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
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
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
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Bob King	Memories of You (Souvenir de toi) (Bob King) vocals Marie King	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:30
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
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
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45

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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