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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| 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 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| 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 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 |
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