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

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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
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Burgess, Ivan The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Oster, Al Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston Burning Inside Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Hewitt, Winston There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Burgess, Ivan Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Burgess, Ivan Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Hewitt, Winston Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Clark, Larena Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Clark, Larena Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Oster, Al Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Keatniks Memphis ST
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Trois Clefs, Les Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Clark, Larena The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Hewitt, Winston It Feel So Good Full of Love
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Get on the Scene Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Oster, Al Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Hewitt, Winston Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Clark, Larena Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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