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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 |
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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