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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| 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 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 |
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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