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 Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Clark, Larena The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Clark, Larena The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
McNeil, Irene Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cut Off (Unclean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Hewitt, Winston Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Hewitt, Winston Let it Be Pretty Brown Eyes
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear it Up Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Clark, Larena Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Burning Inside Snapshot
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Barry, Yank Introduction to the Diary of Mr. Gray (78rpm monophonic) The Diary of Mr. Gray
Oswald, John Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Ripped Mee Off The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Hewitt, Winston The Same One Full of Love
Chevy Dirt Gas Operator Western Civilization
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Oster, Al Next Boat Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
McNeil, Irene Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pray To Da East Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Burgess, Ivan If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Fowke, Edith Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Burgess, Ivan Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Oswald, John Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Hewitt, Winston In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Party's Over Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'll Call You The First Cut Is The Deepest
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Barry, Yank Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Spice This! The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Nothin' At All (with George Banton) The Black Tie Affair
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Time is Now The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Clark, Larena The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me Just You and Me
Clark, Larena I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out Full of Love
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs

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