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
Taylor, Stephanie Windmills of Your Mind "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Papa Bears Medicine Show Baroque ST
Super 8 Corporation Set Me Free Set Me Free (Dill Smith)
Lecor, Tex Ti-bicycle Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)
VXN Just a Game ST
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Chiliwack Year Zero
Medium In Between ST
Raphaels I Change My Mind Someday b/w I Change My Mind
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Blue Dye Home Grown Stuff
Griff, Ray The Last of the Winfield Amateurs Canada "My Native Land"
Agostini, Lucio Introduction Once Upon a Hundred Years
Georges Leningrad chanson italienne Made In Taiwan
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre mountain lake Sonic Horses I
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Dandy, Trevor Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Souls of Inspyration Stranger ST
Brégent Dieu est nègre Poussière Des Regrets
Latremouille, Fred Mashed Potato Tossin' and Turnin' - Mashed Potato
Gargoyle Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree ST
Moosetracks Lost In A Southern Town ST
Ardels Alley Oop Rhythm & Blues
O'Boie, Billy and the Country Jewels I Love My Gal I Love My Gal b/w Little Rosa (picture sleeve)
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone What's Come Over Me? "Coming Out"
Boudreau, Walter Synchronisation II Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Plastic Cloud Shadows of Your Mind ST
London, Jack & the Sparrows It's Been One of Those Days ST
Jeremy Dormouse October Morning Toad
Grimes Avi Geidi Primes
A Joint Effort Winter Final Effort
Other Half Eve of Destruction ST
British North American Act Only a Dream In the Beginning
A Joint Effort Oh! Canada Final Effort
Jeremy Dormouse Believe Me Toad
Agostini, Lucio Dundurn Castle Once Upon a Hundred Years
Reign Ghost Ain't it Great Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Sound Sett Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond) 1966-1967
Joy Ready to Move Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
No Exit They'll Never Know ST
Daigle, Ted Red Hen Hop Teenage Time
A Joint Effort Battle of New Orleans Final Effort
New Creation Wind Troubled
Sound Sett Mustang Sally (Mack Rice) 1966-1967
Cargo Rural Route One Rural Route One b/w Initial Mailing
Rockadrome There You Go Again Royal American 20th Century Blues
Lacombe, Buck Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle Jazz Compo No. 2 "The Beak" ST
Rodier, Roger While my castles burning Upon Velveatur
Stormbringer The Curse The Curse b/w Evil Mind
Haunted Searching For My Baby ST
Saddle Lake Drifting Cowboys ‎ Modern Rock Country and Rock & Roll Sound
Arcade Fire Vampire Forest Fire ST
Claman, Dolores Summer Walk Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Compilation Jim Wheeler and the Spokes - Secret Spy International Master Discovery Records
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Fromager, David Out on the Weekend If What You Said Was True
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Maritime Waltz Northland's Own
Walton, Dennis Sweeter Love Sweeter Love
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Pepper Tree Blue Caravan Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Fiander, Gerry So Long, Goodbye So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)
Motley, Frank & the Bridge Crossings Walkin' the Dog Chip Dip
Fromager, David Country Boy's Memories If What You Said Was True
Martin, Billy It's Your Life Strawberry Soul
Original Bones Sit Down ST
Ladykiller Ice Woman Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman
Dandy, Trevor Sometimes Don't Cry Little Tree
Griff, Ray Canadian Pacific Canada "My Native Land"
Sound Sett Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels) 1966-1967
Kings Switchin` Switchin'
Medium Give Me a Peace ST
Rodier, Roger My spirits calling Upon Velveatur
Jensen Sisters I'm Gonna Love You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre its raining all ovr th citee Sonic Horses I
Chantettes Bamboo Remember.....
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Porno Groove Year Zero
Teah, Johnny & The Jubilee Mountain Boys Hello Mister Lonesome Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome
Riverson Winter Garden (Brian Edwards) ST
Catseye I Met a Girl Out in the Country Catseye
November Grief Requiem (For Mother Earth) To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Garden Bower O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela Etc. w/ Trains
Mittoo, Jackie Mystic World Stepping Tiger
Huckle Wild Blue Yonder Wild Blue Yonder
Gnys, Stefan You're Not The Only One English Oaks and Evangeline
Martin, Billy If You Care Strawberry Soul
Braineaters Screw You Planet X
No Exit Energy Crisis ST
Ardels Linda Lou Rhythm & Blues
Sunshyne Eclypse & Sunny Day (Ross Barrett and Ken Spence) The Raven (EP)
Gillan, Marty Colours Try A Little Kindness
Jarvis Street Revue Heidi-Ho (Let Her Go) Mr. Oil Man
Mitchell, Ronney Quando Quando The Five Man Cargo
Blind Owl Nova Scotia Morning ST
Mason, Dutch Polk Salad Annie Half Ain't Been Told
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre leevin th electrik citee (2) Sonic Horses I
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
49th Parallel Citizen Freak She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Hi-Fives Fujikami The Warrior Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Snider, Art Nasty Arthur Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Twice Upon a Never Last Thing On My Mind Twice Upon a Never
Mathieson, Peter Yonge Street Yonge Street b/w heaven Help the Fool
Gentlemen of Horror Rich Kids ST (EP) (skeleton cover)

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