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 | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 |
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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