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.
Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
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Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 |
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