Cooking Vinyl UK indie folk and alternative label. Artists include Cowboy Junkies, Echo & the Bunnymen, XTC, and Ani DiFranco. News, tour dates, mailing list, message board, audio samples. http://www.cookingvinyl.com

Cold Meat Industry Swedish industrial and post-industrial label. Artists include Sophia, Institut, and Arcana. News, artist bios, audio samples, discography. http://www.coldmeat.se/

Continental Records Co. UK label. Releases new 45 RPM records and reissue CDs. Catalog, label history, ordering information. http://www.gocontinental.com/

Cosmic Flux Musiq San Francisco dance label. Artists include Caspian, Afro Mystic, and J. Davis. Discography, MP3s, and links. http://www.cosmicflux.com/

Collectables Records Pennsylvania oldies and rarities label. Boxed sets, special collections and classic album reissues. Catalog, discography, and online ordering. http://www.oldies.com/

Cosmotone Records Sugarland, Texas inspirational music label and home of Rafael Brom. MP3s, catalog, online ordering, links. http://www.marianland.com/music.html

Corazong Dutch roots, world music, singer/songwriter, punk, alternative and blues label. News, catalog, discography, artist biographies. http://www.corazong.com/

Chainsaw Records Olympia, Washington grrl rock label featuring No. 2, Tracy and the Plastics, Third Sex, the Need, and early Sleater-Kinney. Catalog, message board, links, band pages. http://www.chainsaw.com/

Columbia Records Major label and home to hundreds of artists, including Aerosmith, Marc Anthony, Shawn Colvin, Destiny's Child, Bob Dylan, Lauryn Hill, Billy Joel, Journey, Ricky Martin, John Mellencamp, Offspring, Savage Garden, Jessica Simpson, Will Smith, and Bruce Springsteen. Artist pages, news, audio and video clips, mailing lists, tour dates. http://www.columbiarecords.com/

Carrot Top Records Independent pop/lounge music label with artists including Coctails, Handsome Family, Archer Prewitt, Retsin, Flowchart, February, Slipstream, Disco Inferno, and Samarai Celestial. Catalog, tour dates, and artist information. http://www.carrottoprecords.com

Catamount Co. Indie roots music from Chicago, including country, folk and blues. Home of Souled American, Dave Schramm, Tom House, and Jon Langford. Discography, MP3s, and contact information. http://www.catamountco.com/

Canaan Lake Records Inc. New York jazz, pop and R&B label. Home of Earl Lewis and the Channels, Cheryl Saks, and Sam Leon and the Latin Jazz Express. Audio downloads, catalog, and contact information. http://www.canaan-lake.com

Cosmonote Italian dance/pop label. Artists include Dexter, Galileo, and Joba. MP3s, artist pages, links. http://www.cosmonote.com/

C/Z Records Seattle indie rock label and original home of Nirvana and Soundgarden. Current artists include Skin Yard, Love Battery, and Skyward. Band pages, discography, catalog, order information. http://czrecords.com/

Chemikal Underground Records Glasgow, Scotland record label started by the Delgados. Other artists include Arab Strap, Mogwai, Bis, Radar Bros, Cha Cha Cohen, Aerogramme, Magoo, and Suckle. News, mailing list, label history, artist pages. http://www.chemikal.co.uk

Cellar Records Illinois indie. Artists include The Animals, Nitzinger, Lotus, Project 814, Junker Jorg, and Bigelf. Discography, artist pages, sound samples, order information, and links. http://www.cellarrecords.com

Club de Musique Records Italian independent record label. Artists include Kevin Trainor, Billy Eli, and the Barbers. Discography, MP3s, tour dates. http://www.clubdemusique.com/

Cat Horse and Tree British funky acoustic and multicultural label. Artists include Mukka and the Joe Townsend Band. Artist bios, mailing list, online ordering. http://www.cathorseandtree.co.uk

Center Records Canadian dance label. Home of DJ and producer DB. Catalog, charts, radio, links. http://www.centerrec.com

Capitol Records Major label with hundreds of artists, including Beastie Boys, Beatles, Beach Boys, Garth Brooks, Duran Duran, Everclear, Foo Fighters, Judy Garland, Heart, Billy Idol, Dave Koz, Marcy Playground, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, and Frank Sinatra. Artist pages, videos, tour dates, mailing lists. http://hollywoodandvine.com/