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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nébu | Quatre a quatre | Motus… | 08:26 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Blackberry Picking | Raven | 03:54 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Portrait for Marianne | Toad | 02:13 | |
| Original Bones | The Verses of the Fool | ST | 02:14 | |
| Lawn | Shady Street | Peace in the Valley | 03:59 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Childhood Song to Christopher Robin | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:45 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Time is Passing | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 02:48 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Soul Kitchen | ST | 13:55 | |
| Moosetracks | Airplane Over the Rockies | ST | 01:21 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Livin' Love | ST | 03:11 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Magic Within You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:11 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Unusual Day | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:36 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - A Childhood in South Africa: The Veld Near Ladybrand | ST | 01:53 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Sweet Georgia's Got to be Home Tonight | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 04:40 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | House Song | ST | 03:38 | |
| Moosetracks | Happily Day Is Done | ST | 02:57 | |
| Nébu | Sibylle | Motus… | 06:00 | |
| Gargoyle | Barry Hunter - Learning How to Love | ST | 02:14 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train | Raven | 03:05 | |
| Lawn | Catwalk Slip | Peace in the Valley | 03:24 | |
| Bishop, Randy | I Sing a Soft Song | I Sing A Soft Song | 03:04 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Flying So High (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 04:46 | |
| No Exit | Energy Crisis | ST | 01:40 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Apple Annie | Toad | 02:31 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | O Come | ST | 01:47 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | To Whisper Out Your Name | ST | 02:35 | |
| Original Bones | One More Night | ST | 02:05 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens | Raven | 02:38 | |
| Gargoyle | Bill Reach - The Journey Home (Doug Hamilton, guitar; Tim Inkster, bongos) | ST | 03:06 | |
| Lawn | Reconsider Baby | Peace in the Valley | 03:58 | |
| Lawn | Rites | Peace in the Valley | 03:48 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Blind Owl | Roads | ST | 05:11 | |
| Gargoyle | John Naslen - Varsity Blues (background by David King, Rick Williams, and John King) | ST | 02:39 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Soul of the Lady | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 03:13 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Just to Hear the Bells | Toad | 03:28 | |
| Huckle | The Sunshine Shuffle | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:32 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Waves of Love | Bootleg Powerhead | 01:39 | |
| Huckle | April | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:11 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could it Be | ST | 03:03 | |
| Original Bones | Tom Greene County Fair | ST | 02:21 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Baby Blue | Toad | 03:31 | |
| No Exit | They'll Never Know | ST | 02:26 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cloudburst | Volume 4 | 03:18 | |
| Original Bones | Drop Down Mama | ST | 03:22 | |
| Gargoyle | Ian Young - 8th and 25th of December 1969 | ST | 01:00 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | A Better Way | ST | 01:39 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | By the Way | Toad | 02:59 | |
| Huckle | Minstrel Song | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:26 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | White Christmas | Volume 4 | 03:49 | |
| Moosetracks | This Place is No Place to be Happy | ST | 04:06 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Daddy's 100 Proof | ST | 01:13 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | Back Home, To You | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 05:06 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Sue | Raven | 02:15 | |
| Quite Ridiculous Nonsense | Boredom | A Failure… (picture sleeve) | 03:09 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Harvest Time | Raven | 02:17 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Golden Girl | ST | 03:56 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | For You (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:59 | |
| Garden Bower | You’ve Got Me On Fire | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:29 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Café Symphony | ST | 03:22 | |
| Lawn | Over the Top | Peace in the Valley | 03:00 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Radiation from the Station | Volume 4 | 03:12 | |
| Da Slyme | squeeze my blackhead | ST | 02:35 | |
| Gargoyle | George Dawber - Remembering Morris | ST | 01:55 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Blind Man (Christina Becker) | The Youngest Son | 02:25 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Could She Fly | ST | 04:01 | |
| Jeremy Dormouse | Who Do You Love | Toad | 03:22 | |
| Hadley, Bob | Day After Pay Day | Raven | 03:15 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Desert Rat Blues | Volume 4 | 04:03 | |
| Huckle | Get Down | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 04:11 | |
| No Exit | Do You Wanna Join? | ST | 02:01 | |
| Papa Bears Medicine Show | Baroque | ST | 02:50 | |
| Huckle | Good Morning | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:53 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Ragtime Piece in G | Volume 4 | 02:24 | |
| Intersystems | track 06 (entire side 2) | Free Psychadelic Poster Inside | 22:24 | |
| Lawn | Beluger | Peace in the Valley | 03:46 | |
| Lawn | Peace in the Valley | Peace in the Valley | 03:37 | |
| Blind Owl | The Old Man | ST | 03:33 | |
| Nébu | Eboulements | Motus… | 07:49 | |
| Huckle | Lady Goldberry | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 02:31 | |
| Blind Owl | Spring Rain | ST | 05:05 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Both Sides (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 02:52 | |
| Moosetracks | Sophie | ST | 02:05 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Rainbow | ST | 03:32 | |
| Blind Owl | Happy To Be Alive | ST | 03:16 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Felicitas | I Sing A Soft Song | 04:26 | |
| Hadley, Bob | The First Snowfall | Raven | 02:44 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Doctor Norman Bethune | ST | 07:19 | |
| Scott Markle, Derek | Southern Lady | ST | 02:24 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Lost in the Dream | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:58 | |
| Huckle | Flowers | Upon a Once Time (hand-painted cover) | 03:09 | |
| Moore, Jeff & Friends | Sandy's Song (Jeff Moore) | The Youngest Son | 03:34 | |
| Lauzon, Marlo & Lutia | Ticky Tock | ST | 00:57 | |
| Garden Bower | 18 Bricker | Etc. w/ Trains | 02:47 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | The Serpentine - Nico Mekl Rivers Flood Plain Blues | Volume 4 | 03:36 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Come All Over | Bootleg Powerhead | 03:58 | |
| Lyle, John and the Lonesome Ornery Polecats | Fric Chic | Bootleg Powerhead | 02:25 | |
| Ragtime Ralph | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | Volume 4 | 02:14 | |
| Lewin, Philip John | The Momentary Lie | Am I Really Here All Alone? | 01:43 | |
| Bishop, Randy | Wonderful Angel | I Sing A Soft Song | 02:35 |
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