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 | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| 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 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 |
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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