Banff Rodeo Records

Despite its western-sounding name, Banff Rodeo Records was not founded in the Rockies but emerged from Eastern Canada as part of Rodeo Records Ltd.—a label established in Montreal in 1949 by Don Johnson and George Taylor. The company relocated to Halifax in 1956, where it opened a recording studio, and later moved operations to Peterborough, Ontario, in 1969.

Launched as a sub-label in 1953, Banff became known for its broad and eclectic catalogue, featuring everything from country and cowboy songs to maritime folk, East Coast fiddle tunes, and regional Canadiana. Often sold in souvenir shops and department stores, Banff records documented the voices and sounds of everyday Canadians—capturing the spirit of both rural and coastal communities from coast to coast. This room preserves the legacy of Banff Rodeo Records, a truly national imprint in Canada’s musical history.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Leonard Meehan	The Song of the Anchor Watch, Brave Captain William Jackman	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:55
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Bob King	When the Work's All Done This Fall	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Bob King	On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

FEATURED

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2

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Jim Allen - A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen

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Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and other country favorites

Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

Bob King - 10th Anniversary

Shirley Field - Two Sides of

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial

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Stu Phillips - Visit Old Québec

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Stu Phillips - Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills

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Stu Phillips - A Visit to British Columbia

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Mike Graham - Momento of Manitoulin

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Omar Blondahl - Omar's Favorite Folk Songs

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Joe Kozak - Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee

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Joe Kozak - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

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Novatones - Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back

FEATURED

Bob King - By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story

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Bob King - Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings

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Bob King - Sing A Country Song

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Bob King - Sing For Laurel Lee

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Bob King - Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story

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Bob King - That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here

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Bob King - Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser

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Bob King - The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True

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Ted Daigle - Teenage Time

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Olaf Sveen - At Jasper Park Lodge

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Westmorland Singers - At Home With

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Dougie Trineer - 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring

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Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

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Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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