from Electric Black was originally intended for production use only, but the vibe in the studio was ecstatic. Taylor says, "At the end of the session the orchestra applauded the compositions, which took Audio Network by surprise – me too! One of Abbey Road's engineers said it was the best thing he'd recorded there in 20 years." With that kind of enthusiasm, Audio Network decided to put Soundtrack from Electric Black forward for a full commercial release. Such a decision increases Taylor's sense that the commercial music business as he knows it is becoming more aligned with music for video. He said, "Audio Network are pulling the cream of the British jazz scene together – Tim Garland and Jason Rebello, for example – and getting them to write and record together in a kind of family way like how classic old labels such as Motown and Stax used to. It feels very fresh and exciting." Taylor says the last time saw so many big names under the same roof was at the start of the Acid Jazz boom in 1989, when Polydor Records started signing all the main players. "It feels like the real creative powerbase in the British music scene has relocated, and there is a healthy vibrant energy rising Phoenix-like from the ashes of the old music biz – and from the production music, of all places." It's this shift which has finally allowed Taylor to compose, orchestrate, record and release commercially Soundtrack from Electric Black, which, Taylor says "wouldn't get past the front door of the average major label, which is good news for British music." Discography Albums Mission Impossible (Re–elect the President, 1987; Acid Jazz, 1993) The Money Spyder (Re–elect the President, 1987; Acid Jazz, 1993) Wait a Minute (Urban/Polydor, 1988) Get Organized (Urban/Polydor, 1989) Do Your Own Thing (Urban/Polydor, 1990) Absolute – JTQ Live (Big Life; Polydor, 1991) Supernatural Feeling (Big Life; Polydor, 1993) – with Noel McKoy Extended Play (Acid Jazz, 1994) The BBC Sessions (Nighttracks, 1995; Strange Fruit, 1997) In the Hand of the Inevitable (Acid Jazz, 1995) (A Few Useful Tips About) Living Underground (Acid Jazz, 1996) Whole Lotta Live 1998 (JTI, 1998) Penthouse Suite [live] (Acid Jazz, 1999) A Bigger Picture (Gut, 1999) Message from the Godfather (Ubiquity, 2001) Room at the Top (Sanctuary, 2002) The Oscillator (Rootdown, 2003) A Taste of Cherry (Real Self, 2006) James Taylor's 4th Dimension: Picking