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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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

Kingston, Jamaica→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

Ottawa, 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 Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love It Or Leave It Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Hewitt, Winston Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear It Up Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Barry, Yank Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Oswald, John Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
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 You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Fowke, Edith John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Burgess, Ivan Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Oster, Al I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Clark, Larena The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Roses Are Red Full of Love
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Burgess, Ivan Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Hewitt, Winston They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Oster, Al Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
McNeil, Irene Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Get on the Scene Snapshot
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Oster, Al Next Boat Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Hewitt, Winston Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Do You Remember Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna Be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston I Want to Forget Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
McNeil, Irene Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot

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