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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | The Undertaker's Ball | ST | 02:54 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Moosetracks | Down Young Street | ST | 04:26 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Gargoyle | Larry Smith - I'm Gonna Love You | ST | 02:41 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters and Paul Lang - History of the World (occasional percussion by Tim Inkster) | ST | 09:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Deathless Song | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:28 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Touch | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 06:31 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Intersystems | track 01 (entire side 1) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 27:30 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Wait and See | ST | 04:00 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - Child of the Sea | ST | 01:21 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 |
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