Trash Fiction Book Covers

A while ago I discovered a great collection of scanned book covers from 1950s-ish pulp fiction in Flickr. I had gone looking for things to post on our clipboard wall, but these are too fun to walk away from — especially now that Sandee’s put cats up.

Johnny Cash’ Hurt

Not every song Johnny Cash has covered turned to gold (see Personal jesus), but Hurt is magic.

Oops! I Covered It Again

I don’t know why it is that I love bad knockoffs of cheap pop, but I do. That’s why, when I heard a folksy rendition of Oops! I Did It Again playing between segments on some NPR program a while ago, I had to go looking for it.
As it turns out, it was Richard Thompson, [...]