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
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Bob King	I've Been Down That Road Before (Hank Wiliams)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:09
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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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

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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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