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
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:18
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
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
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:39
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
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
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	03:28
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06

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Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

Wynyard, Saskatchewan - St. John's, Newfoundland

Bob King - 10th Anniversary

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Shirley Field - Two Sides of

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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

FEATURED

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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Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) - Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers

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Wendell Sharpe - The Brightest One in Town

Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers - ST

FEATURED

Omar Blondahl - The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland

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