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 It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Oster, Al Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Clark, Larena The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Hewitt, Winston I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Oster, Al Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
McNeil, Irene Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Hewitt, Winston I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Burgess, Ivan When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear It Up Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Hewitt, Winston Roses Are Red Full of Love
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
McNeil, Irene Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me Just You and Me
Clark, Larena Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Get on the Scene Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Hewitt, Winston Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Clark, Larena The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Clark, Larena The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Burgess, Ivan Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Fowke, Edith John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Burgess, Ivan If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Clark, Larena I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Dunn, Willie Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
Oster, Al Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Hewitt, Winston There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
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
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray

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