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	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Omar Blondahl	Catch of the Season	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:12
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Angus Walker	Poor Little Bullfrog	Bluegrass Special	01:59
Bob King	Let's Make a Fair Trade	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	10th Anniversary	03:16
Jerry Hatton	I've Got a New Heartache	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:35
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Bob King	The Bluest Man in Town	Sing A Country Song	02:41
Bob King	Be Careful of Stones That You Throw	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Reg Hill	The Timber Raft Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:10
Reg Hill	Dancing Waters Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:48
Mike Graham	Another Autumn On Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	03:19
Ted Daigle	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	Teenage Time	02:22
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Wendell Sharpe	Long Long Lonesome Blues	The Brightest One in Town	01:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Apple Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Boogie Blues	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:23
Omar Blondahl	John Hinks	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:36
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Graham Townsend	Alexander MacKenzie March	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Reg Hill	The Hangman's Waltz	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:24
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Stu Phillips	Bill Barker's Party	A Visit to British Columbia	01:45
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Bob King	Lonely City Park	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:34
Dougie Trineer	Buckeroo	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:22
Jerry Hatton	It's a Wicked World	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:33
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
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
Dougie Trineer	Frankie & Johnny	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:35
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Tired of Livin'	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:54
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Four String Polka	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:39
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Ted Daigle	Farewell Adelita	Teenage Time	01:36
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Minnitonka Breakdown	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:18
Bob King	My Son Calls Another Man Daddy	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	03:30
Bob King	No Parking Here	That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here	02:14
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Omar Blondahl	Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:35
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Omar Blondahl	When Paddy McGinty Plays the Harp	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:13
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Angus Walker	John Wesley Hardin'	Bluegrass Special	02:13
Stu Phillips	The Fireworks	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:22
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Donn Reynolds	Rovin' Gambler	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:15
Omar Blondahl	She's Like the Swallow	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:25
Donn Reynolds	Tread Softly Stranger	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:02
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Ted Daigle	Mary Lou	Teenage Time	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Mike Graham	Manitoulin Paradise of Man	Momento of Manitoulin	02:01
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Bob King	Driftwood On the River	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:36
Omar Blondahl	The Moonshine Can	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:43
Olaf Sveen	Marit Rhinelander	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:29
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Donn Reynolds	Goodnight God Bless You	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Old Joe Clark	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:46
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	How High The Moon	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:49

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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