the music
Produced
| Artist | Album Title | Released by | Genre | |
| James Lee Stanley | Without Susie |  |
Beachwood | Pop/Rock |
| Without Susie – This might be the final fully realized studio CD by James Lee. A dozen of the best songs you have ever heard. Composed, produced, arranged, engineered and performed by James Lee (co-writer Rachel Mills makes a stellar cameo on Ripples in the Dance Floor). | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | Had Enough Yet? | |
Beachwood | Pop/Rock |
| Had Enough Yet – A collection of some of James Lee’s strongest political statements, not exactly protest songs so much as some serious food for thought presented in a remarkably musical fashion. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | Alive At Last | |
Beachwood | Pop/Rock |
| Alive At Last – James Lee decided to do something completely different on this CD. He invited two of his favorite musicians, Percussionist Cheryl Prashker and bassist Chad Watson to come into the studio before a live audience and just play, no charts, no rehearsal. 17 songs were recorded in three hours, fourteen made the CD. Includes “the more I drink”, and “they do it in his name”. Neither ever recorded before. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | Dove | |
Beachwood | Pop/Rock |
| Dove – A soundtrack to the novel Dove (up for the coveted Empress Award in Australia, this is a collection of songs that are included in the novel, with the addition of Wait For The Summertime, never before available. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley, Pamala Stanley, Chris Bennett | Straight From the Heart – The Musical | |
Beachwood | Pop/Rock |
| James Lee Stanley | Apocaloptimist | |
Beachwood | Pop/Rock |
| The Apocaloptimist – The latest studio recording by James Lee. Two years in the making, this song cycle demonstrates a masterful singer / songwriter working at the peak of his powers. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley & John Batdorf | All Wood And Stones II | |
Beachwood | Acoustic Rock |
| All Wood and Stones II – The second CD of reinvented classic Rolling Stones songs. This time out it’s just James Lee and John Batdorf, Chad Watson, and Bill Batstone. A Must Hear. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | Backstage At The Resurrection | |
Beachwood | Pop/Rock |
| Backstage At The Resurrection – James Lee’s 25th release and hailed as a masterpiece by every single critic who reviewed it. This time out he poured on the vocal harmonies as well as some sizzling rock and roll. According to James Lee, one of his favorites. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley & Cliff Eberhardt | All Wood And Doors | |
Beachwood | Acoustic Rock |
| All Wood and Doors – In collaboration with the highly regarded Cliff Eberhardt, James Lee and he completely turn these classic Doors songs on their heads. Inspired by John Densmore (a fan of the All Wood and Stones CDs) the collection includes both John Densmore and Robby Krieger of the Doors on guitars and percussion, as well as Timothy B Schmit, Laurence Juber, Peter Tork and Paul Barrere. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | Live In Tehachapi – Vol. II | |
Beachwood | Acoustic |
| Live in Tehachapi, Volume II – The second set on that fabled night. A must have for fans of James Lee, who truly shines in the spotlight. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | Live In Tehachapi – Vol. I | |
Beachwood | Acoustic |
| Live in Tehachapi, Volume I – An amazing recording that was created while James Lee was performing for a standing room only crowd. The best part is that James Lee didn’t know he was being recorded. Very candid and very funny. Folkscene actually aired the entire two volumes on their syndicated radio show. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | New Traces of the Old Road | |
Beachwood | Acoustic |
| New Traces of the Old Road – A tour de force by James Lee, who wrote all the songs, played all the instruments, all the vocals, arranging and engineering, tho he did use pseudonyms because he’s such a modest guy. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | The Eternal Contradiction | |
Beachwood | Pop/Rock |
| The Eternal Contradiction – James Lee’s biggest seller to date. Includes his masterful rendition of the classic It’s All In the Game as well as his most requested song, Let the Tree Fall. Guest musicians include Corky Siegel, Bradley Vines, Batdorf & Rodney, and Lisa Turner. | ||||
| Peter Tork & James Lee Stanley | Live / Backstage @ The Coffee Gallery | |
Beachwood | Acoustic |
| Live Backstage at the Coffee Gallery – Peter Tork and James Lee Stanley captured live during their final celebrated duo tour. All the comedy and magic of their friendship and their musical adventures. | ||||
| Hamilton Camp | Sweet Joy | |
Beachwood | Folk |
| John Batdorf & James Lee Stanley | All Wood and Stones | |
Beachwood | Acoustic Rock |
| All Wood and Stones– acoustic re-inventions of classic Rolling Stones songs, legendary Southern California singer songwriters James Lee Stanley and John Batdorf re-imagine the songs through their vocals and acoustic guitar re-arrangements on volume one of the celebrated All Wood and…series. 2005 | ||||
| James Lee Stanley, Peter Tork, Pamala Stanley & Tom Paxton | A Beachwood Christmas | |
Beachwood | Seasonal/Christmas |
| A Beachwood Christmas – a potpourri of old and new Christmas music by Tom Paxton, James Lee Stanley, Peter Tork and Pamala Stanley. Of particular note are Tom’s only recorded version of his Christmas song (insert title there) and Deck the Halls With Sugar Plum Faeries by James Lee. | ||||
| Sharon Abreu | Sanctuary | Irthlingz | Acoustic/Folk | |
| Don Dunn | Odessa | private label | Jazz/Pop | |
| James Lee Stanley & Peter Tork | Once Again | |
Beachwood | Acoustic |
