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.
Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 02
Lawn - Peace in the Valley insert 01
Joker's Memory - ST
No Exit - ST insert side 2
Huckle - Upon a Once Time (cover variant)
Quite Ridiculous Nonsense - A Failure… (picture sleeve)
ST
ST
Free Psychadelic Poster Inside
Un de Plus
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia
Lewin, Philip John
Jeremmy Dormmouse-Toad LABEL 02
Huckle-Upon a Once Time LABEL 01
Raven
Bob Hadley-Raven LABEL 02
ST
Dimitroff, Burgess & Friends - ST
Nebu-Motus INSERT SIDE 02
Da Slyme-ST LABEL 04
Da Slyme / ST Spray-painted variant
Da Slyme / ST Spray-painted variant
Da Slyme / ST Spray-painted variant
Da Slyme-ST INSERT SHEET 06
Ragtime Ralph - Volume 4
papa bears promo 003
Gargoyle
Gargoyle LABEL 02
Bootleg 3.jpeg
Bootleg 7.jpeg
Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning | I Sing A Soft Song | 13:40 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 |
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