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 | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| 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 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 |
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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