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The James Taylor Quartets final album for Acid Jazz, first issued in the summer of 1996, was a return to their roots with 11 tracks of straight-ahead Hammond instrumentals. It is the sound of the touring Quartet which was a six-piece, plus a percussionist doing what they did best: playing together. The music stretches from Lonnie Liston Smith-style jazz funk, through out-and-out funk, tinged in places with touches of Keith Emerson.To the album tracks have been added DJ Derek Dahlarges remix of the albums single Creation done under his Ceasefire moniker, the first time that this has been available on a JTQ album. We have also included the three cuts that were added to the US release of the album. These were intended to be part of the soundtrack to Mike Myers first Austin Powers film, although only Austins Theme is heard anywhere in the film. It is the first time that the other two tracks Man Of Mystery and Theme From A Far Away Land have been available outside the US.Our reissue is carefully remastered and features an in-depth sleeve note from compiler and former Acid Jazz A&R man Dean Rudland. The booklet features previously unseen photos from the Acid Jazz vaults.