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
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Bob King	On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Bob King	The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
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	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38

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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