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
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
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
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Reg Hill	Pembroke Centennial Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:36
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	Memories of You (Souvenir de toi) (Bob King) vocals Marie King	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:30
Bob King	The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20

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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