From ‘Ghost in the Machine’ to ‘Marooned’: The Lost Instrumental That Resurfaced on The Division Bell

During the A Momentary Lapse of Reason sessions in 1986 and 1987, David Gilmour and Richard Wright cut an instrumental they called “Ghost in the Machine.” It didn’t make the final album — probably because the songwriting was still dominated by Gilmour and producer Bob Ezrin, and the piece felt too loose or unfinished. But Wright kept the tape, and when the band reconvened for The Division Bell in 1993, they dusted it