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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Bob Hadley | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Philip Lewin John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Philip Lewin John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 |
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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