Many of you will recall the previous release from Fruits de Mer Records - Us and Them's version of Pink Floyd's Julia Dream. Following the success of that venture, the company, an independent record label, are releasing another limited edition single called "What Colour is Pink?"

The record, a 7" pink vinyl EP of covers of three tracks from 'Saucerful of Secrets', by the German psych/spacerock band Vibravoid, should prove very popular. Recapture the spirit of 1968 with their versions of Set The Controls, Let There Be More Light, and the album's title track. We've had a sneak preview of Set The Controls and enjoyed their tribute to the track.

It will be on sale in mid-April; limited to just 500 copies, with about 300 already spoken for, you'll need to be quick to secure yours. You can get the single direct from www.fruitsdemerrecords.com and from like-minded shops (virtual or brick-built) such as Heyday, Norman and Rough Trade.

Singer-songwriter Lesley Duncan sadly passed away on Friday, March 12th, after a long illness; she was 66. One of England's top session vocalists, and a songwriter in her own right, Lesley Duncan sang on recordings by Elton John, the Dave Clark 5, the Alan Parsons Project, Michael Chapman, Joyce Everson and the soundtrack of Jesus Christ Superstar.

Pink Floyd fans will know her best for Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon" on which she performed backing vocals.

Her own songs have been covered by many artists, including Elton, Olivia-Newton John and Long John Baldry. Her debut single was in 1963, but she had to wait six years before she found success when Elton John included her tune, "Love Song", on his album, Tumbleweed Connection. The popularity of that track secured her a recording contract with CBS Columbia, which lasted some years. She continued to perform and work on new material until fairly recently with her husband (and keyboard player) Jimmy Horowitz.

We've been busy behind the scenes this weekend working with our good friends at 3B Web Design on some new features for this site, to enable more interactivity and to make it even easier for you to keep up to date with everything that's happening in the world of Pink Floyd and Roger Waters.

We've added a Brain Damage Fan Page on Facebook, which we'd love for you all to join (go to Facebook.com/BrainDamageUK), and there you can obviously discuss all the latest happenings in the Floyd world. You can also follow us at twitter.com/BrainDamageUK, and we've also set up a Brain Damage Channel at Youtube which we'll be adding interesting stuff to as time goes on. You've no doubt spotted the new toolbar at the bottom of the page (it supports most browsers) that gives you a host of new features, some of which we are experimenting with to see what works well. You can even have a live chat (with video, if you wish!) with other fans via the toolbar!

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The High Court in London this afternoon saw Pink Floyd win their court battle with record company EMI, which started last year and resulted in this week's hearing.

The band's current record deal, dating from 1999, stipulates that individual songs must not be sold without the band's permission. This is to keep the integrity of their albums, many of which were designed to be listened to in their entirety. EMI's view was that this didn't apply to online sales through digital music services like iTunes but the band - and the judge - disagreed.

In court, Chancellor Sir Andrew Morritt pointed out that the contract contained a clause to "preserve the artistic integrity of the albums", and that EMI "were not entitled to exploit recording by online distribution or by any other means other than the original album, without the consent of Pink Floyd".

EMI has been ordered to pay £40,000 ($60,000) costs. Coincidentally enough, there is also speculation in today's press that Pink Floyd, Queen and Paul McCartney could be considering moving record labels due to the difficulties that EMI has recently found itself in.