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 Want to Forget Snapshot
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Oster, Al I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Just Swingin Symphony in Effect
Fowke, Edith John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Do You Remember Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Hewitt, Winston I'll Get to You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Check My Vernacular Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Keatniks Memphis ST
A Tribe Called Red Red Skin Girl (ATCR Remix) ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
A Tribe Called Red Woodcarver ST
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
Oster, Al Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - Erin's Green Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Burgess, Ivan Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Oster, Al Words Will Never Tell Yukon Gold
Barry, Yank I'll Still Be Remembering You The Diary of Mr. Gray
Hewitt, Winston Say it's Allright Snapshot
Burgess, Ivan Outsider (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Clark, Larena The Rifle Boys A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
A Tribe Called Red Intertribal n1 ST
McNeil, Irene Bon Voyage Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Clark, Larena The Banks of the Nile A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston What Am I Living For Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me Just You and Me
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Get Loose Crew Get Loose Crew ST
Fowke, Edith Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2) I Love You
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Pass the Champagne The Black Tie Affair
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Said Chuck The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) LTD's on the Wheels of Fortune Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston It Feel So Good Full of Love
Chevy Dirt This Ain't Love Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston You're the One I Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Clark, Larena Thyme ‘tis a Pretty Flower A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Keatniks Laudie, Laudie Miss Claudie ST
Oster, Al 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Keatniks King of the Road ST
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston Tell the Devil Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap (dub) ST
Barry, Yank Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Hewitt, Winston Get on the Scene Snapshot

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