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.

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FEATURED

Trineer, Dougie - 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring

Calumet, Québec, 🇨🇦

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King, Bob - Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Graham, Mike - Momento of Manitoulin

Toronto - London, Ontario

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King, Bob - 10th Anniversary

Joyceville, Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario, 🇨🇦

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Hatton, Jerry - Sittin' and Thinkin'

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Van den Bergh, Bev Marie - Spin it Country

British Columbia - Bobcaygeon, Ontario

FEATURED

Novatones - Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back

Truro, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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Walker, Angus - Blue Grass Songs

Port Hastings, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦

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Daigle, Ted - Teenage Time

Jacquet River, New Brunswick - Fort William, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Hewlett, Grant Nelson - The Critics Choice...

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Phillips, Stu - A Visit to British Columbia

St-Eustache, Québec - Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

Townsend, Graham - Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers

Toronto, Ontario - Buckingham, Québec

Grant Nelson Hewlett - The Critics Choice...

Leonard Meehan - Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs

Bob King - That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here

Bob King - 10th Anniversary

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers

Wendell Sharpe - Brightest One in Town

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and Other Country Favourites

Jerry Hatton - Sittin' and Thinkin'

Ted Daigle - Teenage Time

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Townsend, Graham	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Trineer, Dougie	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
King, Bob	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Graham, Mike	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
King, Bob	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Blondahl, Omar	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Blondahl, Omar	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Sharpe, Wendell	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Phillips, Stu	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Blondahl, Omar	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Graham, Mike	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Blondahl, Omar	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
King, Bob	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
King, Bob	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Blondahl, Omar	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Van den Bergh, Bev Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
McInnis, Lew and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
King, Bob	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
King, Bob	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
King, Bob	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
King, Bob	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Trineer, Dougie	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
McInnis, Lew and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Kozak, Joe	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Smith, Hank (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
King, Bob	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Field, Shirley	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
King, Bob	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Smith, Hank (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
King, Bob	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Phillips, Stu	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
King, Bob	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Phillips, Stu	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Sharpe, Wendell	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Walker, Angus	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
King, Bob	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Sharpe, Wendell	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Kozak, Joe	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Graham, Mike	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Trineer, Dougie	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Trineer, Dougie	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Phillips, Stu	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
King, Bob	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
King, Bob	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Walker, Angus	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Walker, Angus	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Reynolds, Donn	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:18
Phillips, Stu	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
McInnis, Lew and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Graham, Mike	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Blondahl, Omar	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
King, Bob	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Townsend, Graham	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Phillips, Stu	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
King, Bob	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Reynolds, Donn	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and Other Country Favourites	02:38
Blondahl, Omar	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
King, Bob	The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Graham, Mike	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Walker, Angus	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Smith, Hank (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Trineer, Dougie	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Blondahl, Omar	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Townsend, Graham	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Van den Bergh, Bev Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Walker, Angus	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Trineer, Dougie	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Phillips, Stu	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Hewlett, Grant Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Hatton, Jerry	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Phillips, Stu	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Walker, Angus	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Van den Bergh, Bev Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
King, Bob	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Van den Bergh, Bev Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Phillips, Stu	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
King, Bob	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
King, Bob	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
Phillips, Stu	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Trineer, Dougie	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
King, Bob	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Walker, Angus	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Phillips, Stu	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Daigle, Ted	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Trineer, Dougie	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Sharpe, Wendell	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
King, Bob	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
Townsend, Graham	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43

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