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 | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| 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 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| 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 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 |
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