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
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Burgess, Ivan Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Barry, Yank I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Northern Haze Qailaurit ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Drop the Needle Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Hewitt, Winston Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Fowke, Edith Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
McNeil, Irene Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston I Want to Forget Snapshot
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Burgess, Ivan Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Oster, Al 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
Clark, Larena Lord Gregory A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
McNeil, Irene Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Clark, Larena I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go ST
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Oster, Al Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Hewitt, Winston Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Fowke, Edith John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Oswald, John Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
McNeil, Irene Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Child in Me Motherlove
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Gone with the Wind Sings
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Oster, Al Yukon Gold Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
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
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Hewitt, Winston Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Roses Are Red Full of Love
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Oswald, John Pretender (Oparton - Oswald) Plunderphonics
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Barry, Yank Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Clark, Larena The House Carpenter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Certs Wid Out Da Retsyn Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!

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