Gary Moore an undisclosed amount (supposedly $2 million US). Another guitar Moore was associated with was a red 1961 Fender Stratocaster, which Moore had purchased in 1981. The guitar was almost sold to Greg Lake, ex of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, who was originally viewing the guitar, but Moore had tried it out and liked the sound of the guitar acoustically. Lake passed on the guitar as it was not in pristine condition, and so Moore made a deal. The Red Strat, also known as the Pink Strat, was extensively used by Moore on "Corridors of Power" along with many other recording
Colourful Radio of Programmes. In June 2011, Gordon Mac decided to leave Colourful in order to start a new venture Mi-Soul. Colourful Radio has received great reviews from, among others, "The Guardian". The demise of Choice FM in October 2013, left Colourful Radio as the only legal commercial radio station in the black music market. After 5 years of DAB broadcast, on 25 January 2014 Colourful withdrew from DAB in London as increasing platform costs got too much for the burgeoning station. Within a week of launching a listener appeal to raise enough funds to take up its new one-year DAB contract,