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
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
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
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
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
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
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
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	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39

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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