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	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
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
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Bob King	I've Been Down That Road Before (Hank Wiliams)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:09
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
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
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01

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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