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 | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Bob Hadley | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Randy Bishop | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Bob Hadley | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Randy Bishop | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Randy Bishop | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Bob Hadley | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Jeff Moore & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Marlo Lauzon & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Philip Lewin John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Derek Scott Markle | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| John Lyle and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Bob Hadley | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Randy Bishop | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 |
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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