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
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
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
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
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	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15

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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