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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewin, Philip John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 |
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