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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| 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 | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 |
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