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
Echoes and a Dream Just Trying to Be Echoes and a Dream
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Rainbow ST
Rockadrome Ain't It a Shame Royal American 20th Century Blues
Graham, Sheila Stormy ST
Mantra Midnigh Train (D'arcy Draper) ST
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Mason, Dutch Polk Salad Annie Half Ain't Been Told
Liska Tear Away My Heart Cry Out Loud
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre fires in the tempul Awake in th Red Desert
No Exit Decisions ST
Griff, Ray Alberta My Alberta Canada "My Native Land"
Agostini, Lucio Pan Am Young and Old Once Upon a Hundred Years
Glenn-Copeland, Beverly Northwind ST
Langley Schools Music Project Sweet Caroline Wix - Brown Elementary School
Blind Owl Happy To Be Alive ST
Reign Ghost Breadbox Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Michel & the French Canadians Comfort Him Cause I Believe b/w Comfort Him (picture sleeve)
Sound Sett Mustang Sally (Mack Rice) 1966-1967
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Peterborough Postman Northland's Own
Pepper Tree Carry On Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
VXN Illusion of the Heart ST
Opposite Don't Say I Love You Help Us Make It
Canadian Beadles Think I'm Gonna Cry Three Faces North
Ellison Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola) ST
Skeptical Eye Ghet-ti Train The Devil's Playground
Athenians of Toronto Opi Aniko San Skoteiniazei
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST
Snider, Art Silly Jilly Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Pat's People We Shall Overcome Today
Moosetracks Cry A Little Tear ST
Gentlemen of Horror Rough Hike Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Motley, Frank & the Hitch-Hikers What Does it Take The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Braineaters Johnny Planet X
Langley Schools Music Project To Know Him is to Love Him Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger
Moore, Jeff & Friends Flying So High (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
Nerve Penchant Penchant b/w Preludes
Connors, Stompin' Tom Sudbury Saturday Night Northland's Own
Taylor, Stephanie Suzanne (Leonard Cohen) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Dixon, Glenn Sunset Reflections
Spring Fever She Taught My Katie Woodstock
A Joint Effort Oh! Canada Final Effort
Vicky and the Coins Girl From Ipanema ST
Garden Bower Folsom Prison Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Connors, Stompin' Tom My Home Cradled Out in the Waves Northland's Own
McKirdy, Hazel End of the World End of the World b/w Mama Didn't Lie
Daigle, Ted Legend of Chaleur Bay Teenage Time
Skarecrow Oh Canada - Susie Que (We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone Rated "X" "Coming Out"
Scott Markle, Derek House Song ST
Fabulous PJ's Proud Mary What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
New Creation All is Well Troubled
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
Connors, Stompin' Tom The World Goes Round (Expo 67 Montreal) Northland's Own
Haunted A Message to Pretty ST
Reign Ghost Travels of Blue Paradox ST
Mystique Wake Up Screamin' Black Rider
Gryfe, Barbara What the World Needs Now What the World Needs Now
Dixon, Hugh Yellow Bird The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)
David Take My Hand ST
David Alvin J. Ashtray ST
Griff, Ray Sweet Bird of Youth Canada "My Native Land"
Tyrant Carol Hooked On You b/w Carol
Skeptical Eye Mama Does'n Understand The Devil's Playground
Fromager, David If What You Said Was True If What You Said Was True
Story Structure I Told You (Instrumental Mix) I Told You
Cargo I Found a Way Once a Proud Man b/w I Found a Way
Gryfe, Barbara Jerusalem of Gold What the World Needs Now
Black Knight Master Of Disaster Master of Disaster (EP)
Fyre New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges David's Song b/w New Roads Always Cross Old Bridges
Daigle, Ted It May be Silly Teenage Time
Harris, Mike London Hornipie Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)
Jeremy Dormouse the immortal st. canthor Toad Rejects
Arcade Fire I'm Sleeping in a Submarine ST
King Herbert And the Knights Chicken Strut With Jack Harden
Jensen Sisters I'm Gonna Love You Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Twice Upon a Never Turtle Dove Twice Upon a Never
Twice Upon a Never Last Thing On My Mind Twice Upon a Never
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Ablaze Psycho Path Psychopath
Wilkins, Rick & the Mutual Understanding Christmas Waltz Christmas With Rick Wilkins And The Mutual Understanding
Other Half 100 lbs. Clay ST
Gillan, Marty I Ain't Done Yet (Theme from the T.V. Series "The Manipulators") (Bobby Hales) Try A Little Kindness
Mason, Dutch Dust My Broom Half Ain't Been Told
Sunshyne The Raven (David Sinclair) The Raven (EP)
Taylor, Stephanie Working on a Groove Thing "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Daigle, Ted Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
Mock Duck Introduction - Ground Hog Test Record
D.N.A. Seashell Because I Love You b/w Seashell
Ardels Stereo Popeye Rhythm & Blues
Armes, Robert Put Your Cards on the Table Songs for Icarus
Palmer, Jerry Your Love String of Hits
Mantra Tomorrow Without You (D'arcy Draper) ST
EQ Swellsville Swellsville
Biggy Twiggy Band I Don't Want That to Change Mama Won't Let You b/w I Don't Want That to Change
Matlows Only You If You Were Mine // Only You
November Grief T.W.O.D. To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre whn i first came to vancouvr Sonic Horses I
Calgary Range Riders Curly Hair Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair
Gentlemen of Horror Overhead Projector ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Langley Schools Music Project Saturday Night Glenwood Region Music Group-Musical Supervision: Hans Fenger

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