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 You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Oster, Al I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Burgess, Ivan If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Hewitt, Winston I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Clark, Larena The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Barry, Yank Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Clark, Larena I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Hewitt, Winston High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Dunn, Willie Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Dunn, Willie Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Hewitt, Winston Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Roses Are Red Full of Love
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Oster, Al Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear It Up Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me Just You and Me
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Burgess, Ivan Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Burning Inside Snapshot
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Hewitt, Winston I Want to Forget Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Memphis ST
Trois Clefs, Les Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Burgess, Ivan Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Oswald, John Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
McNeil, Irene Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Clark, Larena The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Burgess, Ivan Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Burgess, Ivan Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings

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