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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 |
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