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 You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Dunn, Willie The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Burgess, Ivan Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
McNeil, Irene Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston It Feel So Good Full of Love
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Burgess, Ivan Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Oster, Al Next Boat Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Clark, Larena The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
McNeil, Irene Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Fowke, Edith Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
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
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Fowke, Edith Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Burning Inside Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Burgess, Ivan When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Trois Clefs, Les Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Dunn, Willie Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Oswald, John Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Barry, Yank Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Fowke, Edith Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Oster, Al Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Oster, Al Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
McNeil, Irene Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea

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