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	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
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
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Bob King	When the Work's All Done This Fall	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:39
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47

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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