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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| 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 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 |
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