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
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
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
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
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	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
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
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
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Bob King	Rockin' Alone in an Old Rockin' Chair (Bob Miller)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:10
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22

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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