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Various Artists: Royal Memphis Soul – Hi Records

Barney Hoskyns, MOJO, July 1996

When Muscle Shoals went flabby and Stax couldn't pay their taxes, Hi Records took up the soul baton. Barney Hoskyns says hello to a collection of the Memphis label's finest moments.

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