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
Opposite	We Say Yeah	Help Us Make It	02:15
Art Snider	It Was a Very Good Year	Corny Songs I Play on My Organ	02:38
Medium	Stars	ST	05:35
EQ	Funky Oasis	Swellsville	03:30
Thornton Rogers J.	Out in the West	Out in the West b/w The Blues	02:39
A Joint Effort	Winter	Final Effort	04:01
Royal Family	Sometimes	Sometimes b/w Solitude (picture sleeve)	02:09
The Mix	Break Up Shake Up	Break Up Shake Up (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:25
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Ardels	Heads Up	Rhythm & Blues	02:06
Stompin' Tom Connors	The Northern Gentleman	Little Wawa b/w The Northern Gentleman	02:13
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	Goldfinger	James Bond 007	02:49
VXN	Could it Be	ST	04:06
The Organization	Change in the Weather	ST	02:37
November Grief	The Aftermath	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	03:09
Mystique	Memories	Black Rider	05:47
Rock-a-tunes	Maria	Maria b/w You're Some Kind of Nice (picture sleeve)	03:00
Compilation	David Foster - Listen to Daddy	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:00
Fabulous PJ's	Proud Mary	What Do You Want Me to Do? b/w Proud Mary	02:48
Jeff Moore & Friends	Flying So High (Christina Becker)	The Youngest Son	04:46
David	Alvin J. Ashtray	ST	03:09
VXN	Which One Are You	ST	03:11
Athenians of Toronto	San Skoteiniazei	San Skoteiniazei	04:39
49th Parallel	She Says	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	02:01
Ray Griff	Canada	Canada "My Native Land"	03:53
Stefan Gnys	Evangeline	English Oaks and Evangeline	03:10
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	Only Takes a Minute	"Coming Out"	04:04
Moosetracks	Airplane Over the Rockies	ST	01:21
Randy Bishop	I Sing a Soft Song	I Sing A Soft Song	03:04
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Who You Frontin' For (Remix)	Year Zero	04:02
John Palmer	The Wheel	Shorelines	01:03
British North American Act	If You're Looking for Honey	In the Beginning	02:12
Stompin' Tom Connors	Carolyne	Movin' On To Rouyn b/w Carolyne	03:04
Billy Martin	Phillie Dog	Strawberry Soul	02:14
Robert Armes	Epilogue	Songs for Icarus	02:50
Stompin' Tom Connors	Streets of Toronto	Northland's Own	02:33
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	gold minrs	Sonic Horses I	04:10
No Exit	Parliament Swindle	ST	01:30
Sacrifice	1985-10_Slaughter - Dave, Sacrifice - Joe_CKLN FM fundraising_Interviews	Interviews 1985 + First Live Show	00:39
Johnny Teah & The Jubilee Mountain Boys	Sad Whistle	Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome	02:13
Alexander Brott & Donald McGill	Canada: Case History (Earle Birney) - Erosion (E.J. Pratt) - Children of Martha (Gilean Douglas) - Quiet (Marjorie Pickthall) - Paul Bunyan (A Legend of his return to St. Eustache) (Arthur S. Bourinot	Sept for Seven: Seven Brief Movements Combining the Arts of Music and Poetry - A Setting of Five Canadian Poems, Introduced by Musical Prelude and concluded with a Postlude	14:29
Genèse	Je crois en moi	L'amour au soleil b/w Je crois en moi	02:34
David Fromager	Chains	If What You Said Was True	02:19
Uncertain	Land of 1000 Dances	Land of 1000 Dances b/w Wipeout	02:05
Skarecrow	Mule Skinner Blues	Blues...Live at the Explorer	02:28
Brazda Brothers	Lonely Time	ST	02:10
Nick Ayoub Quintet	Pillsville	The Montreal Scene	03:15
Huckle	Flower To The Sun	Wild Blue Yonder	06:17
November Grief	Recuring Nightmares	To Live...in This World of Chaos (demo)	03:04
Teenage Head	Picture My Face	Picture My Face b/w Tearin' Me Apart (picture sleeve)	02:57
Terry & The Pyrates	Keep On Dancin'	Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone	02:21
John Palmer	Colours For the Shoreline	Shorelines	02:36
Randy Bishop	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	13:40
David	Never Been In Love	ST	03:30
Souls of Inspyration	Eyes of Nature	ST	03:29
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Floyd Lawson and the Heart of Stone	Sunshine	"Coming Out"	04:59
Grimes	Rosa	Geidi Primes	03:12
Rockadrome	Thirteen Miles Down	Royal American 20th Century Blues	02:20
Ray Griff	Jimmy, Luke and Me	Canada "My Native Land"	03:35
Don Carrington Trio	MacArthur Park	Makin' It Happen	04:21
Skarecrow	Oh Canada - Susie Que	(We Don’t Need) Rene Levesque b/w Oh Canada - Susie Que (picture sleeve)	02:50
King Herbert And the Knights	Sissy Strut	With Jack Harden	03:44
Skarecrow	Ballad of Glen & Trevor	Blues...Live at the Explorer	04:24
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia	Silhouette	ST	03:07
Canadian Beadles	Love Walk Away	Three Faces North	02:47
Mystique	Beyond the Four Winds	Black Rider	01:45
Moonstone	Black Blind Light	ST	04:24
Jeremy Dormouse	Young Face	Toad	01:53
Bear Paws	Devil Is On the Run	Kitche-Ogamah	03:39
Spring Fever	Oh Baby Hold Me	Woodstock	02:31
Medium	My Lady Lies Forever	ST	02:41
Liska	Angela	Cry Out Loud	04:15
Nihilist Spasm Band	Dog Face Man	No Record	07:53
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	the canada council juree prson is missing	Sonic Horses I	03:07
Humble Sponge	Lady Is Love	Lady Is Love b/w Barabbas	02:57
Robert Armes	Requiem	Songs for Icarus	03:30
Ray Griff	Garrington	Canada "My Native Land"	03:59
Norris Vines and The Luvlines	Give In	Give In b/w Feel The Warm	02:46
The Haunted	Horror Show	ST	05:30
May Run	Save Me	Days Into Years	03:04
Sheila Graham	Aquarius	ST	02:43
Arcade Fire	No Cars Go	ST	06:02
Ellison	Untruth Story (Vincent Marandola)	ST	05:58
Jack London & the Sparrows	Our Love has Passed	ST	03:38
Evolution Expantion	Blues Finding	Blow Up b/w Blues Finding	03:16
Lorne Ranger	French Fried Freedom	French Fried Freedom	05:50
A Joint Effort	Molly and Tenbrooks	Final Effort	03:37
Jarvis Street Revue	20 Years	Mr. Oil Man	03:08
Trevor Dandy	Overture and Judgement Morning	Don't Cry Little Tree	09:32
Lucio Agostini	Canadians on the Go-Go	Once Upon a Hundred Years	00:49
49th Parallel	Citizen Freak	She Says b/w Citizen Freak (test pressing)	01:37
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	In A Bad Way (Remix)	Year Zero	03:03
B.C. Centennial Spots	B.C. Centennial Song Cut No. 4	B.C. Centennial Song	02:07
Sacrifice	The Exorcism	The Exorcism	02:46
Ted Daigle	Ruby	Ruby b/w When You Said You All	02:02
Benge	Money Man	Money Man b/w Black Sky Lullaby	02:39
Grimes	Avi	Geidi Primes	02:35
Laurie Ingalls	Ballad of an Outlaw	Cheap Champagne	04:57
Bonnie Scots	The Drunken Man	Laugh and Cry	02:31

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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