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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 |
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