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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| 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 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| 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 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 |
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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