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	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
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
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
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
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
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
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	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
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
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31

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

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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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