It Came From Canada?

Much of Canada's musical heritage lies waiting to be rediscovered in attics, crawlspaces, mouldy boxes at flea markets and endless racks of LPs at thrift stores. It Came From Canada is our attempt to dust off some of the music we've been lucky enough to find and help it reach new audiences.

The vast majority of this music is out of print, and our only intention in hosting MP3 samples is to try and spark a wider interest in it. However, if you are the artist or copyright holder for any of the material on this site and would like it removed, please contact us and we will do so immediately.

And if you, or a friend or relative, are one of the musicians on this site, we'd love to hear from you!

Contact Us

For all general questions and comments, write to vinylhunters@itcamefromcanada.com.

And of course you can check out our Facebook Group too.

The Vinyl Hunters

We're two Canadian music geeks with a love of obscure records by Canadian artists. If you'd like to get in touch with us, just drop us a line.

Beau Levitt is a Toronto librarian whose wife is no longer surprised by anything he brings home and throws on the turntable. His pet peeves include mismatched record sleeves, water damage and records that look like they were used as dinner plates. When he's not working on this site, he's busy with his other audioblogs: Five Bucks On By-Tor and The Thrifty Digger.

Kevin McGowan is a technical writer by day, and a hunter of old dusty records by night. His loving wife will often assist in his quest for obscure Canadian music, but she's probably getting pretty tired of it. A reformed punk-rocker and metalhead, he now finds great pleasure in random polkas and old-school country yodelling. In addition to his duties on this site, Kevin also hosts The Ruckus, as part of the Rabble Podcast Network . The show features the greatest NEW Canadian music, and discussions on the music industry.

Shikha McGowan created our cool banner logo, and is a part-time vinyl hunter.

Ritu Gupta is our researcher, friend, supporter, and an American resident (though a Canadian citizen!).

Sharron "Mom" McGowan is a part-time vinyl hunter.