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	Length
Emtidi	Die Reise	Saat	10:15
Randy Bishop	I Sing a Soft Song	I Sing A Soft Song	03:04
Sweet Somethings	Hold On, I'm Comin'	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	02:19
Perth County Conspiracy	Lace and Cobwebs	ST	02:41
Dolores Claman	Western Way	Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes	02:59
David Wiffen	Climb the Stairs	Camp Fortune (split with Tex Lecor)	04:15
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Keep Your Hand Off My Girl	Year Zero	03:39
Boys Brigade	Voices	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:27
Trevor Dandy	Overture and Judgement Morning	Don't Cry Little Tree	09:32
Stephanie Taylor	Feeling Groovy	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	01:29
Perth County Conspiracy	Welcome Surprise	ST	03:12
Glenn Dixon	Waiting for the Dreams to Come	Reflections	05:14
King Herbert And the Knights	Ooga Boogaloo	With Jack Harden	03:17
Les 409	Born in Chicago	They Say b/w Born in Chicago (acetate)	02:48
Bear Paws	Lady of the Nite	Kitche-Ogamah	03:52
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Birth of the New Dragon Mine	The Birth of the New Dragon Mine b/w Luke's Guitar	02:59
Gargoyle	Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling	ST	02:14
Medium	Give Me a Peace	ST	04:03
Ladykiller	Still Madly in Love	Still Madly in Love b/w Ice Woman	04:40
Walter Boudreau	Boul Chaumont	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	08:26
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Sheila Graham	Stormy	ST	02:35
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Wait and See	ST	04:00
Dolores Claman	Odd Couplet #2	Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes	03:00
Bear Paws	Stand By Me	Kitche-Ogamah	03:44
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Hook & Sling	Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)	05:51
A Joint Effort	Oh! Canada	Final Effort	03:59
Hank Noble & His Red River Valley Boys	I`ll Spend My Life Loving You	Things That Might Have Been // I`ll Spend My Life Loving You	02:33
Cyrus Eden	You Came For Me	First Offense (EP)	02:53
Moosetracks	This Place is No Place to be Happy	ST	04:06
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Dr. No	James Bond 007	02:31
Nina Dunn	Stay and Dance	If You Want My Love (Do It) b/w Stay and Dance	05:10
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Swords of Gold	ST	02:51
Riverson	I'll be There (Brian Edwards)	ST	03:15
No Exit	Decisions	ST	01:29
Spring Fever	She Taught My Katie	Woodstock	03:14
Stephanie Taylor	Marion's Theme (Dou Riley)	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	03:01
VXN	Not Only in Love	ST	03:54
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Blues for McHugh	The Montreal Scene	06:16
Spring Fever	She's Lookin' Good	Woodstock	02:56
Sacrifice	Beyond Death	The Exorcism	05:33
King Herbert And the Knights	Let's Get Together	With Jack Harden	03:18
Laurie Ingalls	Ballad of an Outlaw	Cheap Champagne	04:57
Jeremy Dormouse	Apple Annie	Toad	02:31
Original Bones	Friend of the Devil	ST	03:28
B.C. Centennial Spots	B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 2	B.C. Centennial Song	01:17
Don Carrington Trio	If I Were a Carpenter	Makin' It Happen	04:15
Bear Paws	Kitch-Ogamah	Kitche-Ogamah	03:46
Jeremy Dormouse	Baby Blue	Toad	03:31
Chantettes	Donna	Remember.....	03:13
John Greenwood	The Princess	My Sailboat and Me	04:12
Sidewinders	Time For Loving	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:24
Michael-Jon Rosenberg	Smokestack Lightning	ST	04:09
Royal Family	Sometimes	Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)	02:09
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Sheila Graham	24 Hours of Loneliness	ST	01:59
Ted Daigle	Ruby	Ruby b/w When You Said You All	02:02
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ukiaralumi (Winter Memories of Home)	People Of The Ice	02:36
Plastic Cloud	Bridge Under the Sky	ST	04:35
Stompin' Tom Connors	Movin' On To Rouyn	Movin' On To Rouyn b/w Carolyne	02:43
Lucio Agostini	Voyageur Canoe Race	Once Upon a Hundred Years	02:32
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Casino Royale	James Bond 007	02:43
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Billy Martin	If You Care	Strawberry Soul	04:05
Jeremy Dormouse	Young Face	Toad	01:53
Lord Ryur	Pact With The Sinner	Pact With The Sinner b/w Heroes After Heroes	03:40
Arcade Fire	The Woodland National Anthem	ST	03:59
Don Carrington Trio	A Song for My Father	Makin' It Happen	03:36
Emtidi	Saat	Saat	04:16
Medium	Melon	ST	01:46
VXN	Running Out	ST	03:42
Catseye	River	Catseye	04:03
Sunshyne	Eclypse & Sunny Day (Ross Barrett and Ken Spence)	The Raven (EP)	06:52
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Child in Me	Motherlove	00:47
Dolores Claman	Summer Walk	Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes	03:02
The Other Half	In Passing	ST	04:26
Nihilist Spasm Band	When in London Sleep at the York Hotel	No Record	04:59
Bloodstone	Toronto	Toronto b/w I'm Your Man	03:23
Sunshyne	Dixie Medley (Traditional)	The Raven (EP)	03:37
Mike Harris	Golden Slippers	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:02
Jim Brown	Roy Cooper - Prelude to 1984	The First See Hear	07:03
Dutch Mason	C.C. Rider	Half Ain't Been Told	04:53
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	whn i first came to vancouvr	Sonic Horses I	01:04
Sweet Somethings	My Guy (From My Girl)	hold on!..sweet somethings are comin'	03:36
New Creation	Songs to Sing	Troubled	01:48
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Ullulimat (I Think of You Always)	People Of The Ice	01:43
Hugh Dixon	Saints Go Marching Inn	The MPH Band - The Best of 69-70 (unreleased acetate)	03:51
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Style 386	Year Zero	02:17
The Fringe	Token For My Mind	Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo	02:58
Jack London & the Sparrows	Leavin' Blues (vocal by Jerry Edmonton)	ST	03:14
Spring Fever	I Just Want to Make Love to You	Woodstock	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
No Exit	When Will They Learn?	ST	01:28
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
The Organization	Together Forever	ST	02:27
Billy Martin	Funky Feelin'	Strawberry Soul	02:44
Intersystems	Orange Juice & Velvet Underwear	Number One	19:41
Huckle	Ocean	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	03:42
Compilation	Stampeders - You Never Know Until You Try	International Master Discovery Records	01:50

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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Hagood Hardy & the Montage - The Garden Path b/w Won't You Step Into My Life

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The Other Half - ST

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The Haunted - ST

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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Jolly Tambourine Man - Wheeeee! Demo

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Reign Ghost - Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires

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Reign Ghost - ST

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Christmas - ST

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Lorne Ranger - French Fried Freedom

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Caribou - ST

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Laurie Ingalls - Cheap Champagne

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Sacrifice - Interviews 1985 + First Live Show

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Sacrifice - The Exorcism

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Sacrifice - Turn In Your Grave (demo)

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Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends - Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends

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Ablaze - Psychopath

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May Run - Days Into Years

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Gerry Fiander - So Long, Goodbye (split with Jim Morrison)

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Moonstone - ST

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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New Creation - Troubled

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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Haggath - Rehearsal Ildiko's, Toronto, 1986-02-07

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-09

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Haggath - Rehearsal 1985-03-11

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Dolores Claman - Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes

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Billy Martin - Strawberry Soul

Jimmy Apostle & the Willows - I Love Ya Honey b/w Lost Love

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Ellison - ST

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