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
Canadian Beadles I Lost Your Love Last Night Three Faces North
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Phil Phil
B.C. Centennial Spots B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 4 B.C. Centennial Song
Royal Family Sometimes Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Report from Cairo The Montreal Scene
Graham, Sheila The Tragedy of Butterfly McHeart ST
Cargo Say Goodbye Front Side, Back Side
Brown, Jim Bp Nichol - Another Day Older The First See Hear
Connors, Stompin' Tom Carolyne Northland's Own
Reign Ghost Southern Hemisphere Blues Legacy ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Walk Your Head Around Home Grown Stuff
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Piano Piano ST (psych cover)
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) The Bassment Show Year Zero
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun) People Of The Ice
Griff, Ray My Rocky Mountain Home Canada "My Native Land"
Spring Fever She's Lookin' Good Woodstock
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre th deacon bros in barbados Awake in th Red Desert
Lawson, Floyd and the Heart of Stone Rated "X" "Coming Out"
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Intermission Poetry Home Grown Stuff
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck No one in Particular Home Grown Stuff
Connors, Stompin' Tom The Flyin' C.P.R. Northland's Own
Haunted Searching For My Baby ST
Calgary Range Riders Rocky Mountain Rhythm Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair
Gentlemen of Horror Rich Kids ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Carrington, Don Trio A Song for My Father Makin' It Happen
Rascalz Quest for Rhyme Really Livin'
Moonstone Top Heavy ST
Mock Duck Home Made Jam Test Record
Hi-Fives Fujikami The Warrior Fujikami The Warrior b/w Mo-Shun
Palmer, John Such a Long Long Time Shorelines
Reign Ghost Standing Room Only, Mr. Mars ST
November Grief Exit Life (With China White) To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Mix, The Maybe (Face To The Wall) Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)
Ardels I'll Go Crazy Rhythm & Blues
Armes, Robert Put Your Cards on the Table Songs for Icarus
November Grief Grass Is Gold To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)
Skeptical Eye Ghet-ti Train The Devil's Playground
High Park Sewer Side Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
Sound Sett I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding & Jerry Butler) 1966-1967
Mittoo, Jackie World of Love Stepping Tiger
Gillan, Marty She's a Woman (Terry Frewer) Try A Little Kindness
Arcade Fire Vampire Forest Fire ST
Rascalz Just Bein' Blunt Really Livin'
Ayoub, Nick Quintet Two and The Montreal Scene
Armes, Robert Lying Close Together Songs for Icarus
Jeremy Dormouse freight train Toad Rejects
Plateau Under the Big House My Life b/w Under the Big House
British North American Act See How Free In the Beginning
Palmer, John Solitude Shorelines
Greenwood, John My Sailboat and Me My Sailboat and Me
Daigle, Ted Young & Beautiful Teenage Time
Gentlemen of Horror Rough Hike ST (EP) (skeleton cover)
Boudreau, Walter Danse Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Dandy, Trevor Overture and Judgement Morning Don't Cry Little Tree
Palmer, Jerry Travelin' Shoes String of Hits
Scott Markle, Derek Livin' Love ST
Medium Two by Two ST
Moore, Jeff & Friends Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Organization, The Change in the Weather ST
Baloue, Lewis Let's Fall in Love Tonight L'amour
Bonnie Scots This Land Is Your Land Laugh and Cry
Agostini, Lucio Skiing in Québec Once Upon a Hundred Years
Papa Bears Medicine Show Taking My Time ST
Matlows Only You If You Were Mine // Only You
Baloue, Lewis We Danced All Night Romantic Times
Other Half Travellin Band ST
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
Triaxe Persecution Chain of Superstition b/w Persecution
Mitchell, Joni Be Cool Wild Things Run Fast (test pressing)
Gentlemen of Horror Overhead Projector Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Plastic Cloud Civilization Machine ST
Humble Sponge Barabbas Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas
Reign Ghost Solar Nice Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
A Joint Effort My Man Final Effort
Taylor, Stephanie Suzanne (Leonard Cohen) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Original Bones Steamboat Whistle Blues ST
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre fires in the tempul Awake in th Red Desert
Gillan, Marty Sweet Caroline Try A Little Kindness
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Armes, Robert Bobcaygeon Songs for Icarus
Chantettes Un Canadian Errant Remember.....
Gypsy The Market Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Bissett, Bill & th Mandan Massacre all th brite eyez deep in the rivr bed Sonic Horses I
Souls of Inspyration Stranger ST
Haunted Horror Show ST
Happy Dolls Shake Your Booty Show Album No. 1
Garden Bower This Woman (live) Etc. w/ Trains
Greenwood, John 3/4 Time My Sailboat and Me
Mantra Tomorrow Without You (D'arcy Draper) ST
Bonnie Scots Jeanie McCall Laugh and Cry
Sound Sett Mustang Sally (Mack Rice) 1966-1967
Palmer, Jerry Love's Come to Me String of Hits
Mantra Stay (D'arcy Draper) ST
Catseye Am I the One Catseye
Noble, Hank & His Red River Valley Boys I`ll Spend My Life Loving You Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You
Lloyd, Sam (Réal Brousseau, Plume) Free to be Free ST (psych cover)
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
Skarecrow Wine Wine Wine Blues...Live at the Explorer
Shagnasty Ringing in My Ear Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Rainbow ST

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