| Once Again – By popular demand, Peter and James once more went into the studio with just two guitars for some amazing vocal and instrumental duets. A catalog favorite. Includes the fabled acoustic version of Day Dream Believer. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley & Michael Smith | Two Man Band Two | |
Beachwood | Acoustic |
| Two Man Band Two – Actually the first duet project that James Lee embarked on. His guest artist on this amazing duet CD, the incomparable Michael Smith. He chose five of James Lee’s songs and James Lee chose five of his and then they wrote one together. A fantastic collection. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | Freelance Human Being | |
Beachwood | Acoustic |
| Freelance Human Being, selections for solo voice and guitar, FI Magazine hailed this as a work of genius and listed it as one of the Top 200 CD’s of All Time; a list that included Miles Davis and the Beatles. 1999 | ||||
| James Lee Stanley & Peter Tork | Two Man Band | |
Beachwood | Acoustic |
| Two Man Band – Just Peter Tork and James Lee, two guys and two guitars, derived from their celebrated duet tours. Unadorned, or as Peter puts it, “warts and all”. Includes the legendary acoustic version of Pleasant Valley Sunday. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | Domino Harvest | |
Beachwood | Pop/Jazz |
| Domino Harvest – Twelve remarkable songs with the same celebrated cast of zeitgeist renegades, including Paul Barrere of Little Feat, legendary chicago bluesman Corky Siegel, Timothy B Schmit of the Eagles, John Ford Coley, and ace Nashville keyboardist John Barlow Jarvis. | ||||
| Peter Tork | Stranger Things Have Happened | Beachwood | Pop/Rock | |
| James Durst | Wish I Were Here | Artist’s Label | Jazz | |
| Ellen Stapenhorst | Invisible Threads | Beachwood | Folk | |
| James Lee Stanley | Even Cowgirls Get The Blues | |
Beachwood | Pop/Jazz |
| Even Cowgirls Get the Blues – Music written for the ill fated first film production of the book, a beautiful acoustic song cycle, also includes the love theme from the Brooke Adams film, Key Exchange. | ||||
| The ***king Daffodils | Third Rail | Alt Rock | ||
| James Lee Stanley | The Envoy (* +<) | |
Beachwood | Pop/Rock |
| The Envoy – Puts the lid on political song cycles. A brilliant collection of songs including the stark Now That I’m Naked and the hits, Make It Tonight and Cool of the Day. Guest musicians include Russ Kunkel, Michael Omartian, Laurence Juber and Larry Carlton. | ||||
| Thom Bishop | Restless State of Grace | Profile | Alt Rock | |
| James Lee Stanley | Ripe Four Distraction (*<) | |
Beachwood | Pop/Jazz |
| Ripe Four Distraction boasts the hits All I Ever Wanted and I Don’t Want to Talk About It. James Lee is backed by a stellar crew that includes Timothy B Schmit, Rita Coolidge and Lowen & Navarro. 1989 | ||||
| Mike Pinder (Moody Blues) | Artist’s Label | Pop/Rock | ||
| Tom Dundee | Roadmap | Flyte | Rock/Blues | |
| Nicolette Larson | CBS-TV | Country/Rock | ||
| James Lee Stanley | Simpatico (*<) | |
CMG | Pop/Jazz |
| Simpatico – A Latin American song cycle created by James Lee, sizzling rhythms, scorching guitar and simmering synths paint a story of mystery, intrigue and betrayal. Hailed as a masterpiece. Guest musicians include Laurence Juber Jim Ehinger and Rita Coolidge 1988 | ||||
| Pamala Stanley | Coming Out of Hiding (*) | CMG | Dance | |
| Laurence Juber | Solo Flight | CMG | Jazz | |
| James Lee Stanley | LIVE at McCabes | Beachwood | Unplugged | |
| Live 85 @ McCabes – Vinyl only, collectors item recorded in Los Angeles at an SRO show at the legendary McCables Guitar Concert Series. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | Racing the Moon | Takoma | Pop/Jazz | |
| Racing the Moon – Long out of print this 1984 release is finally back on the shelves. Includes the title song as well as Straight From the Heart, Butterfly and Attitude. Guests musicians include Robben Ford and Michael Smith. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | Midnight Radio | MCA/Regency | Pop/Jazz | |
| Midnight Radio – Recorded at the Automatt in San Francisco in the summer of 1979, guests include Bonnie Raitt and Sheila E, songs include I Don’t Care, Worry Bout You and Just Like Love. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | Eclipse | Jollye Roger | Pop/Jazz | |
| Eclipse – A collection of the favorite songs of the first three James Lee Stanley albums including alternate mixes (vinyl only). | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | Three’s the Charm | RCA | Pop/Jazz | |
| Three’s the Charm – The first recording solely produced by James Lee, once again accompanied by the same musicians with the addition of Stephen Bishop on a co write and Jimmie Haskell arranging the strings and horns. A classic and another catalog favorite. Includes the hits Plenty of Reason and Come On In. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | Too | RCA | Pop/Jazz | |
| James Lee Stanley, Too – the second solo album by James Lee with the same zeitgeist renegades participating. Ten more songs recorded in the spring of 1973 in Los Angeles. | ||||
| James Lee Stanley | RCA | Pop/Rock | ||
| James Lee Stanley – The first solo album by James Lee. Ten quintessential songs by James Lee. Recorded in the summer of 1972 in Los Angeles. The guest musicians include Larry Carlton, Michael Omartian, John Barlow Jarvis, Doug Dillard and Batdorf & Rodney. | ||||
Composed/Scored and Produced:
Love Theme – “Digger”<, w/John Heard & Meg Tilly
Theme – “Carpool”<, CBS-TV Movie of the Week
Love Theme – “Key Exchange”<, w/Brooke Adams
HBO Tom Parks Special< <(Ace Award Nominee)
Cathy III<, CBS-TV <(Prime Time)
Tom Parks/ADA Video< <(Seven Awards)
Cathy II<, CBS-TV <(Prime Time)
Cathy I<, CBS-TV <(Prime Time)
* Chart Record
+ Top 100 1993, MAC Report