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	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
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	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
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	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
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
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54

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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