Record Labels as Gateways to Popular Music Teaching: A Bibliography and Discography.

Record labels are commercial enterprises and sources of artistic productivity that constitute worthwhile topics for academic study. The multi‐disciplinary nature of sound recordings spans music, design art, business management and advertising, geography, and economics. This article contains a bibliography and discography that details books, essays, and compact discs that illustrate the diverse tales of more than fifty commercial labels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]