopin's Nocturne The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Hay Gee "Coming Out"
Siggy Magic & the Hey-Hoe Band Passive & Blue Commercials For Free (EP)
Roger Rodier You don't know what it's like Upon Velveatur
Rick Wilkins & the Mutual Understanding Christmas Waltz Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Canadian Beadles I Just Don't Think it's Fair Three Faces North
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Teenage Time
Jeremy Dormouse hollywood heaven Toad Rejects
Jensen Sisters You Light Up My Life Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Biggy Twiggy Band Mama Won't Let You Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Take a Long Last Look (Joyce Hahn vocals) ST
Gentlemen of Horror Bank ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Souls of Inspyration Sun Shines in the Winter ST
Brazda Brothers Calm River ST
Lucio Agostini Reel Once Upon a Hundred Years

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

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