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
Skarecrow	Ain't Gonna Pop 'Dem Blues	Blues...Live at the Explorer	04:54
Gentlemen of Horror	Overhead Projector	ST (EP) (skeleton cover)	02:41
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	whn u cum into me	Sonic Horses I	06:40
Lewis Baloue	Love Showered Me	L'amour	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Skarecrow	Standin' by the Keyhole	Blues...Live at the Explorer	01:55
Liska	Angela	Cry Out Loud	04:15
EQ	Swellsville	Swellsville	04:01
Canadian Beadles	Funny Feeling	Three Faces North	02:05
Buck Lacombe Jazz Ensemble with Singers Joyce Hahn and Johnny Lasalle	Let's Make Up Your Mind (Joyce Hahn vocals)	ST	02:36
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	Times are Changing	Home Grown Stuff	02:39
Beverly Glenn-Copeland	Don't Despair (Jazz Version)	ST	02:59
Rockadrome	R.A.T.C.B. Reprise	Royal American 20th Century Blues	05:22
D.N.A.	Seashell	Because I Love You b/w Seashell	04:08
Original Bones	Song for Pierre Laporte	ST	03:53
Jeremy Dormouse	hollywood heaven	Toad Rejects	03:10
Lucio Agostini	Introduction	Once Upon a Hundred Years	05:04
Squires	Aurora	The Sultan b/w Aurora	02:07
Langley Schools Music Project	Desperado	Wix - Brown Elementary School	03:34
The Organization	Who Ever Finds This	ST	04:31
Phillip Werren	Dance Music I	Electronic Music (1968-1971)	12:55
Derek Scott Markle	House Song	ST	03:38
Cyrus Eden	Wasteland	First Offense (EP)	03:02
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Chiliwack	Year Zero	03:19
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Stephanie Taylor	I'm Going to Make You Love Me	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	02:39
Huckle	Hello Sunshine	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	02:27
Trevor Dandy	When I Prayed Last Night	Don't Cry Little Tree	02:58
New Creation	Yet Still Time	Troubled	03:25
Sikumiut (People of the Ice)	Siqinimi Mallilunga (I Follow the Sun)	People Of The Ice	02:53
Thornton Rogers J.	The Blues	Out in the West b/w The Blues	02:11
Sunshyne	Dixie Medley (Traditional)	The Raven (EP)	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Gypsy	Hooked on a Memory	Hooked on a Memory b/w The Market	03:23
Five Man Cargo	Why Can't I Get You	Memories b/w Why Can't I Get You	02:55
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	th ride to th place uv meditaysyun	Sonic Horses I	24:36
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	A Mic In A Fist	Year Zero	02:14
Sidewinders	Gift to the Sun	Flatfoot Hustlin'	06:09
Stephanie Taylor	Feeling Groovy	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	01:29
Opposite	Ebony Eyes	Help Us Make It	03:17
Trooper	3 Dressed Up as a 9	3 Dressed Up as a 9 b/w Mr. Big (test pressing)	04:35
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Marty Gillan	Try a Little Kindness	Try A Little Kindness	02:54
Billy Martin	If You Care	Strawberry Soul	04:05
Robert Armes	Put Your Cards on the Table	Songs for Icarus	03:48
Shagnasty	Ringing in My Ear	Ringing in My Ear b/w All My Teachers	03:26
Tex Lecor	Je t'amène avec moi	Camp Fortune (split with David Wiffen)	01:50
Huckle	High For Sky	Wild Blue Yonder	01:16
Braineaters	Wrong World	Planet X	02:35
Cinema Sound Stage Orchestra	From Russia With Love	James Bond 007	03:34
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	heart flash us	Sonic Horses I	03:20
Barbara Gryfe	Who Am I	What the World Needs Now	02:29
Marty Gillan	Sweet Caroline	Try A Little Kindness	04:08
