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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| 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 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 |
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