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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | High Flying Bird | Toad | 02:27 | |
| No Exit | Downtown Weekend | ST | 02:14 | |
| Moosetracks | Judith Wills | ST | 02:28 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Small Man | Toad | 03:21 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Bird She Fly Low | ST | 03:50 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Young Face | Toad | 01:53 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Two Jugglers | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:55 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Gargoyle | Doug Watters - Five Poems (instrumentation by Paul Lang) | ST | 01:43 | |
| Original Bones | Rollin' Over | ST | 03:09 | |
| Original Bones | Steamboat Whistle Blues | ST | 03:03 | |
| Gargoyle | Brian Dunfield - Too Late | ST | 01:45 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Taking My Time | ST | 02:13 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Garden Bower | Gord’s Dream | Etc. w/ Trains | 06:39 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | I Don't Know For Certain | ST | 01:56 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Call Me When It's Over (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 06:04 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Hey Hoe | ST | 02:40 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Travis McGee on the Ice Road | Volume 4 | 03:50 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Huckle | Beyonder | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:25 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Badlands Blake | Volume 4 | 03:03 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 01:29 | |
| No Exit | When Will They Learn? | ST | 01:28 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | O.K. | ST | 03:41 | |
| Original Bones | Song for Pierre Laporte | ST | 03:53 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Sweet Summer Day | ST | 02:19 | |
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Rivers of Stone | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:38 | |
| Nébu | Motus | Motus… | 10:17 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Blind Owl | Hooked On You | ST | 03:02 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Joker's Memory | A Jokers Memory Part Three | ST | 03:35 | |
| No Exit | Decisions | ST | 22:40 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Moosetracks | Lost In A Southern Town | ST | 02:57 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Garden Bower | O Pretty Angela Pretty Angela | Etc. w/ Trains | 04:03 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Keep the Banners Flying | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:01 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| No Exit | Parliament Swindle | ST | 01:30 | |
| Nébu | Abaque | Motus… | 04:03 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Summer and Fall | Raven | 02:45 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Original Bones | I Went Walkin' | ST | 03:43 | |
| Lawn | As Yet | Peace in the Valley | 02:58 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Walking on the Tracks | Volume 4 | 03:58 | |
| Garden Bower | Lonesome Bill’s Blues | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:40 | |
| No Exit | Bureaucracy | ST | 01:46 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | The Circle is Changin' Around | ST | 01:55 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | King of Queens | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:20 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Identity Crisis | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 01:45 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Blind Owl | Open Your Window | ST | 04:08 | |
| 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 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Moosetracks | Someone on the Line | ST | 04:40 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Garden Bower | This Woman (live) | Etc. w/ Trains | 03:29 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Silhouette | ST | 03:07 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Madonna | ST | 02:59 |
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