Randy Bishop	Felicitas	I Sing A Soft Song	04:26
Mike Harris	Norwegian Waltz	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:42
Mike Harris	Country Waltz	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	02:24
EQ	Inner Thoughts	Swellsville	02:50
Jeff Moore & Friends	Blind Man (Christina Becker)	The Youngest Son	02:25
Sacrifice	1985-07-30_Sacrifice_Urbinati, Rico_CKLN FM Arg Rock interview	Interviews 1985 + First Live Show	05:02
Bill Bissett & th Mandan Massacre	whn i first came to vancouvr	Sonic Horses I	01:04
Compilation	New Brands - Ace Up His Sleeve	International Master Discovery Records	02:24
Moonstone	Relative Hoak	ST	02:28
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	M.L.’s Dream	Motherlove	01:06
Sheila Graham	Little Green Apples	ST	03:49
Mock Duck	Sitting on Top of the World	Test Record	04:15
Expedition to Earth	Time Time Time	Expedition to Earth b/w Time Time Time	02:55
Souls of Inspyration	Pursuit	ST	02:45
Gordon Lightfoot	Movin'	Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)	02:30
Canadian Beadles	Think I'm Gonna Cry	Three Faces North	02:27
Ronney Mitchell	I've Got to be Me	The Five Man Cargo	02:48
Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck	Intermission Poetry	Home Grown Stuff	03:06
Sound Sett	Oh No (The Sound Sett)	1966-1967	04:31
Sheila Graham	Gentle On My Mind	ST	03:13
Mike Harris	Wednesday Night Waltz	Fiddle Favorites (with The Charm-Ettes)	03:47
Heat	Brighouse	Brighouse b/w Rocking Chair	02:24
Derek Scott Markle	A Better Way	ST	01:39
Souls of Inspyration	Stranger	ST	03:02
Walter Boudreau	Danse	Jazz - Walter Boudreau + 3 = 4	07:20
Compilation	Buddy Victor - Didn’t' We	Unselfconsciously Canadian	03:06
Dolores Claman	Summer Walk	Canadisc Library: 8 Big Themes	03:02
Buck 65 (Richard Terfry)	Hit The Breaks	Year Zero	02:00
Stephanie Taylor	Windmills of Your Mind	"I Don't Know Where I Stand"	03:29
Arcade Fire	I'm Sleeping in a Submarine	ST	02:48
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Braineaters	London Town	Planet X	01:24
Stompin' Tom Connors	Streets of Toronto	Northland's Own	02:33
Skarecrow	My Coffee's Gettin' Cold	Blues...Live at the Explorer	03:19
The Other Half	In Passing	ST	04:26
Nihilist Spasm Band	The Byron Bog	No Record	11:21
Jarvis Street Revue	300 South	Mr. Oil Man	02:40
The Other Half	Evil Ways	ST	04:30
Original Bones	Drop Down Mama	ST	03:22
New Creation	No Excuse	Troubled	04:43
Midnight Angels	(I Wish) In the Moonlight	I'm Sufferin' b/w (I Wish) In the Moonlight (picture sleeve)	02:17
Jensen Sisters	Dancin' in the Autumn Breeze	Dancin' In The Autumn Breeze	03:05
Billy O'Boie and the Country Jewels	I Love My Gal	I Love My Gal b/w Little Rosa (picture sleeve)	02:22
Canadian Beadles	I Just Don't Think it's Fair	Three Faces North	02:15
Arcade Fire	Headlights Look like Diamonds	ST	04:25
Plastic Cloud	Shadows of Your Mind	ST	04:18
Gordon Lightfoot	Talking Freight	Movin' Soundtrack (CN picture sleeve) (split with Jean Pierre Ferland)	01:32

Rarest Canadian Music

Tracks

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Clockwork - Cybernaut b/w Mean Lady

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Hi Octane Band - Shakey Ground b/w Feelings

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Something Evil - Die Children Die b/w The Great Winnipeg Riot

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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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