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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Oster, Al - Yukon Gold

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

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

Québec

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

Dawson Creek, British Columbia

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Hewitt, Winston - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Barry, Yank - The Diary of Mr. Gray

Montréal, Québec

Singing Fools - The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)

Ottawa, Ontario

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

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Kingston, Jamaica→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Fowke, Edith - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Lumsden, Saskatchewan

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Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

Mill Village, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Orphic Egg - Crack It b/w Crack It

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

Lake Simcoe, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Sugluk, Québec

Da Slyme - ST

St. John's, Newfoundland

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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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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

Toronto, Ontario

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Keatniks - ST

Labrador, Newfoundland

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Hewitt, Winston - Snapshot

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hewitt, Winston - Just You and Me

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Get Loose Crew - ST

Toronto, Ontario

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

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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)

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 Roses Are Red Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Burgess, Ivan Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Clark, Larena Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Fowke, Edith Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow 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) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Hewitt, Winston Get on the Scene Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Hewitt, Winston Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Hewitt, Winston It Feel So Good Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Oster, Al Next Boat Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Burgess, Ivan Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Burgess, Ivan Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Burgess, Ivan The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
McNeil, Irene Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Burning Inside Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Oster, Al Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Oster, Al Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Oster, Al 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Oswald, John Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Dunn, Willie Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Dunn, Willie The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Burgess, Ivan Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Hewitt, Winston I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST

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