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 label from LP
Papa Bears Medicine Show Jacket back
Marlo Lutia 1984 handbill from New Brunswick
Marlo Lutia 1984 handbill foldout from New Brunswick
Original Bones Jacket BACK
Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 01
Lawn - Peace in the Valley insert 01
Lawn - Peace in the Valley insert 02
Joker's Memory - ST
Joker's Memory - label (one-sided)
David Scott Markel - ST
No Exit - ST
Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 |
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