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
Hadley, Bob
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
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Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 |
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