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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Lewin John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| 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 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 |
Dimitroff, Burgess and Friends
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
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