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
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
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	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
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
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
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
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12

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

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

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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