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
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Dunn, Willie Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston It Feel So Good Full of Love
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
McNeil, Irene Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
Dunn, Willie Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Oster, Al Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
McNeil, Irene Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston I Want to Forget Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
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
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Hewitt, Winston Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Fowke, Edith John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Oster, Al Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Oswald, John Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Burgess, Ivan Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Barry, Yank I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Oster, Al Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres 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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Clark, Larena Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Clark, Larena I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Hewitt, Winston Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Barry, Yank Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Burgess, Ivan Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Clark, Larena The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Hewitt, Winston Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Burgess, Ivan The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Oswald, John Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Clark, Larena The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Oster, Al Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Hewitt, Winston Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization

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