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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Randy Bishop | Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning | I Sing A Soft Song | 13:40 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 |
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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