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	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Leonard Meehan	The Song of the Anchor Watch, Brave Captain William Jackman	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:55
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

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Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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