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.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	The Happiest Girl in the World	Sings	02:47
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Willie Dunn	The Little Big Horn	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	12:14
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Keatniks	That's My Girl	ST	01:29
Northern Haze	Trust	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:12
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
Irene McNeil	Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling"	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:20
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Borealis	The Politician	Sons of the Sea	03:31
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Bring It On (Remix)	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:16
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Two Tones	Fast Freight	Live at the Village Corner	03:48
A Tribe Called Red	Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix)	ST	05:48
Sugluk	Fall Away	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:49
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Ivan Burgess	When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:23
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Keatniks	I Could Easily Fall In Love With You	ST	02:52
Irene McNeil	Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:02
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:13
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Chevy Dirt	G.T.O.	Western Civilization	02:13
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:52
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Hey There	Sings	02:17
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	The Incest Song	Motherlove	02:21
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Northern Haze	Nutaraq	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:34
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Thanks for the Memory	Sings	02:50
Irene McNeil	Noël en Italie	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:40
Chevy Dirt	Nothing to Me	Western Civilization	03:04
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	03:15
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Drop the Needle	Symphony in Effect	05:46
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Keatniks	Three Long Days and Nights	ST	02:53
Borealis	Broke	Sons of the Sea	03:18
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Ivan Burgess	Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Mic Mechanism	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:15
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Chevy Dirt	Underground	Western Civilization	03:47
A Tribe Called Red	Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix)	ST	05:17
Bobby Kris and the Imperials	A Year From Today	She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today	02:29
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Chevy Dirt	This Ain't Love	Western Civilization	03:43
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Poetry is Black	The Black Tie Affair	04:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
A Tribe Called Red	Electric pow wow drum	ST	03:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	Dreaming of You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:36
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fine Tune Da Mic	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:47
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Private Symphony (Remix)	The Black Tie Affair	05:11
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Larena Clark	Lord Gregory	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:07
Irene McNeil	Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:11
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Yank Barry	Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic)	The Diary of Mr. Gray	03:29
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
A Tribe Called Red	Native puppy love	ST	03:41
Keatniks	Long Tall Sally	ST	01:55
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Borealis	Higher	Sons of the Sea	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	STHNLA	Motherlove	04:44
Borealis	Another Boy	Sons of the Sea	05:10
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Brown Sugar	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:31
Yank Barry	I'll Still Be Remembering You	The Diary of Mr. Gray	02:43
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Northern Haze	Anivunga	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:02
Larena Clark	Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:13

Canadian Pioneers

Tracks

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Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

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Al Oster - Yukon Gold

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Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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

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Bobby Kris and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

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

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

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Ivan Burgess - Minstrel Of The Dawn

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John Oswald - Plunderphonics

Da Slyme - ST

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

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

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Winston Hewitt - Reggae Medley

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Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

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

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Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Winston Hewitt - Snapshot

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Winston Hewitt - I Love You

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Winston Hewitt - Just You and Me

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Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

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Borealis - Sons of the Sea

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

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

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