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
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Wendell Sharpe	Roses Are Blooming	The Brightest One in Town	01:38
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Bob King	Rockin' Alone in an Old Rockin' Chair (Bob Miller)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:10
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
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
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
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
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
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
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
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
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
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13

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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