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	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:20
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
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
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
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
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46

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Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

Wynyard, Saskatchewan - St. John's, Newfoundland

Bob King - 10th Anniversary

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Shirley Field - Two Sides of

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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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Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) - Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers

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Wendell Sharpe - The Brightest One in Town

Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers - ST

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Omar Blondahl - The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland

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