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
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
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
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17

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Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

Wynyard, Saskatchewan - St. John's, Newfoundland

Bob King - 10th Anniversary

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Shirley Field - Two Sides of

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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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Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) - Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers

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Wendell Sharpe - The Brightest One in Town

Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers - ST

FEATURED

Omar Blondahl - The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland

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