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 Jacket BACK
Original Bones Liner Notes SIDE 01
No Exit - ST insert side 2
Marlo & Lutia Lauzon - ST
Blind Owl
ST
ST
Lawn - Peace in the Valley insert 01
No Exit vinyl 1
Joker's Memory - label (one-sided)
Quite Ridiculous Nonsense - A Failure… (picture sleeve)
Jeremmy Dormmouse-Toad BACK
Motus…
Huckle
ST
Papa Bears Medicine Show label side 2
ST
No Exit vinyl 2
Raven
David Scott Markel - ST
ST
Da Slyme-ST BROWN BAG FOR MOCM
Nebu-Motus INSERT SIDE 01
Nebu-Motus LABEL 02
Da Slyme-ST LABEL 01
Da Slyme / ST Spray-painted variant
Da Slyme-ST INSERT SHEET 08
Da Slyme-ST INSERT SHEET 04
Dimitroff, Burgess & Friends - ST
Ragtime Ralph - Volume 4
Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 |
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