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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 |
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
John Lyle - Bootleg Powerhead 3rd copy LABEL 02
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