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
Bootleg 7.jpeg
Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning | I Sing A Soft Song | 13:40 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 |
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