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
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
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
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
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	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
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
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
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
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11

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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