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	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
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
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44

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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