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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Bob Hadley | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 |
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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