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
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Uncle Nigel The First Cut Is The Deepest
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante (dub) ST
Borealis Old Age Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Oster, Al Waltz of the Yukon Yukon Gold
Get Loose Crew Protocol of Rap ST
A Tribe Called Red Electric pow wow drum ST
Hewitt, Winston I'm Not the One to Cry Over You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Trois Clefs, Les Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir Le Rock 'N roll du samedi soir // Innamorata
Borealis Lucky Day Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston It's Too Late Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Fowke, Edith John Leahy - The Banks of Inverness Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) L.T.D. Makes a Toast The Black Tie Affair
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Oster, Al I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Get Loose Crew Rap Vigilante ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Just One of Those Things Sings
A Tribe Called Red Munchi -Shottas (A Tribe Called Red SocaCore remix) ST
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Mic Mechanism Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Chevy Dirt Convertible Car Western Civilization
Fowke, Edith Mrs. Tom Sullivan - I Love Little Willie Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
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) Brown Sugar Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Northern Haze Quviasuk ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fortissimo Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Poetry is Black The Black Tie Affair
Borealis Higher Sons of the Sea
Hewitt, Winston Jane I'm Not the Same I Love You
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Hewitt, Winston Let Us Work Together Just You and Me
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Fowke, Edith Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Hayden, Rudy (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys Want Me a Woman Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Mic's My Piece Symphony in Effect
Hewitt, Winston High School Dance Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Hewitt, Winston Get on the Scene Snapshot
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Keatniks Come a Little Bit Closer ST
Oswald, John Spring (Stravinsky - Oswald Plunderphonics
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Singing Fools The Bum Rap The Bum Rap b/w Fire My Love (picture sleeve)
Regan, Bob & the Peace River Rangers Teenage Boogie Teenage Boogie b/w I Will Never Hold Another
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight It I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Historical Implications of Turnips Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) On the Jazz Tip The Black Tie Affair
Get Loose Crew Wannabe (dub) ST
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Hey There Sings
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston I'm So Glad I Found You (version) Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Chevy Dirt Nothing to Me Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Love it Or Leave it Alone The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Stealin' Love Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Hewitt, Winston I Love You Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Burgess, Ivan If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Pleasure Sweets Motherlove
Keatniks That's My Girl ST
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) Dada Lama Motherlove
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Private Symphony Symphony in Effect
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston Roses Are Red Full of Love
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight Just You and Me
Burgess, Ivan I Want to Live (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Burgess, Ivan Shadowy Street (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) I'm Drinkin' Milk Now Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Borealis Business Sons of the Sea
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) These Foolish Things Sings
Northern Haze Sinnaktuq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Our Love is Fallin' I Love You
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Two Tones Lord I'm So Weary Live at the Village Corner
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do I Love You
Hewitt, Winston Sugar Sugar Pretty Brown Eyes
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Watchin' Zeros Grow The Black Tie Affair
Two Tones We Come Here to Sing Live at the Village Corner
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest

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