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
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Sugarfoot Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:29
Bob King	If The Things They Say Are True	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Trambone	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:14
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Bob King	French Canadian Girl	Sing A Country Song	02:01
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Country Gentleman	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:13
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Bob King	Rose of Old Pawnee	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:32
Omar Blondahl	The Sealer's Song	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:29
Dougie Trineer	Sugar Foot Rag	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:04
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Boogie Breakdown	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:17
Wendell Sharpe	Cold Cold Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:43
Graham Townsend	Sir John Abbot Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:38
Donn Reynolds	Out of Step	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:18
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Angus Walker	I Cried Again	Blue Grass Songs	03:07
Graham Townsend	Sir MacKenzie Bowel Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	03:02
Shirley Field	Evening Shadows	Two Sides of	02:21
Angus Walker	Go Boy Go	Blue Grass Songs	01:59
Stu Phillips	The Grand Hotel	A Visit to British Columbia	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Bob King	Once More	Sing A Country Song	02:58
Angus Walker	Give My Love to Nell	Blue Grass Songs	03:12
Dougie Trineer	Dream Queen	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:15
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Stu Phillips	Bill Miner	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:13
Graham Townsend	B.C. Centennial	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:59
Olaf Sveen	Sonya Two Step	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:55
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	My Dying Secret	ST	02:42
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Stu Phillips	Canada I-O	Visit Old Québec	01:49
Bob King	All Canadian Boy	10th Anniversary	02:29
Omar Blondahl	Bonavist Harbour	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:06
Omar Blondahl	The Ship that Never Returned	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:14
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
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Bob King	Why Don't You Leave Me	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:13
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Bob King	Memories of You (Souvenir de toi) (Bob King) vocals Marie King	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:30
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	The Old Man And Old Woman	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:08
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	A Little Bit of Love	Spin it Country	02:36
Shirley Field	Shattered	Two Sides of	02:54
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
Bob King	I Dreamed About Mom Last Night	Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings	02:53
Dougie Trineer	Blue Smoke	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	01:45
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Olaf Sveen	Beverly Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:43
Joe Kozak	Tennessee Central No. 9	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:06
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	Sing A Country Song	01:42
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Shirley Field	He'd Like to Give Me Everything	Two Sides of	01:38
Bob King	Mummy Please Stay Home With Me	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:50
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	San Antonio Rose	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:51
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Graham Townsend	Nova Scotia Hop	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Reg Hill	Lake Kamaniskeg Waltz	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:19
Stu Phillips	Albert Johnson	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:16
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Angus Walker	How Can You Refuse Him Now	Bluegrass Special	02:06
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Omar Blondahl	Huntingdon Shore	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:42
Olaf Sveen	Eva Marie Waltz	At Jasper Park Lodge	02:40
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Bob King	Jimmy Brown the Newsboy	10th Anniversary	01:42
Wendell Sharpe	It's Been So Long Darling	The Brightest One in Town	01:56
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Maria Elena	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:47
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Angus Walker	I Can, I Will, I Do Believe	Bluegrass Special	01:49
Reg Hill	Sleigh Ride Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:39
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Novatones	Mary Lee	Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back	02:35
Angus Walker	Long Black Veil	Bluegrass Special	01:57
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Omar Blondahl	The Master Watch	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Wendell Sharpe	Sammy Morgan's Gin	The Brightest One in Town	01:46
Omar Blondahl	An Eskimo Lullaby	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:15

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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