Primitive Cover Artwork

Primitive Cover Artwork

Welcome to a gallery of glorious roughness. Primitive Cover Artwork celebrates the raw, the hand-drawn, the awkwardly charming visuals that graced some of Canada’s most obscure and endearing releases. From crayon scrawls to cut-and-paste photocopy jobs, these covers are pure outsider art—bold, DIY, and bursting with personality. They may not be polished, but they’re unforgettable. Sometimes ugly, often beautiful, always authentic.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Huckle The Sunshine Shuffle Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Randy Bishop Felicitas I Sing A Soft Song
Ragtime Ralph Desert Rat Blues Volume 4
Blind Owl Song To the Wind ST
Gargoyle Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 ST
Derek Scott Markle A Better Way ST
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Three ST
Philip Lewin John Back Home, To You Am I Really Here All Alone?
Philip Lewin John Touch Am I Really Here All Alone?
Papa Bears Medicine Show O.K. ST
John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Waves of Love Bootleg Powerhead
Jeremy Dormouse October Morning Toad
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Two ST
Bob Hadley Harvest Time Raven
Lawn Rites Peace in the Valley
Gargoyle Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) ST
Derek Scott Markle House Song ST
Bob Hadley Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train Raven
Lawn Shady Street Peace in the Valley
Jeremy Dormouse Who Do You Love Toad
Gargoyle Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) ST
Jeremy Dormouse Portrait for Marianne Toad
Nébu Eboulements Motus…
John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Keep the Banners Flying Bootleg Powerhead
Jeff Moore & Friends Both Sides (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Derek Scott Markle Could it Be ST
Randy Bishop Childhood Song to Christopher Robin I Sing A Soft Song
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
Original Bones Steamboat Whistle Blues ST
Blind Owl Nova Scotia Morning ST
John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Lose Bootleg Powerhead
Moosetracks Happily Day Is Done ST
Quite Ridiculous Nonsense Boredom A Failure… (picture sleeve)
Lawn Over the Top Peace in the Valley
Garden Bower 18 Bricker Etc. w/ Trains
John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Rivers of Stone Bootleg Powerhead
Nébu Morceau en forme de Pierre Motus…
Original Bones Sit Down ST
John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") Bootleg Powerhead
Derek Scott Markle House Song ST
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling ST
Bob Hadley Blackberry Picking Raven
Lawn Peace in the Valley Peace in the Valley
Bob Hadley Reflections on English Bay Raven
Huckle Good Morning Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Ragtime Ralph The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues Volume 4
Moosetracks Judith Wills ST
Blind Owl The Old Man ST
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
Blind Owl Hooked On You ST
Philip Lewin John King of Queens Am I Really Here All Alone?
Bob Hadley Day After Pay Day Raven
Derek Scott Markle To Whisper Out Your Name ST
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Café Symphony ST
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
Gargoyle John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) ST
Philip Lewin John Unusual Day Am I Really Here All Alone?
Derek Scott Markle I Don't Know For Certain ST
Original Bones Friend of the Devil ST
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Madonna ST
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Silhouette ST
Moosetracks Lest We Forget ST
Jeff Moore & Friends Flying So High (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Deathless Song Bootleg Powerhead
Jeff Moore & Friends Is It You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Original Bones Song for Pierre Laporte ST
Jeff Moore & Friends For You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Garden Bower This Woman (live) Etc. w/ Trains
No Exit Bureaucracy ST
Derek Scott Markle A Better Way ST
Lawn Don`t Ask Peace in the Valley
Huckle Hello Sunshine Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Jeremy Dormouse Believe Me Toad
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Rainbow ST
Bob Hadley The First Snowfall Raven
Blind Owl Spring Rain ST
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
No Exit Energy Crisis ST
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Doctor Norman Bethune ST
Ragtime Ralph Ragtime Piece in G Volume 4
Gargoyle George Dawber - Remembering Morris ST
Blind Owl Some Tears You Have To Cry ST
Derek Scott Markle Goin' Thru the Town ST
Garden Bower Folsom Prison Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Original Bones Lady Anne ST
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia The Undertaker's Ball ST
Derek Scott Markle Livin' Love ST
Jeremy Dormouse Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy Toad
Papa Bears Medicine Show Golden Girl ST
Papa Bears Medicine Show Taking My Time ST
Jeremy Dormouse Small Man Toad
Jeremy Dormouse Young Face Toad
Randy Bishop Wonderful Angel I Sing A Soft Song
Derek Scott Markle I Don't Know For Certain ST
Garden Bower O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela Etc. w/ Trains
Ragtime Ralph The Going Away Song Volume 4
Nébu Abaque Motus…
Bob Hadley Summer and Fall Raven
Gargoyle Brian Dunfield - Too Late ST
Original Bones Tom Greene County Fair ST

ST

Hadley, Bob

Raven

Bob Hadley-Raven LABEL 02

Bob Hadley-Raven LABEL 01

Bob Hadley-Raven BACK

ST

ST

Original Bones

Original Bones LABEL 02

Original Bones LABEL 01

Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 02

Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 01

Original Bones Jacket BACK

Papa Bears Medicine Show

ST

Etc. w/ Trains

Garden Bower-Etc Trains LABEL 02

Garden Bower-Etc Trains LABEL 01

Garden Bower - Etc. w/ Trains INSERT

Garden Bower - Etc. w/ Trains BACK

ST

Peace in the Valley

ST

Lawn - Peace in the Valley insert 02

Lawn - Peace in the Valley insert 01

Lawn - Peace in the Valley SILK-SCREENED LABEL 02

Lawn - Peace in the Valley SILK-SCREENED LABEL 01

John Lyle - Bootleg Powerhead 3rd copy LABEL 01

John Lyle - Bootleg Powerhead 3rd copy LABEL 02

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