However, by the end of 1986, Gilmour had decided to make the material into a Pink Floyd project, the first without Waters.
In 1986, Gilmour began recruiting musicians for a new project.
Mason released his second solo album, Profiles , in August 1985.
Produced by Steve Levine , their 1985 self-titled album proved a modest success, becoming their highest-charting album in the U.S. since 15 Big Ones . It was the band’s last album for CBS, as they returned to Capitol in 1986 with a 25th anniversary greatest hits album, Made in U.S.A…
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In 1984, Starr co-starred in McCartney’s film Give My Regards to Broad Street , and played with McCartney on several of the songs on the soundtrack .
Gilmour recorded his second solo album, About Face , in 1984, and used it to express his feelings about a variety of topics, from the murder of John Lennon to his relationship with Waters.
Gilmour, Mason, Waters and O’Rourke met for dinner in 1984 to discuss their future. Mason and Gilmour left the restaurant thinking that Pink Floyd could continue after Waters had finished The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking , noting that they had had several hiatuses before; however, Waters left believing…
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Then Ingle, Dorman, Rhino and drummer Rick Rotante undertook the “Wings of Flight Tour” in early 1984, with Lenny Campanero (ex- Badfinger ) replacing Rotante for more recording sessions at Salty Dog Studios in Van Nuys, California.
The “Legends Tour” took place in the fall of 1984 with Ingle, Dorman, Campanero and guitarist Steve Fister (later of Steppenwolf) and another Steppenwolf alumnus, bassist Kurtis Teel, took Dorman’s spot for the “Phoenix Tour” in the fall of ’85, which ended in late November, shortly after which, Teel suddenly…
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Released in March 1983, The Final Cut went straight to number one in the UK and number six in the US. Waters wrote all the lyrics, as well as all the music. Rolling Stone gave the album five stars, with Kurt Loder calling it “a superlative achievement … art rock’s…
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