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
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	Calgary Waltz	Don't be Blue, Linda Lou // Calgary Waltz	02:13
Keray Regan	Olga from Norway	Sings	02:12
Jim Morrison	Singing the Blues	Singing the Blues b/w Your Cheating Heart	02:21
Calgary Range Riders	Orange Blossom Special	ST	02:41
Evan Kemp	There's Someone for Everyone	Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders Volume 2	02:22
Peace River Rangers	Flyin' Saucers	Peace River Rangers	02:03
Sons of the Saddle	Just a Rollin' Stone	Vol. 1 Featuring Vic and Lenny Siebert	02:18
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	One Has My Name	Volume 1	02:34
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	Lonely Old Blues	Volume 1	02:26
Sons of the Saddle	Over and Over Again	Vol. 1 Featuring Vic and Lenny Siebert	02:08
Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds)	Waltz Of The Stream	Sings Vol. 2	02:50
Big Ford John	It Never Is Too Late (To Call Upon the Lord)	It Never Is Too Late (To Call Upon the Lord) // I Called Your Name	03:13
Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds)	Seeing Is Believing	Sings Vol. 2	02:30
The Stripes	Hot Rod	Hot Rod b/w Boogie Beat	02:25
Stu Davis (David Stewart)	I Looked For Love	I Looked For Love // In Daddy's Footsteps	02:56
Keray Regan	High Wind on the Prairie	Sings	02:41
Calgary Range Riders	Blue River Waltz	ST	02:34
Evan Kemp	Cattle Call	Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders Volume 2	02:25
Big Ford John	I Called Your Name	It Never Is Too Late (To Call Upon the Lord) // I Called Your Name	02:02
Rhythm Pals	I Wonder If The Ogopogo’s Lonesome	Dreamy Okanagan Moon // I Wonder If The Ogopogo’s Lonesome	02:32
Peace River Rangers	My Peace River Home	Peace River Rangers	02:29
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) with The Rhythm Pals	I Keep Telling Myself	I Keep Telling Myself // Bought for a Song	03:08
Evan Kemp	Crawdad Song	In Hollywood	02:40
Sons of the Saddle	Alberta Polka	Vol. 2 Featuring Gene Siebert	02:18
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	Falling Leaf	Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders Volume 2	02:25
Peace River Rangers	Whispering Pines	Peace River Rangers	02:39
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:40
Guido D'amico	Yes, I Do	The Italian Cowboy	02:57
Les Vogt	Just Say Goodnight	Here Comes The Rain b/w Just Say Goodnight (picture sleeve)	02:31
Sandy Marino And The Sandmen	Hopin' and a-Prayin'	Big Country b/w Hopin' and A-Prayin'	02:22
Guido D'amico	Froggy Song	The Italian Cowboy	02:38
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Pollution	Please Stay Away b/w Pollution	03:26
Evan Kemp	Midnight Ryder	Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders Volume 2	02:48
Sons of the Saddle	Prairie Chicken Polka	Vol. 2 Featuring Gene Siebert	02:14
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	1901 Polka	Volume 1	02:08
Prowlers	Rock Me, Baby	Most of All b/w Rock Me, Baby	02:59
Danny Romaniuk and His Tumbleweeds featuring Songs by Howie James	Relaxin'	Western Swing From Canada's West	01:56
Les Vogt	Here Comes The Rain	Here Comes The Rain b/w Just Say Goodnight (picture sleeve)	02:19
Rebel Rockers	Rebel Rock (previously unreleased)	Real Gone Aragon: Roots Rockers & Rockabillies	01:56
Ray Little Radio Cowboy Show	Standin' In The Rain	Elvira Polka // Standin' In The Rain	02:36
Red Crawford & Stu Davis	"Fiddlin' Red" Crawford - Black Mountain Rag	Deserted // Black Mountain Rag	02:57
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 and the Trail Riders	There's A Bluebird On Your Windowsill	In the Blue Canadian Rockies	02:02
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	I Don't Want Your Love	The 401	02:03
Prowlers	Honey Strollin' (previously unreleased)	Real Gone Aragon: Roots Rockers & Rockabillies	02:25
Calgary Range Riders	Calgary Waltz	ST	02:16
Red Crawford & Stu Davis	"Fiddlin' Red" Crawford - Black Mountain Rag	Deserted // Black Mountain Rag	02:57
Keray Regan	You'll Never Miss Your Daddy	Sings	02:28
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	If You Come Home Tonight	Volume 1	02:48
Evan Kemp	Tonight in the Twilight	Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders Volume 2	02:42
Prowlers	Get A Move On	Get A Move On b/w I'm Feelin' Sorry	02:19
