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
Bootleg 3.jpeg
Bootleg 7.jpeg
Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 |
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