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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| 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 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 |
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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