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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 |
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