Steve Stanley
Steve Stanley is an American music historian, reissue producer, and the founder of Now Sounds, a reissue record label established in 2007 and distributed by Cherry Red Records. Steve has produced reissues of albums by The Association, Janis Ian, The Cowsills, The Mamas & The Papas, The Knack, Ruthann Friedman, Donna Loren, Roger Nichols, Paul Williams, and Tiny Tim, among others. Prior to establishing Now Sounds, Stanley was hired by Bob Keane and co-produced reissues for Del-Fi Records. He later produced over 50 titles for Rev-Ola Records.
Also a graphic designer, Stanley has art directed and/or designed boxed set packages and reissues for Rhino Records and Sony/Legacy, including titles by Nilsson, Bee Gees, The Monkees, Love, and Jan & Dean, The Beau Brummels, among others. Stanley also art directed the various-artist collection Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965–1968. In 2010 this boxed set was nominated for a Grammy Award in the best Historical album category.
In the mid-2000s, Stanley launched a weekly radio show called 'The Now Sounds' on luxuriamusic.com which is broadcast worldwide on the internet. As an actor, Stanley appeared as Wrecking Crew member Barney Kessel in , a 2000 television film directed by Jeff Bleckner. The film was nominated for three Emmy Awards.
