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
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
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
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
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
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
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
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29

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

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

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Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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