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
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Angus Walker	When the Bees are in the Hive	Blue Grass Songs	02:08
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
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
Bob King	My Home By The Fraser	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:14
Stu Phillips	The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Jessie's Tragedy	Spin it Country	03:35
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Ted Daigle	Legend of Chaleur Bay	Teenage Time	02:40
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Joe Kozak	Country Garden Girl	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:32
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Omar Blondahl	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
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
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I've Fallen in Love	ST	01:54
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Westmorland Singers	Moments to Remember	At Home With	02:19
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Reg Hill	Avonmore Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	10th Anniversary	02:01
Reg Hill	Madawaska River Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:41
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Leonard Meehan	Only a Quall off the Land	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	02:29
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Bob King	An Old Log Cabin for Sale	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:35
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43

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

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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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