Elbow "over the moon" Pink Floyd sued EMI

Elbow frontman Guy Garvey has revealed that he was "over the moon" to hear that Pink Floyd had managed to sue their record label.

Earlier this month, the veteran prog-rockers took EMI to court over the marketing and sale of their music online, as the band's contract stipulated that their back catalogue should only be sold in album bundles and not as individual tracks.

Pink Floyd subsequently won the case and EMI was ordered to pay the group extra royalties, a decision Garvey has now said is a victory for musical "integrity".

"I was over the moon when I heard that Pink Floyd had won their legal battle with EMI last week," he told The Guardian.

"It wasn't because I saw it as a David v Goliath victory - Pink Floyd are pretty gigantic - but because, as a musician, the integrity of the album means everything to me. That's the thing with an album: you spend a big chunk of your life making it and you think about every note, bleep, squeak and crackle.

"When you've put your heart and soul into something, you want people to hear it as it was intended. The integrity of the artists making that music should be respected. That's why I'm knocked out that Pink Floyd won - the album is an art form that deserves protection."