In 1977, Pink Floyd needed a new guitarist to join them. After one day, his guitar was erased

Pink Floyd brought guitarist Snowy White into the studio while developing *Animals*, and Roger Waters invited him to improvise a solo for ‘Pigs on the Wing’. White recorded it in one take, but the band removed it from the album’s original vinyl release. The episode shows how a guest contribution could be welcomed in the studio yet left out of the final record.

White later had a longer relationship with the band, helping them after Waters departed and playing in the surrogate band during *The Wall* concerts. The article says the solo was restored on a later version of *Animals* released as a 8-track cartridge, though it does not give a release date or further details. White’s brief recording session therefore became an early part of a much more sustained association with Pink Floyd.