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
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13

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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