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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 |
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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