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
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Olaf Sveen	Faraway Mountains Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:22
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Dougie Trineer	Finger Lickin'	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Graham Townsend	Banks of Newfoundland	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Stu Phillips	Mountain Boy	A Visit to British Columbia	02:17
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
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	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
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
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Graham Townsend	Ontario Swing	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:38
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
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
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Westmorland Singers - At Home With

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Dougie Trineer - 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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