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
Hadley, Bob
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
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Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| 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 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 |
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