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
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
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
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36

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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