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
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
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
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
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
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
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
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29

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

FEATURED

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

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Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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