Canadian Pioneers

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
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Winston Hewitt Got the Fever Snapshot
Winston Hewitt I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Larena Clark The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Winston Hewitt Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Larena Clark Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Irene McNeil Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Winston Hewitt I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Yank Barry Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Yank Barry Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Larena Clark The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Les Trois Clefs Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Winston Hewitt Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Winston Hewitt Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Sugluk Ballad of the Running Girl Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
Winston Hewitt I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Winston Hewitt It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt I Love You I Love You
Intersystems track 01 (entire side 1) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Edith Fowke (Edith Margaret Fulton) Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Winston Hewitt Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Irene McNeil Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Larena Clark The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Winston Hewitt Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
Al Oster Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Irene McNeil 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
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Winston Hewitt Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Bob Regan & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) How Many Styles Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Winston Hewitt Do You Remember Snapshot
Keatniks Memphis ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Winston Hewitt Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
John Oswald Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Winston Hewitt Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Winston Hewitt No Other Girl I Love You
Irene McNeil Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Winston Hewitt High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt There's No Love in the World Today Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Winston Hewitt Keep Moving I Love You
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Winston Hewitt Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Irene McNeil Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Let Your Backbone Slide (Power mix) Symphony in Effect
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Winston Hewitt You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes

FEATURED

bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) - Motherlove

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Lumsden, Saskatchewan → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Kingston, Jamaica→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) - Symphony in Effect

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

A Tribe Called Red - ST

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Al Oster - Yukon Gold

Vanguard, Saskatchewan - Langley, British Columbia - Whitehorse, Yukon, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Marge Anthony (Marjorie Anthony Linden) - Sings

Mill Village, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Northern Haze - ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

Igloolik, Nunavut, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Lake Simcoe, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ivan Burgess - Minstrel Of The Dawn

Bermuda - Ottawa, Ontario - Antigonish, Nova Scotia - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

John Oswald - Plunderphonics

Kitchener, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Da Slyme - ST

St. John's, Newfoundland

FEATURED

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

Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Reggae Medley

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Pretty Brown Eyes

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Snapshot

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - I Love You

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Just You and Me

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Winston Hewitt - Full of Love

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Borealis - Sons of the Sea

St. John's, Newfoundland, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Two Tones - Live at the Village Corner

Orillia, Ontario (Gordon Lightfoot); Wasago, Ontario (Terry Whelan)

FEATURED

Chevy Dirt - Western Civilization

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Ethelbert, Manitoba - Hamilton, Ontario - Abbotsford, British Columbia

FEATURED

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

Les Trois Clefs

Motherlove

Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Edith Fowke - Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

Edith Fowke

The First Cut Is The Deepest

Symphony in Effect

Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)

Commemorative Stamp Canada Post 2026

Commemorative Stamp Canada Post 2026

ST

A Tribe Called Red

Maestro Fresh Wes - Symphony in Effect LABEL 02

Maestro Fresh Wes - Symphony in Effect LABEL 01

Maestro Fresh Wes - Symphony in Effect BACK

Maestro Fresh Wes - Symphony in Effect SIGNED COVER INSERT

Yukon Gold

Al Oster - Yukon Gold LABEL 01

Al Oster - Yukon Gold LABEL 02

Al Oster - Yukon Gold

Oster, Al

Dunn, Willie

Dunn, Willie

Dunn, Willie

Dunn, Willie

Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden)

Sings

ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ

Northern Haze

Canadian Recording Studio

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