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
Oster, Al I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Burgess, Ivan When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston I Want to Forget Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear It Up Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Hewitt, Winston They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Oster, Al Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
McNeil, Irene Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Oster, Al Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Burgess, Ivan The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Clark, Larena Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Fowke, Edith John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Keatniks Memphis ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
McNeil, Irene Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
McNeil, Irene Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Oster, Al Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Burgess, Ivan Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Fowke, Edith Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Clark, Larena Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Burgess, Ivan Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Burgess, Ivan If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Burgess, Ivan Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Burgess, Ivan Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Burning Inside Snapshot
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
McNeil, Irene Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
Clark, Larena Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You

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