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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 |
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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