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	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	There's a Little Town (Bobcaygeon)	Spin it Country	02:25
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
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
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
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
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Bob King - By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story

FEATURED

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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