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
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Bob King	I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:14
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
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
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
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
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Bob King	Rockin' Alone in an Old Rockin' Chair (Bob Miller)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:10
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
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
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	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
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23

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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