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
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
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
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Bob King	Memories of You (Souvenir de toi) (Bob King) vocals Marie King	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:30
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
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
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
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
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20

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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