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
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
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
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
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
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06

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

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Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

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Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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