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) These Foolish Things Sings
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Fowke, Edith Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Burgess, Ivan Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me Just You and Me
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Hewitt, Winston Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston I Want to Forget Snapshot
Fowke, Edith Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
McNeil, Irene Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Blue Steel Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Oster, Al Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Oswald, John Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Hewitt, Winston Burning Inside Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Clark, Larena The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Oster, Al 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Oster, Al Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Burgess, Ivan The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston The Same One Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear It Up Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow 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
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Hewitt, Winston Roses Are Red Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Oster, Al Next Boat Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Burgess, Ivan Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn

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