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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 |
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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