John Sanderson (20th century), a pair of collage style poster prints each made up of various musicians, album covers, photographs and newspaper headlines, framed and glazed, 93 x 50cm. (2)Pop Memrobilia / Posters – I have worked in Architecture, Art and Design for the last 42 years, and have now retired. My Step Son Adam Day is a Song Writer, Musician, and Lead Singer for originally the Lyrebirds, who performed all over Europe, especially in Manchester, Brighton, Berlin and Prague during 2006 to 2013. In 2014 they changed their name to County Line Runners and were signed up by Universal Records, playing in both Europe and America. They performed at large Festivals in England from the Brixton Arena (Venue of 4000 to 5000 people) to the Hyde Park Festival of over 100000 people. As Adam is very well known as a Song Writer; he wrote many songs for other Pop Artists such as “Florence and the Machine” where he wrote the first 3 Tracks of her Cosmo Album and performed / sung with her on the first track. Adam and his Band, played support band many times for the Kooks, Macabees, Mumford and Sons, and were lined up to play Supporting Band with Neil Young, touring America in 2019, but unfortunately the Covid Epidemic happened and he missed out on that gig.However as Adam was a close friend of Luke, of the “Kooks”, and went drinking “in the early days” with Marcus Mumford of “Mumford and Sons”, as well as Felix and Hugo of the “Macabees” who I used to drink with and who came to my Birthday Party, many years ago; - so as Adam’s Stepfather, I also built up a relationship with a few people in the Music Industry . After the County Line Runners, were signed up with Humming Records ( Bill Ryder Jones ex of “The Coral”) Produced the Hits written and performed by Adam Day of the County Line Runners - “Hard To Find” and “Wide Eyes” and “Plastic Palm Trees”. So throughout all this, as ALL of the Groups had to produce Merchandise to sell at their Concerts; and as they knew I was related to Adam Day, and had an Art and Design background, they would specifically ask me to produce large Collages of various Bands, including the Band within a Mix of Political / Religious and Musical Design, with a lot of “Text and Hidden Meanings” which they loved. So my work has a hidden picture of myself somewhere within it; and was sold at many Music Concerts, which I often attended with Adam and went backstage on many occasions; (which I still have all of my original artwork and have the Copyright). “Once I had been pushing my art work / posters / pop-memorabilia onto a few different publishers / printers in the south including Virgin Records, who had shown an interest; and suddenly I received a really angry / snotty letter from a German Publishing House in Germany, who must have had an Office in England that I was not aware of, and who was complaining that it was totally illegal to show posters / pictures of Adolph Hitler. (Reference to a picture in one of my Posters of Hitler crying blood - tears out of his eyes, in amongst other political / religious / figures and text. I knew then “that I was famous in my own little way”, especially when Hugo of the Macabees got hold of the story, and immediately put up the Framed Poster on the main wall in their London Recording Studios. When they were interviewed in a Documentary, some years ago on Channel 4 Television, I remember seeing it quite clearly. So my work / many different types of Pop Art Memorabilia, can be found all over, even in Perth Australia, so I have been told. So these are not just mere “bog-standard” posters, they all have a story to tell, and through my Stepson, Adam Day, of County Line Runners, I was able to promote them as Merchandise at various music events, which were seen and purchased by both the Public and performers within the Music Industry ( that I had met) from the late 1990’s up to 2023; when I retired and closed the door on my past; for a quiet life in Suffolk.
