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
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bob King	Pray For Me Mother of Mine	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:40
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Stu Phillips	The Horse Trader	Visit Old Québec	01:25
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Red Red Roses	Spin it Country	03:27
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Olaf Sveen	Blue Canadian Rockies	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:27
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Jim Allen	Sunset Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:10
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Bob King	Road Paved With Heartaches	Sing A Country Song	01:32
Joe Kozak	Sunny South by the Sea	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	01:45
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Jerry Hatton	The Wild Side of Life	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:32
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Stu Phillips	Legend of the Fernie Fire	A Visit to British Columbia	02:15
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Olaf Sveen	Man & Wife Schottische	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Angus Walker	The Wild Colonial Boy	Blue Grass Songs	03:06
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Bob King	Just Call On Me	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:00
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Reg Hill	The Long Sault Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Graham Townsend	Canadian Centennial Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:55
Shirley Field	Streamlined Yodel	Two Sides of	02:10
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Mike Graham	Manitoulin March	Momento of Manitoulin	01:35
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
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	Holiday Clog	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:41
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Omar Blondahl	Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	04:25
Wendell Sharpe	Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years	The Brightest One in Town	01:40
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
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	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21

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

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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

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Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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