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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Bishop | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Bob Hadley | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| 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 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 |
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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