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
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
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
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
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
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00

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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