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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 |
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