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
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Hell Bent Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Haunted Untie Me ST
Huckle Lady Goldberry Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Braineaters Modern Man Pt 2 Planet X
Robert Armes Bobcaygeon Songs for Icarus
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) Keep Your Hand Off My Girl Year Zero
Garden Bower Gord’s Dream Etc. w/ Trains
Ray Griff Alberta My Alberta Canada "My Native Land"
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling ST
Platinum Blonde Hey Hey You Hey Hey You b/w No Regrets
Joy Tears to be Cried Ready to Move b/w Tears to be Cried
Dutch Mason C.C. Rider Half Ain't Been Told
Jack London & the Sparrows Take it Slow (vocal by Jerry Edmonton) ST
Ablaze Sadistic Dream Psychopath
Something Evil Die Children Die Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot
Billy O'Boie and the Country Jewels Little Rosa I Love My Gal b/w Little Rosa (picture sleeve)
Glenn Dixon Sunset Reflections
Gordon Lightfoot Steel Rail Blues Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)
David Fromager Nicky If What You Said Was True
Pat's People Get To-Gether Today
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Gargoyle Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You ST
Opposite Don't Say I Love You Help Us Make It
Jensen Sisters You Lit the Fire (I Want Only You) Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze
Mantra Dick's Song (Dick Kelder) ST
Norris Vines and The Luvlines Give In Give In b/w Feel The Warm
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry) A Mic In A Fist Year Zero
The Fringe I Don't Want To Live Canada's Next Number One Recording Group (EP) promo
Stephanie Taylor Chelsea Morning (Joni Mitchell) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Moosetracks Judith Wills ST
King Herbert And the Knights Let It Be With Jack Harden
Sikumiut (People of the Ice) Utirumavunga (I Want to Go Back) People Of The Ice
Cargo Habits and Jails Front Side, Back Side
Original Bones The Verses of the Fool ST
Lewis Baloue We Danced All Night Romantic Times
Dutch Mason Tighten Up On It Half Ain't Been Told
Stephanie Taylor Marion's Theme (Dou Riley) "I Don't Know Where I Stand"
Mantra Hopscotch (Part 1) (Dick Kelder) ST
Marty Gillan Time and Love Try A Little Kindness
Stompin' Tom Connors Little Wawa Northland's Own
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Reign Ghost Enola Gay Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Twice Upon a Never Last Thing On My Mind Twice Upon a Never
Gentlemen of Horror God Knows you by Name Sterling Death (EP) (alien cover)
Jeremy Dormouse hesitation blues Toad Rejects
Reign Ghost The Gum Wrapper Song ST
Rascalz Ragga Muffin Rhymes Really Livin'
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre th deacon bros in barbados Awake in th Red Desert
Johnny Teah & The Jubilee Mountain Boys Sad Whistle Sad Whistle b/w Hello Mister Lonesome
Moosetracks Happily Day Is Done ST
Jarvis Street Revue Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song) Mr. Oil Man
Spring Long Long Way Shine/ It's So Hard b/w Long, Long Way/ You Were Blind
Garden Bower Lord I’m Tired Etc. w/ Trains
Langley Schools Music Project In My Room Wix - Brown Elementary School
Riverson Stoney Day (Brian Edwards, Lisa Eisenhardt (Lisa Hartt)) ST
Midnight Angels (I Wish) In the Moonlight I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)
Ellison Seal a Beam Bow (Vincent Marandola) ST
Robert Armes Someday Songs for Icarus
Randy Bishop (A World of) Black And Brown I Sing A Soft Song
Ardels Georgia On My Mind Rhythm & Blues
Athenians of Toronto 26 or 6 to 4 San Skoteiniazei
Langley Schools Music Project Venus and Mars Wix - Brown Elementary School
British North American Act Corduroy Coat In the Beginning
Skarecrow Standin' by the Keyhole Blues...Live at the Explorer
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Rainbow ST
Moosetracks Lest We Forget ST
Canadian Beadles Lonely Blue Boy Three Faces North
Trevor Dandy When I Prayed Last Night Don't Cry Little Tree
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Memory Lane The Hitch-Hikers featuring The Mighty Pope
Clymaxe Walkin' Blues R. U. Cumming? b/w Walkin' Blues
High Park Let Go the Lifeline Let Go the Lifeline b/w Sewer Side
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers Comin' Home Hell Bent: A Collection of Hard Instrumentals (Split with King Herbert & the Knights)
Mantra San Francisco Morning (D'arcy Draper) ST
Lucio Agostini Up, Up and a Bull Once Upon a Hundred Years
Ted Daigle Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
Huckle High For Sky Wild Blue Yonder
Brégent Dieu est nègre Poussière Des Regrets
Sheila Graham Stormy ST
London Experimental Jazz Quartet Jazz Widow Waltz Invisible Roots
Reign Ghost Mother's Got Troubles Reign Ghost Featuring Lynda Squires
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
Squires The Sultan The Sultan b/w Aurora
Huckle Wild Blue Yonder Wild Blue Yonder
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Pat's People What Have They Done to the Rain Today
Stormbringer Evil Mind The Curse b/w Evil Mind
David Because I'm Black ST
Frank Motley & the Bridge Crossings Listen Here Chip Dip
Trevor Dandy Have You Ever Wondered? Don't Cry Little Tree
Huckle Beyonder Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
David Take My Hand ST
Black Knight Aaraigathor (Metal Anthem) Master of Disaster (EP)
Gypsy Hooked on a Memory Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market
Stefan Gnys Machine English Oaks and Evangeline
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra Diamonds Are Forever James Bond 007
Terry & The Pyrates Someone Keep On Dancin' b/w Someone
Bent Wind The Lions Sussex
Grimes Grisgris Geidi Primes
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Jeremy Dormouse freight train Toad Rejects

ST

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

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