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
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Hewitt, Winston You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Hewitt, Winston Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Oster, Al Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Oster, Al Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Dunn, Willie The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
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
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Fowke, Edith John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Oster, Al 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Burgess, Ivan Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
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
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Burgess, Ivan Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
McNeil, Irene Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Memphis ST
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Clark, Larena The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Oster, Al Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
McNeil, Irene Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
McNeil, Irene Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Dunn, Willie Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Clark, Larena The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston It Feel So Good Full of Love
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Burgess, Ivan The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings

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