V/A - Hi Tide Groove: DJ's Choice 1969-1981May 5, 2023 Fat Possum 2xLP Originally founded in the late 50s as a rockabilly label, Hi Records had to adapt and reinvent itself several times before it would go on to help define the Memphis sound, that light and melodic soul and funk that poured out of small studios around Tennessee in the late 60s and 70s. Rockabilly was already waning, and a new racial consciousness in the South led to innovative new forms as black artists began to flourish