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 Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Oster, Al Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Fowke, Edith John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
McNeil, Irene 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
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear It Up Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Clark, Larena The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Burgess, Ivan Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Burgess, Ivan If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Dunn, Willie Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Dunn, Willie The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Clark, Larena The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Dunn, Willie Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
McNeil, Irene Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Clark, Larena Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
McNeil, Irene Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Hewitt, Winston The Same One Full of Love
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Burgess, Ivan Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Hewitt, Winston In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Oster, Al Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
McNeil, Irene Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Burning Inside Snapshot
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
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
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me Just You and Me
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Get on the Scene Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Oswald, John Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST

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