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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| 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 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 |
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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