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
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
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
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
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
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
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
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59

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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