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 | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| 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 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 |
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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