Not seeing the exact label, I can’t say for sure. But there are albums out there such as this Bob Dylan CD, which was released by Sony.
I use musicmatch to play my songs when I’m on a computer, I use it to burn my mix cds, and I use it for downloading songs. It’s definitely legit and legal. They have a free version of their software that works fine. I know they have some “spyware” but it’s minimally invasive, really only uploads your listening habits to their server, which I don’t mind. They have a wide selection of songs, including lots of current pop stuff, for $.99 a song.
I’m not sure if the songs you download are specifically mp3 (I’m not on that computer right now so I can’t check), but I’ve never had problems listening to them with real audio, or windows media player, or burning them to disks with other programs. Their use policy is pretty generous, something like you can burn the same playlist 5 times, but if you rearrange the songs you can pretty much burn as many times as you like. Anyway, you can get more info from their website, musicmatch.com.
I’ve never had any problems, and it’s a super user-friendly program. I even got my mom into it, and she loves it, and she’s definitely not a computer expert. I’d highly recommend it.
Magnatune is a decent source. It’s not free, exactly. More like shareware. Try before you buy.
They also have some bootleg bootlegs. I got a Bob Dylan album from there called “Now Ain’t The Time For Your Tears” that is apparently a popular bootleg that hasn’t been properly released. I also got a Clash bootleg called “Chaos In New York.”
Someone already said this, but you could just record any audio stream that comes into your computer; some programs, such as the one at replay-music.com, can even label them for you as they are played so you don’t have to bother looking up the artist etc. as they’re recorded. I can’t imagine it’s any less legal than recording TV shows on a VCR, but my problem with it is the cost. $50 is a lot of money for a program that gives you songs that cost just 99 cents a pop at most online stores.