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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 |
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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