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.

Titles
Photos

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Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats - Bootleg Powerhead

Sechelt, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Jeremy Dormouse - Toad

Ontario

Moosetracks - ST

Peterborough, Ontario

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No Exit - ST

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

Blind Owl - ST

Etobicoke, Ontario

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Huckle - Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)

Gabriola Island, British Columbia

Lebel, Marc - Un de Plus

Québec

Hadley, Bob - Raven

Fairfax County, Virginia, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia

Dimitroff, Burgess And Friends - ST

Fort Erie, Ontario

Nébu - Motus…

Montréal, Québec

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Gargoyle - ST

Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Original Bones - ST

Scarborough, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Papa Bears Medicine Show - ST

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Scott Markle, Derek - ST

Toronto - Lanark, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Quite Ridiculous Nonsense - A Failure… (picture sleeve)

Montréal, Québec

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Lawn - Peace in the Valley

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Lewin, Philip John - Am I Really Here All Alone?

Cortland, New York, USA - Toronto - Glen Williams, Ontario

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Garden Bower - Etc. w/ Trains

Kitchener, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Joker's Memory - ST

Ottawa, Ontario

Bishop, Randy - I Sing A Soft Song

California, USA - Montréal, Québec

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Moore, Jeff & Friends - The Youngest Son

Toronto, Ontario

Da Slyme - ST

St. John's, Newfoundland

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Intersystems - Free Psychadelic Poster Inside

Toronto, Ontario

Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia - ST

Port Clements, British Columbia

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Ragtime Ralph - Volume 4

Vancouver, British Columbia

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)

