 After months of poor relations , and following a final confrontation , Gilmour was removed from the credit list as producer , but would still be paid his production royalties . Waters later admitted that he was also under significant pressure and that early in the production of The Final Cut he believed he would never record with either Gilmour or Mason again . He may have threatened to release the album as a solo record , although Pink Floyd were contracted to EMI and such a move would have been unlikely . Mason kept himself distant , dealing with his own marital problems . 
