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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird Woman of Bath | ST | 03:25 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| No Exit | No Exit | ST | 02:41 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Nébu | Morceau en forme de Pierre | Motus… | 07:22 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Suzanne | Toad | 04:52 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Original Bones | Say it With gentle | ST | 03:38 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Da Slyme | Trudeau Sucks | ST | 00:58 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | October Morning | Toad | 02:20 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| Blind Owl | Lingering Dreams | ST | 04:38 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lose | Bootleg Powerhead | 05:28 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Modigliani | ST | 03:06 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | Raven | 02:13 | |
| Garden Bower | Lord I’m Tired | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:36 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | I Need a Friend | Toad | 02:12 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Blind Owl | Song To the Wind | ST | 03:06 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Lillipads | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:11 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Appropriate Blocks | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:02 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Going Away Song | Volume 4 | 03:48 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Watercolours | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:27 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Tragi-Comedy in Four Acts: Act 1) In Honour of a Dissonant Triad; Act 1) A Tale Told By An Idiot; Act 3) Who Was That Unmasked Man?; Act 4) Morning | I Sing A Soft Song | 13:40 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Goin' Thru the Town | ST | 02:03 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Texas Tomatoes | Volume 4 | 03:04 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Blind Owl | Some Tears You Have To Cry | ST | 03:01 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Am I Really Here All Alone? | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:18 | |
| Huckle | Gabriola Day | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 05:23 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | The Showdown Might be Tragedy | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:45 |
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