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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Bob Hadley | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| 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 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Bob Hadley | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| 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 | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 |
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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