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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| 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 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning | I Sing A Soft Song | 13:40 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 |
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