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
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
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	When the Work's All Done This Fall	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54

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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