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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 |
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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