High Water Recording Company is an American blues record label, founded in 1979 by David Evans and Memphis State University.. It was established with support from a National Endowment for the Arts grant. The label’s mission was to document and preserve authentic local music that was being overlooked by bigger labels.
The label initially only issued singles. From 1983 onwards, it released LPs of recordings by blues and gospel musicians from the Memphis area produced by Evans. Almost all recordings since 1997 were re-released on Hightone Records. In 2008, HighTone was bought by Shout! Factory, which has continued to keep some releases available.