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
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Dougie Trineer	My Pretty Bluebells	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:50
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
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 Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Ted Daigle	It May be Silly	Teenage Time	02:34
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
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
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44

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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