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
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Keatniks Memphis ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Fowke, Edith Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Trois Clefs, Les Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Hewitt, Winston High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
McNeil, Irene Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Barry, Yank I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Bring It On (Remix) Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
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 (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Oster, Al Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For 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) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Fowke, Edith Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Oswald, John Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Hewitt, Winston Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston Do You Remember Snapshot
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Dunn, Willie The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Burgess, Ivan Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Dunn, Willie Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
McNeil, Irene Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Clark, Larena The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Hewitt, Winston There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston Get on the Scene Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Burgess, Ivan Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston It Feel So Good Full of Love
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
McNeil, Irene Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Oster, Al 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Northern Haze Uvaguk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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