Canadian Pioneers

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
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Winston Hewitt What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Al Oster One of These Days Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt The Same One Full of Love
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Willie Dunn The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
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
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Al Oster 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Al Oster Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Winston Hewitt 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
Winston Hewitt Say it's Allright Snapshot
Winston Hewitt Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
John Oswald Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Bobby Kris and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Winston Hewitt I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Ivan Burgess Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Yank Barry I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Irene McNeil Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Winston Hewitt It Feel So Good Full of Love
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
John Oswald Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Al Oster Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Winston Hewitt You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Irene McNeil 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
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Winston Hewitt What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Ivan Burgess Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray

FEATURED

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

Lumsden, Saskatchewan → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Kingston, Jamaica→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

A Tribe Called Red - ST

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Al Oster - Yukon Gold

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

Mill Village, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

Igloolik, Nunavut, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Lake Simcoe, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ivan Burgess - Minstrel Of The Dawn

Bermuda - Ottawa, Ontario - Antigonish, Nova Scotia - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

John Oswald - Plunderphonics

Kitchener, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Da Slyme - ST

St. John's, Newfoundland

FEATURED

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

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Reggae Medley

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Snapshot

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - I Love You

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Just You and Me

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Borealis - Sons of the Sea

St. John's, Newfoundland, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

Orillia, Ontario (Gordon Lightfoot); Wasago, Ontario (Terry Whelan)

FEATURED

Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

FEATURED

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

Ethelbert, Manitoba - Hamilton, Ontario - Abbotsford, British Columbia

FEATURED

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

Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Edith Fowke - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Edith Fowke

The First Cut Is The Deepest

Symphony in Effect

Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)

Commemorative Stamp Canada Post 2026

Commemorative Stamp Canada Post 2026

ST

A Tribe Called Red

Maestro Fresh Wes - Symphony in Effect LABEL 02

Maestro Fresh Wes - Symphony in Effect LABEL 01

Maestro Fresh Wes - Symphony in Effect BACK

Maestro Fresh Wes - Symphony in Effect SIGNED COVER INSERT

Yukon Gold

Al Oster - Yukon Gold LABEL 01

Al Oster - Yukon Gold LABEL 02

Al Oster - Yukon Gold

Oster, Al

Dunn, Willie

Dunn, Willie

Dunn, Willie

Dunn, Willie

Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)

Sings

ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

Northern Haze

Canadian Recording Studio

Northern Haze

Northern Haze-LABEL 02

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