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
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
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
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
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
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
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
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
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44

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

FEATURED

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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