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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 |
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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