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 | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 |
Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends
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
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