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
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Bob King	Memories of You (Souvenir de toi) (Bob King) vocals Marie King	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32

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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