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	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
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
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
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
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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
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
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15

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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