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
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
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
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
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
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Bob King	Rockin' Alone in an Old Rockin' Chair (Bob Miller)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:10
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36

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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