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
Jim Allen	Back to the Sugar Camp	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:29
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Leonard Meehan	The Song of the Anchor Watch, Brave Captain William Jackman	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	01:55
Reg Hill	Scrambled Eggs	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:14
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Stu Phillips	Moon Over the Rockies	A Visit to British Columbia	02:52
Graham Townsend	Sir Charles Tupper Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:55
Graham Townsend	Saskatchewan Jig	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:49
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	A Visit to British Columbia	03:13
Jim Allen	Maple Sugar	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:00
Olaf Sveen	Prairie Breeze Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:38
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Waiting For My Baby	ST	02:21
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Omar Blondahl	We'll Rant & We'll Roar	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Stu Phillips	The Phantom Priest	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Mike Graham	Gore Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	01:32
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Graham Townsend	Alberta Polka	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:45
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Stu Phillips	Dollard des ormeaux	Visit Old Québec	02:10
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Bob King	That's What's On My Mind	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	01:59
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
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
Bob King	It Breaks a Mothers Heart	Sing A Country Song	02:56
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Shirley Field	Talk Back Trembling Lips	Two Sides of	02:44
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Help Me Make it Through the Night	Spin it Country	02:57
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:01
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	No One Would Cry Over Me	ST	03:22
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Olaf Sveen	Jasper Goodbye - Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:03
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Donn Reynolds	Little Old Log Shanty	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:28
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Angus Walker	The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee	Blue Grass Songs	02:47
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Barbara	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:44
Stu Phillips	Almighty Voice	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:11
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Bob King	Train of Memories	Sing A Country Song	02:23
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

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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

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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

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Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

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Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

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