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 | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| 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 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 |
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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