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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 |
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