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
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
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
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
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
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
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
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
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
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43

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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