Aragon Records

Vancouver, British Columbia label founded by Al Reusch in 1946. Jack Herschorn purchased the label in June 1971 from Aragon Enterprises Limited and two months later the label and its catalogue was acquired by Can-Base Industries Ltd. when it bought out Herschorn Productions Ltd.

In 1946, aided by Al Reusch, a musician, big band leader, and one of the first DJs in Vancouver, opened one of the very first recording studios in the country in Vancouver and christened Aragon Recording Studios. By 1954, Reusch had acquired sole ownership of the company and subsequently built Mushroom Studios in 1966 at 1234 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver.

Built from the ground up as a first class audio recording studio, the facility was originally an orchestral recording room for special sessions by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Author of "The Audio Cyclopedia", and award-winning acoustician Dr. Howard Tremaine, consulted on the original acoustic design and equipment installation, which led to Diana Ross and The Supremes, becoming some of the first clients, followed shortly by Led Zeppelin.

As Reusch apparently did not like the idea of recording post-Beatles rock and roll, he sold the facility within five years to Jack Herschorn who had previously co-founded Studio 3 on West 12th Avenue with Tom Northcott. The sale materialized in the spring of 1971.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Prowlers	Get A Move On	Get A Move On b/w I'm Feelin' Sorry	02:19
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Babalu (Cha Cha Cha)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:20
Sons of the Saddle	Over and Over Again	Vol. 1 Featuring Vic and Lenny Siebert	02:08
Evan Kemp	Centennial Boogie	Rootie Tootie b/w Centennial Boogie	02:28
Evan Kemp	Rainin' On the Mountain	In Hollywood	02:33
Calgary Range Riders	Too Old to be Young Any More	ST	02:37
Keray Regan	There's a Room Reserved in My Heart	Sings	02:44
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Peace River Rangers	She Don't Trust Me Any More	Peace River Rangers	02:12
Keray Regan	I Wanna Be With You	Sings	02:17
Guido D'amico	Froggy Song	The Italian Cowboy	02:38
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	Centennial Boogie	In the Blue Canadian Rockies	02:27
Peace River Rangers	My Peace River Home	Peace River Rangers	02:29
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	I Don't Want Your Love	The 401	02:03
Calgary Range Riders	Muskoka Waltz	ST	02:53
Evan Kemp	There's Someone for Everyone	Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders Volume 2	02:22
Evan Kemp	Dawson Creek Dolly	In Hollywood	01:35
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Tommy Dorsey Medley: I'll Never Smile Again - This Love of Mine - I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You	Swing Is In... Vol. II	04:50
Sons of the Saddle	Just a Rollin' Stone	Vol. 1 Featuring Vic and Lenny Siebert	02:18
Guido D'amico	Secret Love	The Italian Cowboy	02:49
Jim Morrison	Singing the Blues	Singing the Blues b/w Your Cheating Heart	02:21
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Please Stay Away	Please Stay Away b/w Pollution	01:48
Andy Fraser and His Radio Rangers	Somewhere There's Someone	Fiddlin' Round // Somewhere There's Someone	03:19
Big Ford John	I Called Your Name	It Never Is Too Late (To Call Upon the Lord) // I Called Your Name	02:02
Peace River Rangers	I Will Never Hold Another	Peace River Rangers	02:52
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Evan Kemp	Tonight in the Twilight	Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders Volume 2	02:42
Calgary Range Riders	Rocky Mountain Rhythm	Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair	02:19
Sons of the Saddle	New Accordion Waltz	Vol. 2 Featuring Gene Siebert	02:47
Evan Kemp	My Dream and I	In Hollywood	02:50
Keray Regan	High Wind on the Prairie	Sings	02:41
Sons of the Saddle	Settle Up, Or Settle Down	Vol. 1 Featuring Vic and Lenny Siebert	02:26
Sons of the Saddle	A Devil With the Women	Vol. 1 Featuring Vic and Lenny Siebert	02:23
Sons of the Saddle	Scandinavian Jump	Vol. 2 Featuring Gene Siebert	02:25
Evan Kemp	Over the Hill	Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders Volume 2	02:44
Calgary Range Riders	Calgary Waltz	Don't be Blue, Linda Lou // Calgary Waltz	02:13
Sons of the Saddle	Alberta Polka	Vol. 2 Featuring Gene Siebert	02:18
Calgary Range Riders	Don't be Blue, Linda Lou	Don't be Blue, Linda Lou // Calgary Waltz	02:44
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	There's A Bluebird On Your Windowsill	In the Blue Canadian Rockies	02:02
Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds)	Waltz Of The Stream	Sings Vol. 2	02:50
