Primitive Cover Artwork

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
Papa Bears Medicine Show Baroque ST
Lawn Over the Top Peace in the Valley
Garden Bower Lonesome Bill’s Blues Etc. w/ Trains
Lawn Rites Peace in the Valley
Jeremy Dormouse Believe Me Toad
Randy Bishop Two Jugglers I Sing A Soft Song
Jeremy Dormouse October Morning Toad
Philip Lewin John The Magic Within You Am I Really Here All Alone?
Jeff Moore & Friends Is It You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Rainbow ST
Moosetracks Down Young Street ST
Jeremy Dormouse Who Do You Love Toad
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Café Symphony ST
Garden Bower O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela Etc. w/ Trains
Derek Scott Markle The Circle is Changin' Around ST
Gargoyle Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) ST
Moosetracks Happily Day Is Done ST
No Exit Decisions ST
Original Bones Steamboat Whistle Blues ST
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Da Slyme squeeze my blackhead ST
Ragtime Ralph Cloudburst Volume 4
Jeremy Dormouse Baby Blue Toad
Blind Owl Some Tears You Have To Cry ST
Ragtime Ralph Walking on the Tracks Volume 4
Randy Bishop I Sing a Soft Song I Sing A Soft Song
Lawn Reconsider Baby Peace in the Valley
Derek Scott Markle A Better Way ST
Nébu Sibylle Motus…
Quite Ridiculous Nonsense Identity Crisis A Failure… (picture sleeve)
Randy Bishop Felicitas I Sing A Soft Song
Moosetracks Airplane Over the Rockies ST
Huckle Good Morning Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
No Exit Energy Crisis ST
Bob Hadley Reflections on English Bay Raven
Huckle Lady Goldberry Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Papa Bears Medicine Show Golden Girl ST
Derek Scott Markle Goin' Thru the Town ST
Jeff Moore & Friends Both Sides (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Nébu Abaque Motus…
Gargoyle Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) ST
Lawn Shady Street Peace in the Valley
Jeremy Dormouse Portrait for Marianne Toad
Jeremy Dormouse I Need a Friend Toad
Randy Bishop (A World of) Black And Brown I Sing A Soft Song
Randy Bishop Wonderful Angel I Sing A Soft Song
Bob Hadley Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Raven
Blind Owl Hooked On You ST
Derek Scott Markle To Whisper Out Your Name ST
Philip Lewin John Unusual Day Am I Really Here All Alone?
Lawn Beluger Peace in the Valley
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling ST
Jeremy Dormouse Young Face Toad
Quite Ridiculous Nonsense General Attitude A Failure… (picture sleeve)
Huckle Get Down Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Lost in the Dream Bootleg Powerhead
Huckle Gabriola Day Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Lawn Catwalk Slip Peace in the Valley
Jeff Moore & Friends Flying So High (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
Original Bones Song for Pierre Laporte ST
John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Waves of Love Bootleg Powerhead
Jeff Moore & Friends Blind Man (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
Blind Owl The Old Man ST
Huckle Ocean Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love ST
Randy Bishop Childhood Song to Christopher Robin I Sing A Soft Song
Huckle April Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
No Exit Parliament Swindle ST
Original Bones One More Night ST
Derek Scott Markle Southern Lady ST
Bob Hadley Harvest Time Raven
Blind Owl Nova Scotia Morning ST
Moosetracks Judith Wills ST
Huckle Beyonder Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
Bob Hadley Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens Raven
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Madonna ST
Derek Scott Markle Goin' Thru the Town ST
Derek Scott Markle A Better Way ST
Moosetracks Sophie ST
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Doctor Norman Bethune ST
Moosetracks Lest We Forget ST
Original Bones Lady Anne ST
John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats The Showdown Might be Tragedy Bootleg Powerhead
Gargoyle Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand ST
No Exit They'll Never Know ST
Derek Scott Markle Could it Be ST
Garden Bower Gord’s Dream Etc. w/ Trains
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
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Derek Scott Markle To Whisper Out Your Name ST
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Two ST
John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Kath Ross Bootleg Powerhead
John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Lose Bootleg Powerhead
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part One ST
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Three ST
Derek Scott Markle Could it Be ST
Jeremy Dormouse Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy Toad
Papa Bears Medicine Show Taking My Time ST
Marlo Lauzon & Lutia Sweet Summer Day ST

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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