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	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
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
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
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
Leonard Meehan	The Song of the Anchor Watch, Brave Captain William Jackman	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:55
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55

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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