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
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Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Sometimes You Ain't Got Nothin Boy | Toad | 02:34 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 |
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