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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 |
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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