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
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
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
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bob King	The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

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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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