Rick Wright's 'Wet Dream' (1978): Collaborators and Motivation

Rick Wright’s first solo album, Wet Dream, came out in 1978, right in the middle of Pink Floyd’s most fractured era. The band had just finished the Animals tour, and Roger Waters was already taking control of the next project. Wright felt sidelined, so he booked a studio with some friends and made his own record.

The lineup was a mix of session pros and guys from Snowy White’s band. Snowy White himself played guitar—he’d later join Pink Floyd as a touring member. The rhythm section was Larry Steele on bass and Reg Isidore on drums, both from Snowy’s group. Mel Collins (King Crimson, Camel) added saxophone and flute, and Brian Humphries, Pink Floyd’s engineer, produced.

Wright said he just wanted to play music without the tension and endless debates that defined Pink Floyd by then. The album didn’t sell well, but tracks like “Against the Odds” and “Summer Elegy” show a softer, jazzier side he couldn’t explore with the band.