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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 |
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