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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 |
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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