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
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Bob King	Strawberry Roan (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:16
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
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
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
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
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Spanish Two-Step	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:14
Bob King	The Cowboy	Sing A Country Song	02:38
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Westmorland Singers - At Home With

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Dougie Trineer - 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

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Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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