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Part i: Introduction; Part ii: North Carolina Recording Pioneers; Part iii: Independent Labels Find Success; Part iv: Record Production since the 1970s; Part v: References

See also: Bluegrass Music; Blues; Country Music; Gospel Music; Old-Time String Band Music; Rock Music.

Bruce Bastin, Crying for the Carolinas (1971).

Robert M. W. Dixon and John Godrich, Recording the Blues (1970).

Lew Herman, Recording at the Hotel Charlotte (1989).

Bill C. Malone, Country Music USA: A Fifty Year History (1968).

Additional Resources:

Hanchett, Tom. "Recording in Charlotte 1926-1945"  HistorySouth.org. 1985. http://www.historysouth.org/recordingclthanchett.html (accessed June 25, 2012).

North Carolina Arts Council. North Carolina Touring Artist Directory. [Raleigh, N.C.]: Theo Davis. 2008. https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/north-carolina-touring-artist-directory-2008-2010/3133534.

Carew, Anthony. "Merge Records Profile." About.com. http://altmusic.about.com/od/recordlabels/a/merge.htm (accessed June 22, 2012).

Citation

Wells, Mike "Lightnin'". "Recording Industry." NCpedia. Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press. Accessed on May 12th, 2025. https://www.ncpedia.org/recording-industry-part-5-reference.