CBC Radio Canada LM Series

CBC Radio Canada LM Series

A cornerstone of Canadian recorded history, the CBC LM Series stands as a testament to the nation's cultural and musical legacy. Pressed in limited quantities for internal distribution to CBC radio stations, these rare singles and LPs captured live broadcasts, commissioned works, and studio sessions spanning classical, jazz, folk, experimental, Indigenous, and multicultural sounds. Issued primarily throughout the 1960s to 1980s, each slab is a sonic time capsule—showcasing the depth, diversity, and artistry nurtured by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. With 243 titles catalogued here (at Mar 7, 2026), this collection offers an unparalleled glimpse into Canada’s musical soul.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Tommy Banks Orchestra Samba Del Sol (Tommy Banks) These Eyes
Nick Ayoub Sextet Abstraction Malaga/ Perception // Love Scene/ Abstraction
Compilation Cosmos - Rolling Down the Hill CBC Comp 412
Bobby Griffith G. Song of Peace Toronto Vocalist/Composer
Compilation Raffi - Thinking Only of You CBC Comp 402
Compilation Wayne St. John & Betty Richardson - It's Magic CBC Comp 420
Ginni Grant Dissatisfied CBC Comp 438 comp
Karen Oxley It's Christmas Halifax Christmas Vocal
Doug Randle Isn't it a Pity Songs for the New Industrial State
Francois Jourdan Chains Chains b/w The Vampire
François Guy Alphabet CBC Comp 411 comp
Compilation The J.J.'s - Bluebird CBC Comp 426
Chicho Valle Timpanola Latin Lustre
Lisa Dal Bello Mourning In The Morning Lisa Dal Bello (14-Year Old Toronto Singer / Composer)
Compilation Cosmos - Let Me be the One CBC Comp 412
Barbara Gryfe Colours of the Rainbow What the World Needs Now
Charles Coleman Trio You Don't Know What Love Is ST (split with Martin Slavin Sextet)
Karen & David (Karen Jones & David McCallen) What I Need Toronto Vocal Duo
Marty Gillan Try a Little Kindness Try A Little Kindness
Charlie Panigoniak From Sanitorium Eskimo Singer / Composer
Love's Labour's Lost Hey Love CBC Comp 439 comp
Compilation Cathy Fink & Duck Donald - Cornbread Wiggle (instrumental) CBC Comp 415
Bix Bélair Bix Belair's Trumpets with Art Phillips String Orchestra - Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis) Bix Belair's Trumpets + Richard Ring's Guitars
Davy Wells I Just Can't Help Myself Halifax Vocalist
Doug Randle Get Happy Elan Stuart & Doug Crosley, vocalists
Compilation Mike McAnany - Simple Song to You CBC Comp 412
Johnny Holmes Orchestra So Nice Montreal 17 piece Orchestra
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) For the Good Times As Hard As I Try
Compilation Neil Sheppard - Something I Could Do CBC Comp 412
Nick Ayoub Sextet Perception Malaga/ Perception // Love Scene/ Abstraction
Tony Chappell System Fur Elise Montréal Big Band
Salome Bey Bridge Over Troubled Waters ST
Edward and Harding (Donald Edward & William Harding) So Long My Baby Toronto Vocal Duo
Compilation Bud Henderson - The Christmas Song Corporate Image
Alex Read & His Tin Pan Alley Cats Waltz Medley (Bicycle Built for Two - Sidewalks of New York - Take Me Out to the Ball Game) (arr. Read) From CBC Toronto (split with Pat Riccio Orchestra (LM 09)
Bobby Griffith G. Donna is a Woman Toronto Vocalist/Composer
Fraser MacPherson How Can I Be Sure The Sounds of Fraser MacPherson with the Doug Parker Orchestra
Sheila Graham Without You ST
Chicho Valle Anna Este Es Chicho Valle
Reg Gibson It's All Over That Country Feeling
Edmonton Christmas Have a Merry Christmas The Gift of the Magi
Celebration Choir That's the Way God Planned It Toronto Vocal Group
Duane Davis (Duane Stewart) Cycles Reflections
Neil Chotem Siboney Monique Leyrac, vocalist
Doug Randle The Doug Randle Orchestra - Unchained Melody (Tommy Common, vocals) Tommy Common, vocalist (Split with The Brian Browne Trio)
Dave Robbins Band Jean ST
Joani Taylor Harbour in the Storm CBC Comp 417 comp
Tony Kingston People Started Talking Now You're Gone
Compilation Ron Hynes - For You and Me CBC Comp 402
Spring You Were Blind Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Beverly Glenn-Copeland Don't Despair ST
Al Baculis Quintet Soul Search (Al Baculis) CBC Comp 418
