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
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
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	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
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
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
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
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47

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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