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
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
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
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Bob King	No Parking Here	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:30
Joe Kozak	Border Baby	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:24
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Ted Daigle	No One Else	Teenage Time	02:46
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dizzy Strings	Pickin' Strings No. 2	01:51
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
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Leonard Meehan	Boom Boom Boom, Roar Roar Roar	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:43
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Jim Allen	Introduction (spoken by Jim Allen)	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	00:42
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Omar Blondahl	The Southern Cross	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:44
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
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
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Donn Reynolds	Crossroads	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:13
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Omar Blondahl	Lawrence Whelan Falls in the Brine	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:59

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

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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

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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