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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewin, Philip John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 |
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