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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| 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 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 |
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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