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
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
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
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Reg Hill	Bonnechere Point Strathspey	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Dougie Trineer	Fireball Mail	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:32
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Stu Phillips	White Stallion Legend	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:38
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:32
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Bob King	Memories of You (Souvenir de toi) (Bob King) vocals Marie King	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:30
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Stu Phillips	Legend Of Perce Rock	Visit Old Québec	02:12
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Pook (The Eskimo Boy)	The Critics Choice...	02:55
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	01:44
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39

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

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

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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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