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

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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
Oswald, John Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Clark, Larena Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Hewitt, Winston High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Burgess, Ivan Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Burgess, Ivan Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Barry, Yank Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
McNeil, Irene Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Oster, Al I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Oswald, John Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
McNeil, Irene Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Oster, Al Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Dunn, Willie The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
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
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Oster, Al 918 Miles Yukon Gold
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Keatniks Memphis ST
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Hewitt, Winston Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
McNeil, Irene Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
McNeil, Irene Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Oster, Al Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Burgess, Ivan The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles 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?!!
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
McNeil, Irene Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Clark, Larena The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Hewitt, Winston Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Barry, Yank Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
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
Fowke, Edith Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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