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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| 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 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 |
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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