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	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
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
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Westmorland Singers	Little Liza Jane	At Home With	01:14
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Angus Walker	I'll Forgive You	Bluegrass Special	02:26
Stu Phillips	Donkey Riding	Visit Old Québec	01:43
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Jerry Hatton	Sittin' and Thinkin'	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Wendell Sharpe	Lonesome Whistle	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Bob King	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
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
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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Dougie Trineer	Wildwood Flower	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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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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