Evan Kemp	Try a Prayer	Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders Volume 2	02:41
Patty Surbey with The Canadian V.I.P.'s	All Year 'Round	(I Want) A Beatle for Christmas b/w Christmas All Year 'Round	02:22
Evan Kemp	Rootie Tootie	Rootie Tootie b/w Centennial Boogie	02:23
Keray Regan	Cobwebs on Your Picture	Sings	02:43
Ray Little Radio Cowboy Show	Standin' In The Rain	Elvira Polka // Standin' In The Rain	02:36
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	If You Come Home Tonight	Volume 1	02:48
Art Grant and His Northern Lights	Driftwood On The River	The Meanest, Lowest, Lowdown Blues // Driftwood On The River	03:01
Keray Regan	You'll Never Miss Your Daddy	Sings	02:28
Calgary Range Riders	Blue River Waltz	ST	02:34
Stu Davis (David Stewart)	I Looked For Love	I Looked For Love // In Daddy's Footsteps	02:56
Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds)	Roly Poly Heart	Roly Poly Heart // A Stranger's Kiss	02:10
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	1901 Polka	Volume 1	02:08
Sons of the Saddle	Delmar Waltz	Vol. 2 Featuring Gene Siebert	02:25
Keray Regan	My Home by the Fraser	Sings	03:00
Big Four	Submarine Waltz	No Love For Me // Submarine Waltz	02:51
Rebel Rockers	Rebel Rock (previously unreleased)	Real Gone Aragon: Roots Rockers & Rockabillies	01:56
Prowlers	Honey Strollin' (previously unreleased)	Real Gone Aragon: Roots Rockers & Rockabillies	02:25
Sons of the Saddle	Tom and Katy	Vol. 1 Featuring Vic and Lenny Siebert	02:29
The Stripes	Boogie Beat	Hot Rod b/w Boogie Beat	02:52
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Too Many Kinfolk	The 401	02:04
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	Bella Coola Baby	In the Blue Canadian Rockies	02:04
Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds)	Make-Believe Castle	Sings Vol. 2	02:50
Jimmy Morris	My Wife, My Life	Winter Blue // My Wife, My Life	02:50
Jim Morrison	Your Cheating Heart	Singing the Blues b/w Your Cheating Heart	02:30
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Pollution	Please Stay Away b/w Pollution	03:26
Evan Kemp	Bile 'Em Cabbage Down & Cripple Creek	In Hollywood	01:32
Cowboy Joe and the Salmon River Boys	The Unknown Soldier's Grave	A Letter to Santa Claus // The Unknown Soldier's Grave	02:27
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) with The Rhythm Pals	Bought for a Song	I Keep Telling Myself // Bought for a Song	02:33
Cowboy Joe and the Salmon River Boys	A Letter to Santa Claus	A Letter to Santa Claus // The Unknown Soldier's Grave	02:41
Keray Regan	Lena was a Shy Girl	Sings	02:46
Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds)	I Want To Be Your Valentine	Sings Vol. 2	02:55
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	We've Got More Love	The 401	02:36
Patty Surbey with The Canadian V.I.P.'s	(I Want) A Beatle for Christmas	(I Want) A Beatle for Christmas b/w Christmas All Year 'Round	02:17
Calgary Range Riders	Whispering Songs	ST	02:08
Evan Kemp	Crawdad Song	In Hollywood	02:40
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Red Crawford & Stu Davis	Stu Davis - Deserted	Deserted // Black Mountain Rag	02:37
Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds)	Roly Poly Heart	Sings Vol. 2	02:23
Danny Romaniuk and His Tumbleweeds featuring Songs by Howie James	Relaxin'	Western Swing From Canada's West	01:56
Guido D'amico	Yes, I Do	The Italian Cowboy	02:57
Evan Kemp	Too Late To Worry	In Hollywood	02:04
Evan Kemp	Bulkley Valley Waltz	Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders Volume 2	01:50
Les Vogt	Just Say Goodnight	Here Comes The Rain b/w Just Say Goodnight (picture sleeve)	02:31
Peace River Rangers	When You Can't Have the One You Love	Peace River Rangers	02:44
Calgary Range Riders	Don't Be Blue, Linda Lou	ST	02:44
Evan Kemp	Oh, Lady Be Good	In Hollywood	01:43
Calgary Range Riders	Calgary Waltz	ST	02:16
Peace River Rangers	Teen-Age Boogie	Peace River Rangers	02:27
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	Quadra Island Breakdown	In the Blue Canadian Rockies	02:16
Evan Kemp	Mansion On the Hill	In Hollywood	02:17
Keray Regan	How are You Feelin' Right Now?	Sings	02:41
Evan Kemp	Real Danger	In Hollywood	02:18
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	Oh! Baby Doll	Volume 1	02:23
Sandy Marino And The Sandmen	Hopin' and a-Prayin'	Big Country b/w Hopin' and A-Prayin'	02:22
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	Beautiful Nicola Valley	Volume 1	02:35
Sons of the Saddle	Prairie Chicken Polka	Vol. 2 Featuring Gene Siebert	02:14
Rhythm Pals	Dreamy Okanagan Moon	Dreamy Okanagan Moon // I Wonder If The Ogopogo’s Lonesome	02:27
The Stripes	Hot Rod	Hot Rod b/w Boogie Beat	02:25
Keray Regan	Picking Flowers	Sings	02:41

