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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 |
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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