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
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Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 |
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