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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lies are Only Letters | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:17 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Bishop, Randy | (A World of) Black And Brown | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:57 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 |
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