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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Burgess, Ivan Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
McNeil, Irene Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
McNeil, Irene Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Oster, Al Next Boat Yukon Gold
Fowke, Edith Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Free The First Cut Is The Deepest
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Hewitt, Winston They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Clark, Larena The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Revalution Rock Reggae Medley
Barry, Yank I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Oster, Al Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Dunn, Willie Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Dunn, Willie The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Oster, Al Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Burning Inside Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
McNeil, Irene Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: The Album The First Cut Is The Deepest
Dunn, Willie Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Burgess, Ivan Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair

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