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 label from LP
Papa Bears Medicine Show Jacket back
Marlo Lutia 1984 handbill from New Brunswick
Marlo Lutia 1984 handbill foldout from New Brunswick
Original Bones Jacket BACK
Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 01
Lawn - Peace in the Valley insert 01
Lawn - Peace in the Valley insert 02
Joker's Memory - ST
Joker's Memory - label (one-sided)
David Scott Markel - ST
No Exit - ST
Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 |
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