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
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
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	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
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
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25

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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