Art Grant and His Northern Lights	Driftwood On The River	The Meanest, Lowest, Lowdown Blues // Driftwood On The River	03:01
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Please Stay Away	Please Stay Away b/w Pollution	01:48
Sunset Ramblers featuring Tex & Deanna Pedersen	The Morning After	Hillbilly Hits Featuring	02:26
Sons of the Saddle	Orange Blossom Special	Vol. 2 Featuring Gene Siebert	02:29
Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds)	Roly Poly Heart	Roly Poly Heart // A Stranger's Kiss	02:10
Evan Kemp	Rootie Tootie	Rootie Tootie b/w Centennial Boogie	02:23
Evan Kemp	Over the Hill	Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders Volume 2	02:44
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	Hold Me Close In Your Arms	Volume 1	02:15
Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds)	Blue Canadian Rockies	Sings Vol. 2	02:30
Calgary Range Riders	Too Old to be Young Any More	ST	02:37
Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds)	Little Shoes	Sings Vol. 2	02:47
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	North Thompson Reel	In the Blue Canadian Rockies	02:10
The Stripes	Boogie Beat	Hot Rod b/w Boogie Beat	02:52
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Sentimental Journey	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:15
Evan Kemp	My Dream and I	In Hollywood	02:50
Canadian V.I.P.'s	Monsoon	Monsoon b/w Lucille	03:02
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Blue Steel	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	03:00
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Opus One	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:42
Sons of the Saddle	Delmar Waltz	Vol. 2 Featuring Gene Siebert	02:25
Juliette (Juliette Augustina Sysak) with The Rhythm Pals	Bought for a Song	I Keep Telling Myself // Bought for a Song	02:33
Keray Regan	Picking Flowers	Sings	02:41
Sons of the Saddle	Song of the Wild	Vol. 1 Featuring Vic and Lenny Siebert	03:01
Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds)	Angel in Disguise	Sings Spruce Bug and Other Hits	02:11
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	Centennial Boogie	In the Blue Canadian Rockies	02:27
Guido D'amico	Secret Love	The Italian Cowboy	02:49
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	Bella Coola Baby	In the Blue Canadian Rockies	02:04
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	Ogopogo Polka	In the Blue Canadian Rockies	02:28
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	Strike Up the Band	Swing Is In... Vol. II	02:00
Tex Pedersen and His Sunset Ramblers featuring Buddy Marr	Rockelene	Leave The Man In The Moon Alone b/w Rockelene	02:09
Peace River Rangers	Teen-Age Boogie	Peace River Rangers	02:27
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	Blue Canadian Rockies	In the Blue Canadian Rockies	03:03
Calgary Range Riders	Don't be Blue, Linda Lou	Don't be Blue, Linda Lou // Calgary Waltz	02:44
Evan Kemp	Snow Road Stomp	Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders Volume 2	02:27
Calgary Range Riders	Southbound	ST	02:33
Peace River Rangers	Pioneer Girls	Peace River Rangers	02:50
Dal Richards & his Orchestra	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Swing Is In... Vol. II	03:03
Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds)	Over An Ocean Of Golden Dreams	Sings Vol. 2	02:23
Calgary Range Riders	Curly Hair	Rocky Mountain Rhythm // Curly Hair	02:01
Cowboy Joe and the Salmon River Boys	The Unknown Soldier's Grave	A Letter to Santa Claus // The Unknown Soldier's Grave	02:27
Buddy Reynolds (Ivan A. Reynolds)	I Was Only Foolin'	Sings Vol. 2	02:47
Calgary Range Riders	Whispering Songs	ST	02:08
Rudy Hayden (Rudy Myhedyn) & the Country Boys	Want Me a Woman	Want Me a Woman b/w Blue Steel	01:59
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	When It's Springtime In the Rockies	In the Blue Canadian Rockies	03:17
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	My Home By the Fraser	In the Blue Canadian Rockies	02:42
Evan Kemp and the Trail Riders	Jessica Waltz	In the Blue Canadian Rockies	02:05

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

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Evan Kemp - In Hollywood

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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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