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	Ballad of the Frank Slide	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:16
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	You Know Who	Spin it Country	02:27
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Wendell Sharpe	The Brightest One in Town	The Brightest One in Town	02:15
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Bob King	Lonely City Park	10th Anniversary	02:34
Angus Walker	I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again	Blue Grass Songs	02:03
Mike Graham	People Are Beautiful in Lovely Mindemoya	Momento of Manitoulin	03:41
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Graham Townsend	Montréal ‘67	Salutes Canada's Centennial	02:07
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Bob King	On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Bob King	Batanio the Pride of the Plains	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	03:30
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Jim Allen	Faded Love	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:38
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	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
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:45
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Donn Reynolds	The Wild One	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:20
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Omar Blondahl	Green Flowers	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:49
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Moose Jaw Rag	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:39
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:06
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Omar Blondahl	The Roving Newfoundlander	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Dougie Trineer	Galloping Guitar	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:01
Joe Kozak	Lullaby Waltz	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	03:17
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	You've Got to Change the Way You Live	ST	02:23
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Leonard Meehan	The Dying Seal Hunter	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:37
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	Boy With a Future	10th Anniversary	02:25
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Black Mountain Rag	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Joe Kozak	Hillbilly Rock	Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me	01:48
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
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	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39

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

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

FEATURED

Bob King - By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story

FEATURED

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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