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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| 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 | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 |
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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