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 Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Hewitt, Winston The Same One Full of Love
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Clark, Larena Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Barry, Yank Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Oster, Al Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Burgess, Ivan Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Clark, Larena The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Hewitt, Winston Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Oster, Al Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
McNeil, Irene Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Burgess, Ivan Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Fowke, Edith Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Oster, Al I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Clark, Larena Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks Memphis ST
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Oster, Al Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Barry, Yank Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Hewitt, Winston Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes

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