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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Burgess, Ivan The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Barry, Yank I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Clark, Larena I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Barry, Yank Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Oswald, John Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me Just You and Me
Dunn, Willie Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Hewitt, Winston I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Oster, Al Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Fowke, Edith Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Clark, Larena The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Hewitt, Winston Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
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
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
McNeil, Irene Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Fowke, Edith Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
McNeil, Irene Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston The Same One Full of Love
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Oster, Al I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
McNeil, Irene Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Burgess, Ivan When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Clark, Larena Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Oster, Al Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston I Want to Forget Snapshot
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Burgess, Ivan Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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