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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Bob Hadley | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Randy Bishop | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 |
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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