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 | | Hi Times is a chronological compilation, with Disc 1 revealing the gradually increasing weight of Mitchell's influence, including his own first R&B hit, "Buster Browne" from 1965 and his 1968 success with "Soul Serenade". |
 | | But Mitchell was producing records outside Hi, as well, with such singers as Otis Clay, Syl Johnson, and O.V. Wright, and when he was given more leeway by Cuoghi in the late '60s, he began recruiting the vocalists who would give Hi its indelible musical personality. |
 | | When Joe Cuoghi died in 1970, Mitchell virtually took control of Hi, perfecting a sound that was at once earthy and suave, retaining the blues and gospel at the root of Memphis soul but pointing the way to the "smooth grooves" of the '70s. |
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