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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 |
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