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
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
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
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Bob King	The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Bob King	When the Work's All Done This Fall	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14

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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