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
Oster, Al Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Clark, Larena The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
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
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Oster, Al I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston The Same One Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Dunn, Willie The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Oster, Al Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
McNeil, Irene Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Hewitt, Winston Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
McNeil, Irene Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear It Up Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Barry, Yank Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
McNeil, Irene Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Clark, Larena The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Oster, Al 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Burgess, Ivan If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Oswald, John Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Oswald, John Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Oster, Al Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Roses Are Red Full of Love
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Burgess, Ivan Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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