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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| 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 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 |
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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