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)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
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
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Bob King	I've Been Down That Road Before (Hank Wiliams)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:09
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
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
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38

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

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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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