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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| 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 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| 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 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 |
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