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

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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) M.L.’s Dream Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston They Got to Come Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Burgess, Ivan Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Dunn, Willie Poundmaker Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8
Orphic Egg Crack It Crack It b/w Crack It
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) A Hum for Stevie Winwood Motherlove
Two Tones Dark as a Dungeon Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Snapshot
Burgess, Ivan The Call (Gene MacLellan) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Keatniks Memphis ST
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You Just You and Me
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) The Incest Song Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Oster, Al Fair Weather Friend Yukon Gold
McNeil, Irene 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
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Gordon Clark - I'll Go See My Love Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Fowke, Edith John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Burgess, Ivan When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Got the Fever Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston It Feel So Good Full of Love
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Get on the Scene Snapshot
Fowke, Edith Orlo Brandon - The Green Briar Shore Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Chevy Dirt Underground Western Civilization
Trois Clefs, Les Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Makin' Records Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Showin You Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
Burgess, Ivan Mon Pays (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Get Loose Crew Wannabe ST
Oster, Al Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Untouchable Symphony in Effect
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
McNeil, Irene Rock’n roll du Père Noël (Boogie woogie Santa Claus) Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston The Same One Full of Love
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Clark, Larena The Dapple Grey A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Oster, Al Next Boat Yukon Gold
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Happiest Girl in the World Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones Copper Kettle Live at the Village Corner
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - An Old Man He Courted Me Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Tear It Up Symphony in Effect
McNeil, Irene Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Oswald, John Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Oswald, John Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Hewitt, Winston I Need a Lot of Loving Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Kris, Bobby and the Imperials A Year From Today She Belongs to Me b/w A Year From Today
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Clark, Larena I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
Hewitt, Winston Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Someone Loves You Honey Full of Love
Keatniks I Could Easily Fall In Love With You ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
A Tribe Called Red Good to Go 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
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Bill Bissett’s Lullaby Motherlove
McNeil, Irene Sois gentil (Adaptation de "Treat me nice" interprétée par Elvis dans le film Jailhouse rock) Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Tomorrow Morning Sons of the Sea
McNeil, Irene Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Two Tones Fast Freight Live at the Village Corner
Fowke, Edith Jerry Carey - Old Erin Far Away Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston In My Flying Machine Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Dunn, Willie Collection Blues Who Were The Ones? Parts 7-8

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