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

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
McNeil, Irene Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Hewitt, Winston Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Barry, Yank I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
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
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Burgess, Ivan Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Oster, Al Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Barry, Yank Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Hewitt, Winston Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Dunn, Willie Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Oster, Al 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Burgess, Ivan If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Oster, Al Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear It Up Symphony in Effect
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Fowke, Edith Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Burgess, Ivan The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
McNeil, Irene Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
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) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Oster, Al Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Keatniks Memphis ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Hewitt, Winston Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Hewitt, Winston Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Clark, Larena Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Hewitt, Winston I Want to Forget Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove

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