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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Randy Bishop | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 |
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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