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

Dimitroff, Burgess & Friends - ST

Nebu-Motus INSERT SIDE 02

Da Slyme-ST LABEL 04

Da Slyme / ST Spray-painted variant

Da Slyme-ST INSERT SHEET 06

Ragtime Ralph - Volume 4

papa bears promo 003

Gargoyle

Gargoyle LABEL 02

Bootleg 3.jpeg

Bootleg 7.jpeg

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Nébu	Abaque	Motus…	04:03
Ragtime Ralph	Cast Your Fate to the Wind	Volume 4	02:14
Huckle	Beyonder	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	04:25
Scott Markle, Derek	Hey Hoe	ST	02:40
Blind Owl	Hooked On You	ST	03:02
Jeremy Dormouse	High Flying Bird	Toad	02:27
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia	Doctor Norman Bethune	ST	07:19
Gargoyle	Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling	ST	02:14
Lewin, Philip John	Touch	Am I Really Here All Alone?	06:31
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia	Bird Woman of Bath	ST	03:25
Huckle	Hello Sunshine	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	02:27
Intersystems	track 06 (entire side 2)	Free Psychadelic Poster Inside	22:24
Ragtime Ralph	Texas Tomatoes	Volume 4	03:04
Da Slyme	Trudeau Sucks	ST	00:58
Original Bones	Rollin' Over	ST	03:09
Jeremy Dormouse	October Morning	Toad	02:20
Original Bones	Lady Anne	ST	03:05
Scott Markle, Derek	Daddy's 100 Proof	ST	01:13
Papa Bears Medicine Show	Soul Kitchen	ST	13:55
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia	Rainbow	ST	03:32
Blind Owl	Nova Scotia Morning	ST	04:27
Scott Markle, Derek	Livin' Love	ST	03:11
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats	Rivers of Stone	Bootleg Powerhead	03:38
Quite Ridiculous Nonsense	General Attitude	A Failure… (picture sleeve)	02:26
No Exit	Decisions	ST	22:40
Lewin, Philip John	Watercolours	Am I Really Here All Alone?	03:27
Huckle	Gabriola Day	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	05:23
Moosetracks	Cry A Little Tear	ST	03:26
Lewin, Philip John	The Momentary Lie	Am I Really Here All Alone?	01:43
No Exit	Do You Wanna Join?	ST	02:01
No Exit	Bureaucracy	ST	01:46
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats	Deathless Song	Bootleg Powerhead	02:28
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia	Sweet Summer Day	ST	02:19
Original Bones	Song for Pierre Laporte	ST	03:53
Scott Markle, Derek	I Don't Know For Certain	ST	01:56
Joker's Memory	A Jokers Memory Part One	ST	08:29
Lewin, Philip John	Soul of the Lady	Am I Really Here All Alone?	03:13
Moore, Jeff & Friends	Blind Man (Christina Becker)	The Youngest Son	02:25
Moore, Jeff & Friends	Is It You (Jeff Moore)	The Youngest Son	01:59
Blind Owl	Roads	ST	05:11
Bishop, Randy	Two Jugglers	I Sing A Soft Song	02:55
Nébu	Morceau en forme de Pierre	Motus…	07:22
Huckle	April	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	02:11
Jeremy Dormouse	Small Man	Toad	03:21
Joker's Memory	A Jokers Memory Part Three	ST	03:35
Original Bones	One More Night	ST	02:05
Scott Markle, Derek	A Better Way	ST	01:39
Lawn	Beluger	Peace in the Valley	03:46
Scott Markle, Derek	Daddy's 100 Proof	ST	01:13
Scott Markle, Derek	House Song	ST	03:38
Scott Markle, Derek	Southern Lady	ST	02:24
Nébu	Eboulements	Motus…	07:49
Jeremy Dormouse	Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy	Toad	02:34
Jeremy Dormouse	Believe Me	Toad	03:20
No Exit	They'll Never Know	ST	02:26
Ragtime Ralph	Radiation from the Station	Volume 4	03:12
Original Bones	Friend of the Devil	ST	03:28
Moosetracks	Happily Day Is Done	ST	02:57
No Exit	Downtown Weekend	ST	02:14
Scott Markle, Derek	Could it Be	ST	03:03
Bishop, Randy	(A World of) Black And Brown	I Sing A Soft Song	02:57
Original Bones	Sit Down	ST	03:24
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia	Madonna	ST	02:59
Garden Bower	O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela	Etc. w/ Trains	04:03
Hadley, Bob	Reflections on English Bay	Raven	03:22
Gargoyle	Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree	ST	04:39
Scott Markle, Derek	Could it Be	ST	03:03
Hadley, Bob	Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony	Raven	02:13
Lewin, Philip John	King of Queens	Am I Really Here All Alone?	01:20
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats	Come All Over	Bootleg Powerhead	03:58
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia	Café Symphony	ST	03:22
Lewin, Philip John	Am I Really Here All Alone?	Am I Really Here All Alone?	02:18
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats	Fric Chic	Bootleg Powerhead	02:25
Bishop, Randy	Felicitas	I Sing A Soft Song	04:26
Ragtime Ralph	Badlands Blake	Volume 4	03:03
No Exit	No Exit	ST	02:41
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia	O Come	ST	01:47
Ragtime Ralph	Travis McGee on the Ice Road	Volume 4	03:50
Blind Owl	Spring Rain	ST	05:05
Moosetracks	Someone on the Line	ST	04:40
Huckle	Minstrel Song	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	03:26
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats	Kath Ross	Bootleg Powerhead	03:06
Ragtime Ralph	Cloudburst	Volume 4	03:18
Scott Markle, Derek	Hey Hoe	ST	02:40
Original Bones	Itchy Blues	ST	03:33
Scott Markle, Derek	To Whisper Out Your Name	ST	02:35
Blind Owl	The Old Man	ST	03:33
Huckle	Good Morning	Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover)	02:53
Jeremy Dormouse	Apple Annie	Toad	02:31
Scott Markle, Derek	Could She Fly	ST	04:01
Garden Bower	Lonesome Bill’s Blues	Etc. w/ Trains	02:40
Moore, Jeff & Friends	Flying So High (Christina Becker)	The Youngest Son	04:46
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats	Lost in the Dream	Bootleg Powerhead	02:58
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia	The Undertaker's Ball	ST	02:54
Moosetracks	Lest We Forget	ST	03:50
Bishop, Randy	Childhood Song to Christopher Robin	I Sing A Soft Song	03:45
Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia	Modigliani	ST	03:06
Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats	Waves of Love	Bootleg Powerhead	01:39

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