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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 |
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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