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	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
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
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42

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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