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 You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
bpNichol (Barry Phillip Nichol) STHNLA Motherlove
Hewitt, Winston Just Let Me Be Just You and Me
Hewitt, Winston I Love You I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) I'm the One The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Do You Ever Feel Like Crying Snapshot
Keatniks Three Long Days and Nights ST
Burgess, Ivan Minstrel of the Dawn (Gordon Lightfoot) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican The First Cut Is The Deepest
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Still Here The First Cut Is The Deepest
Oster, Al Midnight Sun Rock Yukon Gold
Burgess, Ivan Pendant que (Gilles Vigneault) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Higher Level Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Fowke, Edith Stanley Baby - A Long Awa' Ship Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Care for a Night Cap? The Black Tie Affair
Chevy Dirt Little Loser Western Civilization
McNeil, Irene Dis-moi que tu m’aimes (Tell me that you love me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean) The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston No Other Girl I Love You
Northern Haze Puigo ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Fowke, Edith O.J. Abbott - The Weaver Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) It's a Great Day Sings
Two Tones Kilgarry Mountain Live at the Village Corner
Sugluk I Didn't Know Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Sugluk Fall Away Fall Away/ I Didn't Know b/w Ballad of the Running Girl/ Little Boy
Keatniks Long Tall Sally ST
Hewitt, Winston Burning Inside Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston You're My Boopsy Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Conductin' Thangs The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Look at This ST
A Tribe Called Red Native puppy love ST
Hewitt, Winston Get on the Scene Snapshot
McNeil, Irene Rock a Beatin' Boogie (Bill Haley) Mademoiselle Rythme
Borealis Sons for the Sea Sons of the Sea
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) Fine Tune Da Mic Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!
Hewitt, Winston Jane (I'm Not the Same) Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston I Don't Need Your Love Snapshot
Hewitt, Winston Stop Knocking on My Door Pretty Brown Eyes
Hewitt, Winston Since I Met You Baby Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Oster, Al 918 Miles Yukon Gold
Keatniks Here She Comes ST
Barry, Yank I Can't Help Feeling The Diary of Mr. Gray
Borealis Broke Sons of the Sea
A Tribe Called Red General Generations ST
Chevy Dirt Shake Me Up Western Civilization
Hewitt, Winston Dreaming of You Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Borealis In the End Sons of the Sea
Chevy Dirt No Foolin' Around Western Civilization
Keatniks Can`t You See That She`s Mine ST
Chevy Dirt G.T.O. Western Civilization
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Your Daughter The First Cut Is The Deepest
Northern Haze Nutaraq ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Clark, Larena Rattle on the Stovepipe A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
McNeil, Irene Reviens Vers Moi (Return to Me) Mademoiselle Rythme
Hewitt, Winston You Don't Have to Say I Love You
Hewitt, Winston What More Can I Do Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Hewitt, Winston The Same One Full of Love
Two Tones Summer Love Live at the Village Corner
McNeil, Irene Noël en Italie Mademoiselle Rythme
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Come Rain or Come Shine Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Black Tie Affair The Black Tie Affair
A Tribe Called Red Moombahwow ST
Intersystems track 06 (entire side 2) Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Hewitt, Winston Just You and Me (version) Just You and Me
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Fun Surround Dem The First Cut Is The Deepest
Hewitt, Winston Roses Are Red Full of Love
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Cover Girl The First Cut Is The Deepest
Two Tones The Fox Live at the Village Corner
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Burgess, Ivan Miss Marianne (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Hewitt, Winston Keep Moving I Love You
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) Interlude: Personal Assistant The First Cut Is The Deepest
Oswald, John Pocket (Basie - Oswald) Plunderphonics
Two Tones Calypso Baby Live at the Village Corner
Barry, Yank Act 1: (Stereophonic) Mr. Gray The Diary of Mr. Gray
Hewitt, Winston Love is the Answer Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer
Hewitt, Winston Pretty Brown Eyes Pretty Brown Eyes
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) An After Dinner Mint The Black Tie Affair
Oster, Al Yukon Cheechako Yukon Gold
Fowke, Edith Marcelle McMahon - Sir Charles Lapier Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Clark, Larena I Once Loved a Lass A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston I Love You More Than I Can Say Full of Love
Northern Haze Inusivut ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Hewitt, Winston Our Love Is Fallin' Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'
Clark, Larena There Was a Lord in Edinburgh A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario
Hewitt, Winston I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version) Just You and Me
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Oster, Al I Wonder What Your Eyes Will Say Yukon Gold
Fowke, Edith Tom Brandon - The Spree Ontario Ballads & Folksongs
Borealis The Politician Sons of the Sea
Northern Haze Anivunga ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) The Other Woman Sings
Hewitt, Winston Lonely Street Reggae Medley
Burgess, Ivan When My Love Comes (Ivan Burgess) Minstrel Of The Dawn
Anthony, Marge (Marjorie Anthony Linden) Our Love is Here to Stay Sings
Maestro Fresh Wes (Wesley Williams) The Maestro Symphony in Effect
Northern Haze Trust ᓯᓈᒃᑐᖅ
Clark, Larena The Old Country Fair A Canadian Garland: Folksongs from the Province of Ontario

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