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
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
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
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
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
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
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
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Bob King	The Ballad of the Chapeau Boys (Bob King and Needham)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:06
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08

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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