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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 |
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
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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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