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Fruits de Mer Records will release “What Colour is Pink?” on April 19.

The EP will include three Floyd songs from “A Saucerful of Secrets” — “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun,” “Let There Be More Light”, and “A Saucerful of Secrets” — re-recorded by German prog/psych band Vibravoid.

Available as a limited edition of 500, the EP will be sold as a pink vinyl 7-inch record with pink label and pink sleeve. Already 200 of the EPs have been pre-ordered.

This will be the 10th release from the Surrey-based label, which boasts it “loses money on every release and we love it.” The company, in business for less than two years, has previously released re-recordings of songs originally by Small Faces, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Nick Drake, Caravan, Kraftwerk, Van der Graaf Generator, Nico and others.

Fruit de Mer’s eighth EP included a cover of Floyd’s “Julia Dream” by Swedish duo Us and Them.

You’ll be able to buy the EP at the label’s Web site. For more information, email them.

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour will appear on Bryan Ferry‘s new album to be released by EMI/Virgin in September.

David has guested on a number of the Roxy Music founder’s solo albums, and appeared with him at the 1985 Live Aid show.

Other guests on the album include Jonny Geenwood, Nile Rodgers, Marcus Miller, Mani and Flea. Songwriting contributors include Scissor Sisters and Groove Armada.

Eagle Rock Entertainment will reissue “Knebworth: The Album,” a document of a 1990 charity concert including a performance by Pink Floyd.

The reissue is scheduled for March 23. Originally released by Polygram Records on Aug. 6, 1990, the 2-CD set has long been out of print.

Recorded June 30, 1990, the event was a superstar benefit for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy and the Brit School Of Performing Arts. The reissue will benefit the same charities.

Disc #1:

1. Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World
2. Tears For Fears — Badman’s Song
3. Status Quo — Dirty Water
4. Status Quo — Whatever You Want
5. Status Quo — Rockin’ All Over The World
6. Cliff Richard & The Shadows — On The Beach
7. Cliff Richard & The Shadows — Do You Wanna Dance
8. Robert Plant — Hurting Kind
9. Robert Plant — Liar’s Dance
10. Robert Plant — Tall Cool One
11. Robert Plant — Wearing And Tearing
12. Genesis — Mama
13. Genesis — Turn It On Again Medley: Somebody To Love / Satisfaction / Twist And Shout / Reach Out I’ll Be There / You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling / Pinball Wizard / In The Midnight House / Turn It On Again

Disc #2:

1. Phil Collins — Sussudio
2. Eric Clapton — Sunshine Of Your Love
3. Dire Straits — Think I Love You Too Much
4. Elton John — Sad Songs (Say So Much)
5. Elton John — Saturday Night’s All Right (For Fighting)
6. Paul McCartney — Coming Up
7. Paul McCartney — Hey Jude
8. Pink Floyd — Comfortably Numb
9. Pink Floyd — Run Like Hell

Read more about “Knebworth: The Album.”

Eagle Rock Entertainment is a media production and distribution company operating across audiovisual entertainment programming. The company has offices in London, New York, Germany, France and Toronto.