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
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Angels Hair Mother Love Suite: Intro; Allementry; Plunket Pastoral; Two Buried Texts Part I - Silver Lake Six; Two Buried Texts Part II - Silver Lake Six; A Little Love Poem for Your Lobes to Nibble On; Visitation; Cada Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Hors d'ouevres The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Two Tones This is My Song Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Barry, Yank I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Zone The Black Tie Affair
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Trois Clefs, Les Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Keatniks Bumble Boogie ST
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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Oster, Al I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) I'll Take Romance Sings
Hewitt, Winston Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Oster, Al One of These Days Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Do You Remember Snapshot
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony (Remix) The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston Reggae Medley Reggae Medley
McNeil, Irene Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Fowke, Edith Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Clark, Larena The Faggot Cutter A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Clark, Larena Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Don't Wanna be Your Slave The First Cut Is The Deepest
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Hewitt, Winston Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Burgess, Ivan Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks As Long As I Have You ST
Hewitt, Winston Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Clark, Larena The Gallant Hussar A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Thanks for the Memory Sings
Two Tones Children Go Where I Send Thee Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
McNeil, Irene Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Oster, Al Next Boat Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Sugluk Little Boy Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Hewitt, Winston Can't You Hear Me Snapshot
Oster, Al Trail of '98 Yukon Gold
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones Sinnerman Live at the Village Corner
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Oster, Al Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy

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