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
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Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| 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 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 |
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