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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 |
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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