{{Short description|British audio engineer}} {{Unreliable sources|date=February 2026}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Stephen W Tayler | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = | birth_name = Stephen W Tayler | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|09|20}} | birth_place = Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom | death_date = | instrument = | genre = Rock | occupation = {{hlist|audio engineer|record producer}} | years_active = 1974–present | label = | website = {{URL|https://stephentayler.com}} }}
'''Stephen W Tayler''' (born 20 September<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/1212533295490905/posts/24493473930303513/|title=Prog Magazine Readers|website=Facebook|access-date=14 December 2025}}</ref> 1953<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.katebushencyclopedia.com/tayler-stephen/|title=Tayler, Stephen - Kate Bush Encyclopedia|access-date=14 December 2025}}</ref>) is a prolific British record producer and audio engineer, known for his long association with producer Rupert Hine and for having worked on albums by artists such as Kate Bush, The Fixx, Howard Jones, and Rush.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/stephen-w-tayler-mn0000018247#credits|title=Stephen W. Tayler : Credits|website=AllMusic|accessdate=14 December 2025}}</ref>
==Selected discography== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" !Year !Artist !Album !Role !Notes |- |- |1976 |Brand X |Unorthodox Behaviour |Tape operator |Credited as Steve Taylor |- |1976 |Tommy Bolin |Private Eyes |Engineer, Mixer | |- |1976 |Gong |Gazeuse! |Engineer, Mixer | |- |1977 |Brand X |Moroccan Roll |Engineer, Mixer | |- | |- |1978 |Bruford |Feels Good to Me |Engineer | |- |1978 |U.K. |U.K. |Engineer, Mixer | |- |1979 |Bruford |One of a Kind |Engineer, Production assistant | |- |1981 |Rupert Hine |Immunity |Engineer, Mixer, Co-producer | |- |1981 |Saga |Worlds Apart |Engineer | |- |1982 |The Fixx |Shuttered Room |Engineer | |- |1982 |Rupert Hine |Waving Not Drowning |Engineer, Mixer, Co-producer | |- |1983 |The Fixx |Reach the Beach |Engineer, Mixer | |- |1983 |Rupert Hine |The Wildest Wish to Fly |Engineer, Mixer, Co-producer, Performer |Credited with woodwinds |- |1983 |Saga |Heads or Tales |Engineer, Mixer | |- |1984 |Howard Jones |Human's Lib |Engineer, Mixer, Performer |Credited with saxophone |- |1984 |Honeymoon Suite |Honeymoon Suite |Mixer | |- |1984 |Tina Turner |Private Dancer |Engineer, Mixer |"I Might Have Been Queen" and "Better Be Good to Me" only |- |1984 |The Fixx |Phantoms |Engineer, Mixer | |- |1985 |Howard Jones |Dream into Action |Engineer, Mixer | |- |1986 |Honeymoon Suite |The Big Prize |Mixer | |- |1986 |The Fixx |Walkabout |Engineer, Mixer | |- |1987 |Thompson Twins |Close to the Bone |Engineer, Mixer | |- |1987 |Jethro Tull |Crest of a Knave |Engineer, Mixer | |- |1989 |Stevie Nicks |The Other Side of the Mirror (album) |Engineer, Mixer | |- |1989 |Rush |Presto |Engineer, Mixer | |- |1991 |The Fixx |Ink |Engineer, Mixer |"All the Best Things" only |- |1991 |Rush |Roll the Bones |Engineer, Mixer | |- |1996 |Duncan Sheik |Duncan Sheik |Mixer | |- |1996 |Howard Jones |Live Acoustic America |Mixer | |- |2001 |Suzanne Vega |Songs in Red and Gray |Engineer, Mixer | |- |2010 |Kate Bush |Director's Cut |Mixer | |- |2011 |Kate Bush |50 Words for Snow |Engineer, Mixer | |- |2012 |The Fixx |Beautiful Friction |Mixer | |- |2016 |Kate Bush |Before the Dawn |Engineer, Mixer | |- |2021 |Van der Graaf Generator |Still Life |Engineer |2021 remaster of 1976 release |- |2022 |The Fixx |Every Five Seconds |Producer, Engineer, Mixer | |- |2023 |Camel |Nude |Engineer |2023 remaster of 1981 release |- |}
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