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
Mantra Tomorrow Without You (D'arcy Draper) ST
Jensen Sisters Dancin' in the Autumn Breeze Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
The Organization Who Ever Finds This ST
Derek Scott Markle Hey Hoe ST
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre leevin th electrik citee Sonic Horses I
Echoes and a Dream Thank You (Led Zeppelin) Echoes and a Dream
Ted Daigle Red Hen Hop Teenage Time
Stompin' Tom Connors Luke's Guitar The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau I'm Not Guilty ST (psych cover)
Moonstone Murk ST
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Theme from Swat "Coming Out"
VXN Which One Are You ST
Uncertain Wipeout Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout
Marty Gillan Home from the Forest Try A Little Kindness
Rockadrome Thirteen Miles Down Royal American 20th Century Blues
Nihilist Spasm Band The Byron Bog No Record
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Langley Schools Music Project Mandy Wix - Brown Elementary School
Jack London & the Sparrows Take it Slow (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck Elevated Platform Home Grown Stuff
Emtidi Love Time Rain Saat
Jeff Moore & Friends Is It You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Bloodstone I'm Your Man Toronto b/w I'm Your Man
Ray Griff Curley Canada "My Native Land"
Nick Ayoub Quintet Two and The Montreal Scene
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone Oil in the Ground "Coming Out"
Arcade Fire Old Flame ST
Skeptical Eye Concealed Truth The Devil's Playground
Athenians of Toronto Proud Mary San Skoteiniazei
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Destroy the Nihilistic Picnic Invisible Roots
Hank Snow I Don't Hurt Anymore Western Caravan (split with Rosalie Allen and Sons of Pioneers) (EP) (picture sleeve)
Skeptical Eye Tortured From Inside The Devil's Playground
Georges Leningrad lollipon lady Made In Taiwan
Spring It's So Hard Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Bear Paws All for the Love a Girl Kitche-Ogamah
Jim Brown Lloyd Burritt - The Hollow Men The First See Hear
Sunshyne Dixie Medley (Traditional) The Raven (EP)
Canadian Beadles Steady Guy Three Faces North
Dolores Claman Western Panorama Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes
Huckle Hello Sunshine Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Roger Rodier While my castles burning Upon Velveatur
EQ Come Alive (King Otto Remix) Swellsville
Stompin' Tom Connors Streets of Toronto Northland's Own
Twice Upon a Never Leavin' On a Jet Plane Twice Upon a Never
Echoes and a Dream Sweet Dreams (Jethro Tull) Echoes and a Dream
Plume) Lloyd (Réal Brousseau Let Him Go ST (psych cover)
Trevor Dandy Lord I Come to Thee Don't Cry Little Tree
No Exit They'll Never Know ST
Liska Angela Cry Out Loud
King Beezz Gloria Gloria b/w She Belongs to Me
Perth County Conspiracy Hurdy-Gurdy Man ST
Mystique Beyond the Four Winds Black Rider
Art Snider Ode to Billy Joe Corny Songs I Play on My Organ
Skeptical Eye Sad Jazz The Devil's Playground
John Palmer Mandalla Shorelines
49th Parallel She Says She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)
Rock-a-tunes You're Some Kind of Nice Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)
Jarvis Street Revue Heidi-Ho (Let Her Go) Mr. Oil Man
Reign Ghost Standing Room Only, Mr. Mars ST
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Teenage Time
EQ Let it be Known Swellsville
Aftermath Sunny Do You Believe In Magic? b/w Sunny
Story Structure I Told You (Instrumental Mix) I Told You
George Hauschild & Carole But For Love Penticton b/w But For Love
Randy Bishop Two Jugglers I Sing A Soft Song
Ardels Georgia On My Mind Rhythm & Blues
Lewis Baloue It's a New Day Romantic Times
Ted Daigle Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
Michael-Jon Rosenberg Season of the Witch ST
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Jeremy Dormouse Believe Me Toad
Ronnie Fray & The Playboys Mean Mama Blues Mean Mama Blues b/w The Vulture
Fabulous PJ's What Do You Want Me to Do? What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary
Ardels Linda Lou Rhythm & Blues
Skarecrow Can't Judge a Book Blues...Live at the Explorer
Brégent Dieu est nègre Poussière Des Regrets
Howard & Smith Monotype Limited Stage 3: Bossanova The Optic Earful
Skeptical Eye Ghet-ti Train The Devil's Playground
New Reality Lost Never Found Demo Tape
Michael Ratherford Hard Drugs Hard Drugs
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Smile Maria Smile The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Glenn Dixon One By One Reflections
Sound Sett Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings) 1966-1967
Original Bones Friend of the Devil ST
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia O Come ST
Walter Boudreau Imagination Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4
Jensen Sisters Do What Makes You Happy Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Ted Daigle It May be Silly Teenage Time
Plastic Cloud Civilization Machine ST
Riverson I'll be There (Brian Edwards) ST
Canadian Beadles I Lost Your Love Last Night Three Faces North
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Country Cooking Phil
Joe College & the Rulers It Ain't Allright (With Me) It Ain't Allright (With Me) b/w Working Class Hero
Brégent Epitaphe villon Poussière Des Regrets
Stompin' Tom Connors Algoma Central No. 69 Northland's Own
Jerry Palmer Walking Home String of Hits
EQ Play The Back Swellsville
Ray Griff Mama, This One's for You Canada "My Native Land"
King Herbert And the Knights Amen With Jack Harden
The Organization I Believe in Music ST

I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

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

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