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
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34

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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