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
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
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
Bob King	The Ballad of the Chapeau Boys (Bob King and Needham)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:06
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35

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

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Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

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Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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