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
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Whiskey Before Breakfast	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:37
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
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
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
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
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10

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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