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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13

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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