They graced the walls of millions of teenage bedrooms in the 1960s but posters of popstars including Elvis Presley and The Beatles are no longer acceptable to all in 2020.
Last year, New Plymouth woman Katey Pittwood discovered a treasure trove of 1960s pop posters pasted from the floor to the ceiling in a home she was renovating.
The posters featured global superstars Elvis Presley, The Kinks, The Who and The Beatles as well as such well known acts as The Yardbirds, The Merseybeats and the Swinging Blue Jeans.
After putting the find on social media, she was inundated with offers from people wanting to give them a new home and eventually Pittwood donated them to the Parachute Music recording studios in Auckland.
However, 12 months on from taking on the massive collection, Parachute Music sent the posters back.
“In light of recent events around the world, we realised they didn’t give a broad enough representation of gender or race to be featured in our context,” Mark de Jong, founder and chief executive of Parachute Music, said in an email.
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