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 Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston I Want to Forget Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Western Civilization Western Civilization
Oster, Al Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Hewitt, Winston Burning Inside Snapshot
Dunn, Willie The Little Big Horn Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Burgess, Ivan Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Barry, Yank Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) V.I.P.'s Only (with K-4CE) The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Fowke, Edith Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Fowke, Edith Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Clark, Larena The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
Oster, Al Next Boat Yukon Gold
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Oswald, John Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Oswald, John Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Roses Are Red Full of Love
Hewitt, Winston The Same One Full of Love
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Clark, Larena I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Oster, Al Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Hewitt, Winston In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis Another Boy Sons of the Sea
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Oster, Al 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Burgess, Ivan Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn

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