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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 |
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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