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.
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| 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 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 |
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