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
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Tracks
| Artist | Track | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Believe Me | Toad | 03:20 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Original Bones | Friend of the Devil | ST | 03:28 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Huckle | Hello Sunshine | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:27 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 |
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