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

Kingston, Jamaica→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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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, 🇨🇦

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
Oster, Al Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Lady Luck (The Darkside) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
McNeil, Irene Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Get Loose Crew Get Loos Crew Instrumental ST
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Oswald, John Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Barry, Yank Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Clark, Larena The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Fowke, Edith John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Roses Are Red Full of Love
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Hewitt, Winston Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Dunn, Willie The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Oswald, John Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Hewitt, Winston Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston I Want to Forget Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Fowke, Edith Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Oster, Al Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Trois Clefs, Les Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Hewitt, Winston Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) "Dat's My Nigga!!" Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
McNeil, Irene Petit à Petit (Little by little) Chanson de Rosemarie McCoy et Kelly Owens, auxquels ont doit aussi "I beg of you" pour Elvis Presley Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
McNeil, Irene Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Barry, Yank I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
McNeil, Irene Ce rythme le Rock n' roll (Ivory Joe Hunter) Adaptation de "You can’t stop this rocking and rolling" Mademoiselle Rythme
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Clark, Larena The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

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