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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| 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 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 |
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