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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 |
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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