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.

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Original label from LP

67

Papa Bears Medicine Show Jacket back

71

Marlo Lutia 1984 handbill from New Brunswick

72

Marlo Lutia 1984 handbill foldout from New Brunswick

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Original Bones Jacket BACK

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Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 01

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Lawn - Peace in the Valley insert 01

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Lawn - Peace in the Valley insert 02

1525

Joker's Memory - ST

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Joker's Memory - label (one-sided)

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David Scott Markel - ST

2299

No Exit - ST

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Blind Owl Song To the Wind ST
Scott Markle, Derek I Don't Know For Certain ST
Quite Ridiculous Nonsense Appropriate Blocks A Failure… (picture sleeve)
Lewin, Philip John The Momentary Lie Am I Really Here All Alone?
Moosetracks This Place is No Place to be Happy ST
Hadley, Bob Sue Raven
Original Bones Itchy Blues ST
Blind Owl Spring Rain ST
Ragtime Ralph Desert Rat Blues Volume 4
No Exit Energy Crisis ST
Lawn Rites Peace in the Valley
Moore, Jeff & Friends Blind Man (Christina Becker) The Youngest Son
Original Bones Friend of the Devil ST
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Silhouette ST
No Exit When Will They Learn? ST
Lawn Beluger Peace in the Valley
Gargoyle John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) ST
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Kath Ross Bootleg Powerhead
Lewin, Philip John The Magic Within You Am I Really Here All Alone?
Jeremy Dormouse Apple Annie Toad
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Waves of Love Bootleg Powerhead
Scott Markle, Derek Could it Be ST
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Fric Chic Bootleg Powerhead
Huckle Hello Sunshine Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Ragtime Ralph White Christmas Volume 4
Lewin, Philip John Touch Am I Really Here All Alone?
Lawn Don`t Ask Peace in the Valley
Hadley, Bob Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train Raven
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Keep the Banners Flying Bootleg Powerhead
Ragtime Ralph Texas Tomatoes Volume 4
Jeremy Dormouse Just to Hear the Bells Toad
Hadley, Bob Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens Raven
Scott Markle, Derek Southern Lady ST
No Exit Decisions ST
Da Slyme Defacation On The Nation ST
Original Bones Lady Anne ST
Garden Bower Gord’s Dream Etc. w/ Trains
Scott Markle, Derek To Whisper Out Your Name ST
Lewin, Philip John Watercolours Am I Really Here All Alone?
Bishop, Randy Childhood Song to Christopher Robin I Sing A Soft Song
Huckle Ocean Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Moosetracks Judith Wills ST
Lewin, Philip John Am I Really Here All Alone? Am I Really Here All Alone?
Jeremy Dormouse By the Way Toad
Scott Markle, Derek Could She Fly ST
Papa Bears Medicine Show O.K. ST
Gargoyle Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) ST
Huckle Beyonder Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Papa Bears Medicine Show Soul Kitchen ST
Gargoyle George Dawber - Remembering Morris ST
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part Three ST
Jeremy Dormouse Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy Toad
Scott Markle, Derek Hey Hoe ST
Da Slyme Trudeau Sucks ST
Gargoyle Brian Dunfield - Too Late ST
Papa Bears Medicine Show Baroque ST
No Exit Decisions ST
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Lost in the Dream Bootleg Powerhead
Quite Ridiculous Nonsense General Attitude A Failure… (picture sleeve)
Huckle Good Morning Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Lies are Only Letters Bootleg Powerhead
Hadley, Bob Reflections on English Bay Raven
Ragtime Ralph Cloudburst Volume 4
Scott Markle, Derek Goin' Thru the Town ST
Huckle The Sunshine Shuffle Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)
Bishop, Randy I Sing a Soft Song I Sing A Soft Song
Scott Markle, Derek Goin' Thru the Town ST
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Ticky Tock ST
Scott Markle, Derek The Circle is Changin' Around ST
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Lose Bootleg Powerhead
Moore, Jeff & Friends Is It You (Jeff Moore) The Youngest Son
Lewin, Philip John Unusual Day Am I Really Here All Alone?
Lewin, Philip John Back Home, To You Am I Really Here All Alone?
Lewin, Philip John Soul of the Lady Am I Really Here All Alone?
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia Madonna ST
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia The Undertaker's Ball ST
Moosetracks Someone on the Line ST
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") Bootleg Powerhead
Gargoyle Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling ST
Scott Markle, Derek To Whisper Out Your Name ST
Blind Owl Roads ST
Blind Owl Some Tears You Have To Cry ST
Joker's Memory A Jokers Memory Part One ST
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
Papa Bears Medicine Show Taking My Time ST
Blind Owl Lingering Dreams ST
Scott Markle, Derek Hey Hoe ST
Jeremy Dormouse October Morning Toad
Lawn Catwalk Slip Peace in the Valley
Gargoyle Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) ST
Jeremy Dormouse Baby Blue Toad
Garden Bower You’ve Got Me On Fire Etc. w/ Trains
Moosetracks Hangman ST
Ragtime Ralph Travis McGee on the Ice Road Volume 4
Lawn Reconsider Baby Peace in the Valley
Scott Markle, Derek The Circle is Changin' Around ST
Lawn Shady Street Peace in the Valley
Gargoyle Ian Young - Child of the Sea ST
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats Come All Over Bootleg Powerhead
Scott Markle, Derek House Song ST

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