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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Reflections on English Bay | Raven | 03:22 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 |
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