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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gargoyle | Ron Puschak - Ballad of Simon Legree | ST | 04:39 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Original Bones | Lady Anne | ST | 03:05 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Lawn | Jet Pack | Peace in the Valley | 05:41 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Huckle | Ocean | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:42 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Original Bones | Itchy Blues | ST | 03:33 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Two | ST | 07:14 | |
| Gargoyle | Jon Craneman Karsemeyer- What Is (read by Doug Watters) | ST | 01:27 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | General Attitude | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 02:26 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Kath Ross | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:06 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Blind Owl | Nova Scotia Morning | ST | 04:27 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Original Bones | Sit Down | ST | 03:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part One | ST | 08:29 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - I Got That Feeling | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Moosetracks | Lest We Forget | ST | 03:50 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Da Slyme | Defacation On The Nation | ST | 01:10 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Hello Buddy (recorded stoned - out live at "zero test") | Bootleg Powerhead | 06:12 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Moosetracks | Hangman | ST | 02:53 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Is It You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 01:59 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Garden Bower | Folsom Prison Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:27 | |
| Moosetracks | Cry A Little Tear | ST | 03:26 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Lawn | Don`t Ask | Peace in the Valley | 03:43 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 |
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