He became her mentor, eventually influencing EMI’s decision to sign her. He also discovered a talented teenage singer-songwriter by the name of Kate Bush. Both Gilmour and Mason sought refuge in projects outside of the band: Gilmour helped the band Unicorn launch their career. Until then they had lived in each other’s pockets, but now they wanted some space.
The remainder of 1973 saw a dramatic change for the band. Thereafter Pink Floyd played just four more shows that year.
The non-stop tour they had been on suddenly stopped, rather abruptly, in June 1973, after another lengthy trek around North America. But repeating that level of success was not going to be easy for anyone, let alone Pink Floyd, who first had to come to terms with the fact that they had, at last, ‘made it’.
Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett in 1967 (Image credit: Getty Images)Īs with any industry that relies on sales, their record label wanted a lot more of the same – and fast.
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