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.
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| 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 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 |
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