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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 |
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