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	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Bob King	I've Been Down That Road Before (Hank Wiliams)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:09
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43

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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