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
Hewitt, Winston Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Burgess, Ivan Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
McNeil, Irene Petit à Petit (Little by little) Chanson de Rosemarie McCoy et Kelly Owens, auxquels ont doit aussi "I beg of you" pour Elvis Presley Mademoiselle Rythme
Oster, Al Next Boat Yukon Gold
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Oswald, John Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Burgess, Ivan Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Burgess, Ivan Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Oster, Al Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston I Want to Forget Snapshot
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
McNeil, Irene Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Oswald, John Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Hewitt, Winston The Same One Full of Love
Burgess, Ivan Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Burgess, Ivan Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
McNeil, Irene Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Oswald, John Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Oster, Al Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Clark, Larena The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Clark, Larena The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Barry, Yank Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Oster, Al Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Do You Remember Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Oster, Al Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Clark, Larena Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
McNeil, Irene Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Fowke, Edith Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Burgess, Ivan Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Burgess, Ivan If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Keatniks Memphis ST
Fowke, Edith John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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