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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 |
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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