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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 |
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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