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
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
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
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
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
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
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

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

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Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

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Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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