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
Bob King	The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
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
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
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
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
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	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
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	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32

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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