Canadian Pioneers

This collection honours the trailblazers—the artists who dared to do something different and, in many cases, were the first to do it in Canadian music. From genre-defining innovators to cultural groundbreakers, Canadian Pioneers celebrates those who opened doors, broke rules, and carved out new paths with originality, courage, and vision. Their contributions helped shape the sound of Canada—and inspired generations to come.

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Burgess, Ivan - Minstrel Of The Dawn

Bermuda - Ottawa, Ontario - Antigonish, Nova Scotia - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

Ethelbert, Manitoba - Hamilton, Ontario - Abbotsford, British Columbia

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Hewitt, Winston - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Lumsden, Saskatchewan

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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Barry, Yank - The Diary of Mr. Gray

Montréal, Québec

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Oster, Al - Yukon Gold

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

Toronto, Ontario

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Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

Mill Village, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Clark, Larena - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

Lake Simcoe, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

Igloolik, Nunavut, 🇨🇦

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

Orillia, Ontario (Gordon Lightfoot); Wasago, Ontario (Terry Whelan)

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Hewitt, Winston - Reggae Medley

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

McNeil, Irene - Mademoiselle Rythme

Montréal, Québec

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Hewitt, Winston - Full of Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hewitt, Winston - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hewitt, Winston - Just You and Me

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers - Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another

Dawson Creek, British Columbia

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Keatniks - ST

Labrador, Newfoundland

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Dunn, Willie - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Kris, Bobby and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Get Loose Crew - ST

Toronto, Ontario

Trois Clefs, Les - Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata

Québec

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Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

Sugluk, Québec

A Tribe Called Red - ST

Ottawa, Ontario

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Oswald, John - Plunderphonics

Kitchener, Ontario, 🇨🇦

bpNichol - Motherlove vinyl side 2

Borealis on a ladder

Yank Barry - The Diary of Mr. Gray vintage naked lady with bicycle

Yank Barry - The Diary of Mr. Gray gatefold inner sleeve

Yank Barry - The Diary of Mr. Gray vinyl act 1 stereo

Yank Barry - The Diary of Mr. Gray vinyl act 4 quadraphonic instrumental

Yank Barry First Time on Stage

Yank Barry poster

Yank Barry - The Diary of Mr. Gray sheet music

Les Trois Clefs - Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata

Keatniks - ST

Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

Yank Barry hovering over The Phantom Lady

Barry, Yank

Get Loose Crew - ST

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) / The Black Tie Affair

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)

Get Loose Crew December 1987

Sings

MC Shadow & DJ Jel in British Knights apparel 1988

Get Loose Crew

Crack It b/w Crack It

Da Slyme-ST LABEL 04

Da Slyme / ST Spray-painted variant

Da Slyme / ST Spray-painted variant

Da Slyme / ST Spray-painted variant

Da Slyme-ST INSERT SHEET 06

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Clark, Larena The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Clark, Larena The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Hewitt, Winston Burning Inside Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston The Same One Full of Love
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Dunn, Willie The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Hewitt, Winston Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Hewitt, Winston I Want to Forget Snapshot
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Oster, Al Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Roses Are Red Full of Love
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Hewitt, Winston Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
McNeil, Irene Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
McNeil, Irene Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Oster, Al I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
McNeil, Irene Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Oswald, John Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Hewitt, Winston Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Hewitt, Winston I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Burgess, Ivan Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Barry, Yank Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Burgess, Ivan When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
McNeil, Irene Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Clark, Larena The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Clark, Larena The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
McNeil, Irene Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Dunn, Willie Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Burgess, Ivan Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect

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