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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewin, Philip John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 |
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