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
Bob King	The Waltz of Two Broken Hearts	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:33
Dougie Trineer	Clarinet Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:47
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Fat Sydney Black	The Critics Choice...	03:08
Bob King	My Home by the Fraser	Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser	03:14
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Reg Hill	Musty Muldoon's Irish Jig	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:12
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Stu Phillips	Nigger John	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:49
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Our Blind Date	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	01:37
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Angus Walker	Sing Sing Sing	Bluegrass Special	02:14
Jim Allen	Hobo's Jig	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	02:14
Graham Townsend	Spud Island Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:46
Mike Graham	Billings	Momento of Manitoulin	01:30
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	I'll Take a Chance on Loving You	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:11
Stu Phillips	Bull Train	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:31
Dougie Trineer	Guitar Polka	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:24
Stu Phillips	The Banff Cave	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:15
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Torquay	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Stu Phillips	Riverboat Captain	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Omar Blondahl	Yellow Rose of Texas	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:01
Graham Townsend	Québec Reel	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:56
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Rippling Water Jig	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:42
Westmorland Singers	How Can You Buy Killarney	At Home With	02:11
Westmorland Singers	Vaya Con Dios	At Home With	02:36
Dougie Trineer	Day Dream	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:11
Westmorland Singers	Side by Side	At Home With	02:21
Bob King	Little Tom	10th Anniversary	02:52
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Joey Understands Me	Spin it Country	03:05
Westmorland Singers	In the Gloaming	At Home With	02:06
Omar Blondahl	Lukey's Boat	16 Songs of Newfoundland	01:32
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08
Reg Hill	Dad's Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:28
Bob King	Going Back to an Old Love Affair	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:29
Donn Reynolds	The Evergreen Tree	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Squid Jiggin' Ground	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:54
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Guitar Breakdown Boogie	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:39
Jim Allen	Fairy Lake Waltz	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:52
Reg Hill	Waltz Promenade	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:30
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Thank God You're Mine	ST	02:44
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Bob King	Coconut Joe	Sing A Country Song	02:15
Graham Townsend	Manitoba Waltz	Salutes Canada's Centennial	03:06
Ted Daigle	Sweet Little Sixteen	Teenage Time	02:34
Omar Blondahl	Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	04:44
Omar Blondahl	Samuel Manuel and the Old Dog Hoods	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:48
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Omar Blondahl	The Star of Logy Bay	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:51
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
Westmorland Singers	Come On Down South	At Home With	02:03
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Swinging on the Strings	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:18
Jim Allen	Back Up and Push	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:58
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Grant Hewlett Nelson	Walk 'Round th' Hound	The Critics Choice...	01:51
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Shirley Field	Walking After Midnight	Two Sides of	02:20
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Reg Hill	Clayton Poirier Two-Step	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:43
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Jim Allen	Three Legged Milk Stool	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Shirley Field	Down in the Valley	Two Sides of	04:04
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
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
Stu Phillips	Catherine O'Hare Schubert	A Visit to British Columbia	02:32
Angus Walker	Eatin' Outa Your Hand	Bluegrass Special	01:52
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Snowshoes	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:07
Joe Kozak	Bimbo	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:05
Bob King	No Parking Here	10th Anniversary	02:14
Omar Blondahl	Black Friday	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	03:23
Donn Reynolds	Joe's Been a Gettin' There	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:39
Angus Walker	Each Seasons Changes You	Blue Grass Songs	01:52
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Bob King	The Ballad of Jed Clampett	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:09
Westmorland Singers	When You Come to the End of the Day	At Home With	01:55
Graham Townsend	Sir John A MacDonald Waltz	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	04:43
Bob King	Mary Ann Regrets (Harland Howard)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:55
Angus Walker	Silver Threads & Golden Needles	Bluegrass Special	02:08
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Reg Hill	Road to Fort Coulonge	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:48
Bob King	The French Song	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:12
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
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
Dougie Trineer	Windy & Warm	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:27
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	A Gay Ranchero	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:50
Omar Blondahl	The Devil And The Farmer's Wife	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:13
Stu Phillips	The Lost Lemon Mine	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:30
Omar Blondahl	My Pretty Quadroon	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	02:14
Joe Kozak	Fraulien	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:39
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48

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

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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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