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.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Irene McNeil	Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:59
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	02:41
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune	Symphony in Effect	04:37
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Al Oster	Yukon Cheechako	Yukon Gold	02:52
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Da Slyme	Defacation On The Nation	ST	01:10
Ivan Burgess	The Call (Gene MacLellan)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:31
Borealis	Old Age	Sons of the Sea	03:01
Ivan Burgess	Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	03:48
Irene McNeil	Rock n' roll cha cha cha	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:39
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Just Swingin	Symphony in Effect	05:30
Keatniks	Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie	ST	02:33
Larena Clark	The Banks of the Nile	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	01:56
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Two Tones	Lord I'm So Weary	Live at the Village Corner	03:00
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Ivan Burgess	Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault)	Minstrel Of The Dawn	02:36
Two Tones	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Live at the Village Corner	02:37
Intersystems	track 01 (entire side 1)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	27:30
Chevy Dirt	Gas Operator	Western Civilization	03:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Untouchable	Symphony in Effect	03:47
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:40
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	"Dat's My Nigga!!"	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:05
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	The Mic's My Piece	Symphony in Effect	06:00
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Get Loose Crew	Wannabe	ST	04:34
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Get Loose Crew	Rap Vigilante	ST	04:30
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Care for a Night Cap?	The Black Tie Affair	01:07
Da Slyme	squeeze my blackhead	ST	02:35
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	Gone with the Wind	Sings	03:37
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Chevy Dirt	Shake Me Up	Western Civilization	02:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Al Oster	I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say	Yukon Gold	01:59
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Makin' Records	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:52
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Historical Implications of Turnips	Motherlove	00:24
Chevy Dirt	Western Civilization	Western Civilization	02:35
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	O.J. Abbott - The Weaver	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	01:37
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden)	I'll Take Romance	Sings	02:21
Northern Haze	Uvaguk	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	03:45
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Fortissimo	Symphony in Effect	02:32
Singing Fools	The Bum Rap	The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)	04:21
Les Trois Clefs	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir	Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata	02:42
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Two Tones	This is My Song	Live at the Village Corner	02:19
Get Loose Crew	Get Loos Crew Instrumental	ST	05:00
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	05:34
Orphic Egg	Crack It	Crack It b/w Crack It	03:26
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Tear it Up	Symphony in Effect	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:09
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Higher Level	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	03:20
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Al Oster	Next Boat	Yukon Gold	02:41
Keatniks	Come a Little Bit Closer	ST	02:59
Irene McNeil	Bon Voyage	Mademoiselle Rythme	02:34
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Watchin' Zeros Grow	The Black Tie Affair	05:31
Irene McNeil	Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley)	Mademoiselle Rythme	01:33
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
John Oswald	Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald	Plunderphonics	02:45
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Get Loose Crew	Protocol of Rap	ST	04:24
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol)	Bill Bissett’s Lullaby	Motherlove	00:59
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
John Oswald	Pocket (Basie - Oswald)	Plunderphonics	04:26
Willie Dunn	Poundmaker	Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8	08:23
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers	Teenage Boogie	Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another	02:26
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
Two Tones	Dark as a Dungeon	Live at the Village Corner	02:18
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	L.T.D. Makes a Toast	The Black Tie Affair	01:48
A Tribe Called Red	Good to Go	ST	04:20
Sugluk	Ballad of the Running Girl	Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy	02:11
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Larena Clark	The House Carpenter	A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario	04:29
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Pray To Da East	Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!	04:38
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams)	Nothin' At All (with George Banton)	The Black Tie Affair	05:03
Two Tones	Sinnerman	Live at the Village Corner	02:52
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Al Oster	Fair Weather Friend	Yukon Gold	02:28
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton)	Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship	Ontario Ballads & Folksongs	00:47
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Northern Haze	Puigo	ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ	02:35
Keatniks	As Long As I Have You	ST	02:08

Canadian Pioneers

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bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

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Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

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A Tribe Called Red - ST

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Al Oster - Yukon Gold

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Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

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Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

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Larena Clark - A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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Bobby Kris and the Imperials - She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - The Black Tie Affair

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Ivan Burgess - Minstrel Of The Dawn

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John Oswald - Plunderphonics

Da Slyme - ST

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Willie Dunn - Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

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Winston Hewitt - Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late

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Winston Hewitt - Reggae Medley

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Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

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Winston Hewitt - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer

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Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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Winston Hewitt - Snapshot

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Winston Hewitt - I Love You

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Winston Hewitt - Just You and Me

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Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

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Borealis - Sons of the Sea

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Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

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Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

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Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

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Sugluk - Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

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