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
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
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
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Bob King	I've Been Down That Road Before (Hank Wiliams)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:09
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
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
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41

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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