Colleen Peterson Music in Your Eyes (Willie P Bennett) CBC Comp 410 comp
Jimmy Dale Norwegian Wood Soft and Groovy
Compilation Ron Johnston - Girl Blue CBC Comp 426
Barbara Gryfe Who Am I What the World Needs Now
Tommy Banks Orchestra Little Kind Words (Skip Prokop) Canadian Hits (Edmonton Instrumental)
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six Midnight Cowboy (John Barry) Now!
Gordie Fleming They Belong to Me (Gordie Fleming) Gordie Fleming's "Time Machine" (Montreal Male Vocal Quartet With Orchestra)
Cherie Camp Brother Can You Spare a Dime? Available Space Featuring Cherie Camp
Compilation Claude Blouin - Attendre (Waiting) CBC Comp 405
Tommy Banks Orchestra Sun Goes By (Steve Kennedy) Canadian Hits (Edmonton Instrumental)
Neil Chotem Satin Doll Neil Chotem Orchestra
Nimmons 'n' Nine Plus Six This Guy's In Love With You (Bacharach-David) Now!
Bruno Gerussi & Tommy Ambrose Hand Me Down World Fuzzy Love
Stan Rogers Guysborough Train Singer/ Composer from London, Ontario
Neil Chotem Lache-moi donc Neil Chotem Orchestra
John Cassidy and the Assembly Na Name Samba CBC Comp 414 comp
Compilation Cathy Fink & Duck Donald - Just Because CBC Comp 415
Shirley Eikhard Alone Dave Woods Orchestra
Reg Gibson Big Rock Candy Mountain CBC Comp 419 comp
Hart and Lorne Shopping Plans The Comedy of Hart And Lorne
Musical Friends Canterbury Song (Gene MacLellan) CBC Comp 410 comp
Compilation Ian Tamblyn - Campfire Light The Best Of Touch the Earth
Stephanie Taylor Softly as I Leave You "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Jerry Toth Singers A Thousand Times Moment of Love
Compilation Anne-Marie Murray - Do Your Own Thing CBC Comp 420
Compilation Nancy Simmonds - Come Back Home To Me CBC Comp 432
Bill Hosie McInty's Meal and Ale Singer From Halifax
Compilation The Jarvis Benoit Quartet - Dever The Dancer - Give Us A Drink Of Water The Best Of Touch the Earth
Sheila Graham Straight Life ST
Charlie Panigoniak Ou Qua Eskimo Singer / Composer
Vic Vogel Booze is Beautiful Montreal Bandleader
Compilation Plumbers Union - Jingle Bells Corporate Image
Hagood Hardy & the Montage Scarboro Fair (Simon/Garfunkel) ST
Compilation The Travellers - Go Tell It On a Mountain Broadcast Recording Christmas Album
Pepper Tree Man of Gold Pepper Tree & Penny MacCauley (split with Bobby Arvon)
Compilation Tony Romandini - This Old Man CBC Comp 407
Karen Oxley Talk About Love (Gene MacLellan) Halifax Vocalist
Johnny Holmes Orchestra If I Ruled the World Ray Berthiaume and Margo McKinnon, vocalists
Dave Robbins Band Spring is Here (feat. Chris Gage, Fraser Macpherson & Dave Robbins) Happy Faces
Lucio Agostini Chuck Wagon Race Once Upon a Hundred Years
Lucio Agostini Sunwheel Dance (Bruce Cockburn) Toronto Composer / Arranger
Johnny Holmes Orchestra How Insensitive Ray Berthiaume and Margo McKinnon, vocalists
Marty Gillan One Act Play (Howie Vickers (The Collectors)) Try A Little Kindness
Herb Marshall Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis) Toronto Vocalist
Len Udow Peace in the City CBC Comp 403 comp
Johnny Holmes Orchestra For Once in My Life (Miller–Murden, arr. Johnny Holmes) The Brass Therapy (Montreal Brass Band)
Compilation Wade Brothers - River CBC Comp 420
Chicho Valle Hammerhead Latin Lustre

vocalist, with Ricky Hyslop Orchestra (split with Judy Ginn and Doug Parker Orchestra)

Toronto Instrumental

Compilation

ST

Available Space Featuring Cherie Camp

Cherie Camp - Available Space LABEL 02

Cherie Camp - Available Space LABEL 01

Cherie Camp - Available Space BACK

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

The Dreamer/ Windows (split with Michael Renzi)

17-piece Montreal Orchestra

CBC Comp 404

Campbell, Anne Singers

One Minuters

Camp, Cherie

Cherie Camp, Margaret Trudeau et le guitariste John Welsman. Ottawa

ST

Glenn-Copeland, Beverly

Bickert, Ed

Toronto Instrumental

The Brian Browne Trio (split with The Doug Randle Orchestra)

Browne, Brian Trio

Jazz Canadiana: All Star Jazz In Concert

Love Talk

Put Your Hand in the Hand

Basso, Guido

Toronto Singer / Composer

Bridges: Gene Lees Sings The Gene Lees Song Book

Lees, Gene

Songs for the New Industrial State

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