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.
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 |
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