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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| 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 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 |
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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