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
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
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?!!
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Hewitt, Winston Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
McNeil, Irene Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Clark, Larena I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Oster, Al Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston I Want to Forget Snapshot
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Dunn, Willie Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Hewitt, Winston I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Burgess, Ivan Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Clark, Larena Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Oster, Al Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
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
Clark, Larena The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Clark, Larena Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Clark, Larena The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Hewitt, Winston The Same One Full of Love
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Fowke, Edith Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Do You Remember Snapshot
Oster, Al Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
McNeil, Irene Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Burgess, Ivan Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Keatniks Memphis ST
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Oster, Al Next Boat Yukon Gold
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Oster, Al 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea

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