Aragon Records

Tracks

FEATURED

Sons of the Saddle - Vol. 1 Featuring Vic and Lenny Siebert

FEATURED

Sons of the Saddle - Vol. 2 Featuring Gene Siebert

Alberta Slim - My Nova Scotian Home // You Say I'm a Fool

FEATURED

Patty Surbey with The Canadian V.I.P.'s - (I Want) A Beatle for Christmas b/w Christmas All Year 'Round

FEATURED

Canadian V.I.P.'s - Monsoon b/w Lucille

FEATURED

Calgary Range Riders - Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair

FEATURED

Calgary Range Riders - ST

FEATURED

Calgary Range Riders - Don't be Blue, Linda Lou // Calgary Waltz

FEATURED

Dal Richards & his Orchestra - Swing Is In... Vol. II

FEATURED

Rhythm Pals - Dreamy Okanagan Moon // I Wonder If The Ogopogo’s Lonesome

FEATURED

Stu Davis (David Stewart) - I Looked For Love // In Daddy's Footsteps

FEATURED

Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders - In the Blue Canadian Rockies

FEATURED

Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders - Volume 1

FEATURED

Evan Kemp - Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders Volume 2

FEATURED

Evan Kemp - In Hollywood

FEATURED

Art Grant and His Northern Lights - The Meanest, Lowest, Lowdown Blues // Driftwood On The River

FEATURED

Art Grant and His Northern Lights - Here We Go Again // I'll Be Headin' Home For Christmas

FEATURED

Les Vogt - Here Comes The Rain b/w Just Say Goodnight (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel

FEATURED

Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - Please Stay Away b/w Pollution

FEATURED

Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys - The 401

Sandy Marino And The Sandmen - Big Country b/w Hopin' and A-Prayin'

Peace River Rangers - Peace River Rangers

FEATURED

Keray Regan - Sings

Keray Regan - Peace River Waltz // High Wind On The Prairie

FEATURED

Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds) - Sings Vol. 2

Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds) - Blue Okanagan // Over An Ocean Of Golden Dreams

Prowlers - Real Gone Aragon: Roots Rockers & Rockabillies

Rebel Rockers - Real Gone Aragon: Roots Rockers & Rockabillies

Tex Pedersen and His Sunset Ramblers featuring Buddy Marr - Leave The Man In The Moon Alone b/w Rockelene

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