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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| 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 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 |
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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