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 Keep Moving I Love You
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Oswald, John Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Oster, Al Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Clark, Larena The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Burgess, Ivan The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
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
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Dunn, Willie The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Oster, Al Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Oswald, John Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Clark, Larena The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Clark, Larena Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Hewitt, Winston Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Oster, Al Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Clark, Larena I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Oster, Al Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
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
McNeil, Irene Rock n' roll cha cha cha Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Oster, Al I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
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're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Oster, Al Next Boat Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
McNeil, Irene Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Fowke, Edith Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Trois Clefs, Les Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray

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