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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 |
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