| Intro | American music historian |
| Is |
Historian Musician Music historian Radio personality Record producer Composer |
| From | United States of America |
| Type |
Academia Business Film, TV, Stage & Radio Social science Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1 January 1970 |
| Age: | 50 years |
Steve Stanley (born 1970) 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 The Beach Boys: An American Family, a 2000 television film directed by Jeff Bleckner. The film was nominated for three Emmy Awards.